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  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  In high school I always wanted to know what you learned in college ... object is moving in a circle. I got a lot more confident with rotational ... ; I can’t derive it from scratch right now." ]proved[/annotation] E = mc

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  semester. preferably i can fit more in. having fun is important and life ... . in honor of this re-realization, i decided to document all of the fun ... ="and david bowie died before i had enough money to go see him in a concert

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  Picture Yourself as a Worm if it helps, make it four-dimensional.

  

  -dimensional world results in a two-dimensional image of what can be seen from where ... concept that also comes up in [annotation note="I'd like to thank Ana ... [annotation note="don't you love it when the title of a piece is in the text? I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Transporting In & Around MIT Everything you need to know about how easy it is to get around MIT.

  

  the only method I am fully capable of doing after years of training in ... few parking lots around. I hear that driving in the city is no easy feat ... summer to get to and from his job in Providence. I've used it to go to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  those desires in a new way. I can confidently say it's one of the most ... major. I can't say I'm 100% confident in declaring Course 20 now, but I ... for this summer being done, I haven't quite settled in yet. In fact, as

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  when I can find time. Hope you guys are having a great start to your ... ? [Edit: in other words, I want my kids to be as close as possible as they ... be friends. I know of course that this can't be forced, but I also know

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  happened, I was still a freshman, desperately trying to get on my feet. In ... be the standard spelling at MIT, although I can't really figure out why ... first concert. I auditioned for a solo in [annotation note='"Sucker", by

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  design process begins in freshman year with the highly competitive process ... purchase the ring in a typical year; one company actually shuts down their factory for the one week each year of prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Varsity Pistol Team Wins National Championship

  

  , theater, and, yes, sports. MIT is a member of NCAA Division I in Crew ... play on the MIT Alumni Club of Boston team. As I like to say in my ... While I was busily at work on your Campus Preview Weekend (April 7

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  in me being asked to take a year off. If I came back, I had no idea how I was going to graduate in any reasonable time, and in which degree ... , excelling. It was a lot of work, but it felt right. I graduated in 2011, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  , I can get caught in my head; I like the freedom to pause and breathe ... In the middle of an already-packed IAP, I received an email: I’d gotten off the waitlist for blacksmithing!  I was in a phase of trying to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  my Dad's money in exchange for the best education I can get. I hope I ... experiences I’ve had this year. When I got into MIT back in December, I ... there, so that’s a pretty good sign I’ll fit in. :) I also

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  cognitive sciences). If you can’t find me in class, I’m commonly found with my ... remember when I was a prefrosh (in 2008...ouch), I dreamed of one day being ... opportunity to be able to link some of the lessons I’ve had in engineering

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  was going to end up at MIT for college, I probably would have laughed in ... average guy. Sure, I worked hard in my classes, I joined a bunch of clubs ... community, I did research at a local university. But in spite of all of those

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Cultured C-Show 2011

  

  .03 (diff eq) professor sing in class, to general applause and awe. (3) I ate ... in the future. (4) I learned that the ratio of Dunkin' Donuts to ... to take part in C-Show last year. I did this year though! This year

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

   size (i.e. how many) points there are in the shadows of $A$, can we get a ... : I love that I can describe this problem in a single sentence: I want ... the math stuff, you can scroll on through to Part 2 where I talk about

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  morning at 6:45 AM. (My postdoc at the lab told me I don't have to come in on Tuesday until after I've taken a nap. This may sound nice, but is in ... application and wants to get to know you in person. I'll be meeting this weekend

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  I’m getting married again in a mere five months and I cannot fit in my wedding dress. This might be because I spent the whole winter in ... doing (and you can read more about the whole project here) I was most

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There ... thinking.    In the past few months, I’ve found myself thinking about ... ’ve started to realize that I tend to trap myself in this view of the world

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  things that made me happy lately from the first week of classes

  

  layer of masking tape. When I come home from classes I linger in the ... simple narrative: friends, food, firehose. That’s what I expected coming in ... the high-voltage work in lab. Thus, I have no choice but to go to lab

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 20, 2024