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  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  I'M DONE WITH FALL CLASSES! and am now back home in London, doing ... indoors from the rain. One of the classes I just finished taking is 8 ... writing our problem sets, so I thought I would share some particularly

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Rachel was at SF Pride with Facebook

  

  -- on the bus there, I ran into a flock of Google interns wearing this ... really impressive. I mean, I don't even bother registering for classes that ... stamps for us to spam irreverently. We proceeded to arrange them in every

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  2,822 applications

  

  So, after two entries that seemed to relax people a bit, I do need to ... the early action round than we did last year. In 2003 we admitted 438 students during EA; this year, I anticipate it will be fewer than 400. Last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  Welcome those of you who have just joined us! I encourage you to read ... makes a good summary of an application. I just finished reading and ... I must say I'm very excited to be starting the application reading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  ," Sur said. But "we think we can crack them in this building, because of ... There was a nice article in yesterday's Boston Globe about the ... brain scientists under one roof in the world. The new 411,000-square

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Online Decisions = YES Some great news.

  

  Action and received a "final" action in December - i.e. admitted or denied ... available online in addition to the standard postal mailing. We expect to ... graduate). Your intended entry year (as designated in your MyMIT account) is

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  other by sight or name were quick to meet. I came in fresh from REX and ... interesting to me as a (then) prospective History double major. I came in ... thoroughly enjoyed it. I appreciate the well-aged humor in letters staff sent

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  My IAP Mugs, polymers, cats, and pineapples.

  

  roofs. I like lists. Here's my happy list of things to look forward to ... Better Next Semester Cats So let's take this one by one. Mighty Mugs I'M GOING TO MAKE MUGS!! I was having my favorite caramel hot cider at

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  (future Patriots running back) I snared in my grasp =) ... I'll start off by linking to some of your photos: Anthony et al ... 'd imagine -- and sometimes, that picture in your head is a bit off -- like

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  congratulate me every time I passed, which was often. In the evening, my friend ... the event. Several commented on the fact that I have (almost) successfully evaded teenage pregnancy. Apparently, 20 = adult. In exciting

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  . **** Last fall, my friend and I went to the Boston Book Festival (BBF) in ... book. I concentrated, reviewing the sounds and images in my mind so that ... . My favorite author spoke in the same manner that he wrote. I wondered

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  required for entrance to universities in your country. We understand that
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT-vangelion (Pi Day 2023) 3/14/23 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  . We recommend you check now to make sure you can log in smoothly! If ... -creation facility CSAIL, fire spinners, professors who can fit their entire hand in ... .mitadmissions.org/apply, click the link to Log In, then click “Forgot Your Password?” and follow

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2023
• Blog / Events

  NSUW Coffee Chat Casual conversations with professors

  

  because I have a test on Monday in 14.21J JENNIFER ALTAMURO -- I am sorry ... Today I attended the Network of Sloan Undergraduate Women (NSUW ... necessarily majoring) in Course 15: Management Science. Attending professors

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  . I realize that I'm posting this in conjunction with the Admitted blog ... believe in "this too shall pass," but I hope you will be able to find your own balance. Keep on smiling. I'll keep you in mind. :) ----Long ago

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  about the show in yesterday's New York Times, I learned something I didn ... look her up the next time I'm in Southern California. Anyway, the first ... (perhaps more on this in a future entry), but I'm happy that it is a program

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unedited notes on gravity, etc. Brief thoughts on gravity, science, and consciousness that I plan to elaborate later when I…

  

  [Tonight I worked on a problem set in General Relativity until 4 AM ... sea in the sweet wet velvet of winter eve, I looked up and saw a beach ... , including a photogenic Bildungsroman in which I visit the beach and Mc

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Adam Riess ‘92 Wins Nobel Prize Riess was a Course 8 Phi Delt with a minor in History.

  

  supernova can emit as much light as a whole galaxy. All in all, the two ... This morning, MIT alum Adam Riess '92 won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Adam Riess, MIT Class of 1992, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2011 Riess

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My schedule .

  

  lol, it's good to be a senior. 3:30am MANDATORY EDIT: In all ... you learn at MIT is how to manage without. I believe this. If you're a second semester senior taking 8 classes, you're doing something wrong. I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 16, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  Last week, I promised you guys an update with photos of my Halloween costume. So, here I am as a duke: Note the plume in my hat. Hats with ... my friends in Senior Haus. Note the mural of Death (from Neil Gaiman

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008