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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  physics at all. I could be an electrical engineer, I could do brain and ... way through physics problems in high school, freshman year, and now ... sin instead of a cos!? Whoa dude, whoa. And then, a little later

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  0 Days Since Last Fire Alarm Oh noes! Simmons Hall on fire!

  

  alarm and looked out the window, only to see Simmons flashing, students leaving, and firetrucks parking. I watched the scene for a little bit and ... look a lot like pixels, and as such have created a scrolling LED display

  • by Snively '11
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW, via Video Experience (or relive) Campus Preview Weekend through online videos.

  

  video recap of much that occurred! I hope this is helpful =) And for those ... videos, compiled from the great people at MIT TechTV and (of course) You ... Susan Hockfield, and an awesome keynote address by Amy Smith. It's long

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Yay CPW! I'm just trying to see how many blog entries we can get in the RSS…

  

  . I definitely had an awesome time hosting events for Burton Conner and ... about all of the things that needed to be done in the next x hours) and ... a time when I'm not sleep-deprived and can argue with her without

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  about admissions and instead transform into a cozy place where we can discuss my three favorite TV shows: Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, and Grey ... becoming so advanced that they reach human-like awareness and rebel against

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Sam Guess what? Ben's mom. Ha!

  

  also celebrating his birthday today (along with myself and Ben's Mom, of ... front desk at Burton Conner, and often I'll see him while coming and going ... seconds, so I just blurt out a crisp, "Hey, Sam." And every single freaking

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  ADITL My wednesday.

  

  begins to buzz. Play hide and go seek with my alarm clock for twenty ... : Respond to emails and decide whether or not flip flops are appropriate given ... where Professor Grodzinsky introduced electroquasistatics and Laplace

  • by Bryan
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  from right after Dorm Rush ended. We had a picnic in the courtyard, and ... harnesses and had to wear helmets. I didn't manage to get a good picture of a ... this...thing. I guess it's a mountain of wood and furniture. Top: Rachel

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  've been in Germany for a little over a week now and I've already climbed 509 stairs, taken a four-hour tour down through Rhineland, and traveled over ... always has people smoking in it, and the lower room smells like it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  your age group and the journey towards college. As you guys are among the smartest and most thoughtful high school students in the world, I'm really ... blog, and I'd have to pull it if that happened. It's not that I'm not

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  .mit.edu as soon as possible to ensure that you know your MyMIT username and ... not have a definitive date and time when letters will be mailed, but it ... expect a large envelope and not a tube. Students not admitted will receive

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  in Chemical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, and Nuclear ... 'll excommunicate you from MIT, lock you in a pillory, and melt the key MIT's nuclear ... hours and 15 minutes to elect 16 positions. Why? Because it is important

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  SMRT Only at MIT could a wholesome, traditional integration bee end up like this.

  

  're Course 9, and you like Dr. Phil?" As promised, I headed over to the MIT ... the #7 and #10 seeds in the tournament missed the first five integrals ... something, and he started solving the integrals in like 30 seconds, and after

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  defer letter and the deny letter each come in a standard #10 window ... pressures to apply early are too high, and don't want to further contribute to ... % constraint, and our increased yield, there you have it -- 377 admitted students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  it a year and a half ago, I knew that the best place to check it out ... (18 minutes early) and headed up to the third floor to check out the ... you would walk down the corridor on the first floor and then go up the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  More free stuff Free sneak previews of films and how to beat the casino.

  

  of the film I Heart Huckabees, and also listed some other sneaks that ... , School of Rock and Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. LSC frequently (i.e., several times each term) gets sneak previews of upcoming movies, and usually

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  Here are ten people, groups, and inanimate objects that really deserve some props, and dare I say mad props at that, for genuinely ... "Sunshowers" by M.I.A. "I bongo with my lingo and I beat it like a wing, yo" 3

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  (WBCN) and national brands like Gatorade. The runners (including the MIT ... Asian Culture Show, always a great and huge event, a great place to check out traditional Indian dance like Kathak, Kuchipudi, and Bharatanatyam

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  the middle of May, after we've received and processed the responses from ... overenrollment of previous years) and thus it is more likely that this year will ... ethical? You do need to let other colleges know by May 1, and you should

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Charmed, I’m Sure What I did my 2nd IAP

  

  suggest that they, um, need lessons on how to dress and flirt. Matt not only ... great and the sets funky, the little kids who played younger Tommies ... though, since 1) I had a backrest and 2) 10-250 ended up getting so full

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 31, 2005