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  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  ? Summer is slipping away and the crisp New England weather is looming just ... 106 degrees last week.) As we get closer to September the class of 2010 prepares to take their place as matriculated students at MIT, and future

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  cut looked like, I bought a pick and went on with life as usual ... movie (Hackers) and fell in love with the concept of Computer Science. A ... a Gibson and get the girl (Angelina Jolie). He started off simple

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You win some, you lose some. day in the life.

  

  It was cold today. So cold. My dad put my winter coat in the mail and ... 11-12. This morning I woke up at 11:10, rolled over and shut off my alarm clock and slept until my cat jumped on my chest which was around 1

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  to watch the progression of the emotional state of MIT students. The ... everything college has to offer. They want to work hard, show their parents that they're worthy of MIT, and prove to themselves that they can handle

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Lazy Day Today is one of them

  

  It's Sunday, and the beginning of the second full week of June. Bleary-eyed, I wake up a good half hour before my alarm and maintain enough ... plenty of things to keep me occupied today, and all of these urgent reasons

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Noam Chomsky and the humanities at MIT Chomsky gives a talk on Iraq on May 23

  

  duty of universities is to expose their students to world events and ... Many applicants and incoming freshman have concerns about whether MIT ... MIT knowing about math and science and nothing else? Would attending a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  About 6.5 years ago, I graduated with a Philosophy degree and a minor in Political Science. Two and a half years ago, after graduating again from Northwestern University’s science and health journalism program, I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SONIC JUBILANCE A day at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT

  

  having a room in the Institute itself are apparent, and these, together ... been part of MIT since the Institute’s earliest chapters. By 1884, 23 years after MIT was founded, the Banjo Club and the Glee Club had been

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  about throughout college and high school, but things which that have ... in the sense of rushing to try and get an answer. yes, the answers to these issues are needed, and needed sooner than ever. but the way i think

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  wasn't worth my time to apply to this university, but rather to emphasize how devastated I was by my rejection."] university's honors college ... that I tell over and over again to anyone who will listen to it. But I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  weeks ago, and spent the first week in the comfort of my relatives’ home and care. They took me everywhere - seeing other relatives, shopping ... temples. and this would be the view from the top! and Found in the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  from all across the university, and getting to fully immerse myself in ... , all my friends started posting, and it was honestly so nice to see all ... westward, some for grad school and some for work. Andrea M. ‘18 and I got an

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  all the classes I didn’t take you seem pretty unsure for a girl so in love with her major

  

  offer is right in front of you, and you're just carving away until you ... We are a week away from the point of no return: the Institute ... classes and save our GPAs, or forever hold our peace. Unfortunately, I can

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • April 14, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  turned out, it was a Boston University fraternity and was understandably ... french fries. The brothers of Theta Xi saw our excitement and offered to ... of the frats, which are largely on Beacon and Bay State Road. The house

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  excited to commission as an Officer in the United States Air Force, to have ... roller coaster, and gain an experience that very few people will ever know ... and exciting life. When I first signed up for ROTC, I thought of it

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  to ask it anyway. My school offers a class called Intel Science and ... experiments and things. Since the Intel class is offered to freshmans and I wasn ... MIT ever since they were little, and the letter also stated what each

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  offer insights to improve the social, cultural, and political impact of ... Care in the United States, HASS-S And, while I'm on this kick, the ... concentration in Computing and Society that I am stupidly geeked about and want to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  degree angle.     The car kept driving and I, rapidly ... stay almost entirely off the main road for safety, and I get to bike to ... , on my way to work. And the most complex of these is the traffic circle

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  completing GIRs and more about offering a project class that works to make a ... Freshman will be taking their General Institute Requirements (GIR), Freshman ... and learn in an environment that better suits your style. The problem

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  site of the future Koch Institute! Nestled between the Stata Center and ... . Finally, a nearly 270-degree panorama of Boston and Cambridge. You can see ... Earth, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences Department - I noticed a few

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008