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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  Prize "for extraordinary service to children." I was equally surprised to ... . After an introduction that included a thank-you to Rafael Reif for ... memory (not to mention he was 110% prepared for the rehearsal). But it was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  logged out of the Athena machine I'd tied my existence to for the entire ... coded a ray caster for 6.837, the computer graphics class that has been ... to fifteen hours to finish. When we emerge from our cyclic periods of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  A Latino Christmas An introducción to Next House's newest student group.

  

  ] speak for themselves. An awesome way to end the semester. Outside NALGIS ... Yesterday was a big day for the news media, what with the automotive ... given himself the nickname "el Che", sent the following to the dorm email

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  elections meeting, an overnight shift, a trip to New York, another exam ... while I was hosed it really doesn't look like I'd put up my next entry to until about a few weeks after I graduate. Also, I made fun of Ben for not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  The semester is over and I didn't go home for winter break because I have so much to do. In the last few months, my writing career got pushed to the back burner so I could survive my classes (four technicals, all

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon

  

  against a field of dozens for the chance to qualify for the Championship ... I said then, ...FIRST (which stands for For Inspiration and ... applying to MIT were even born. The goal of FIRST, broadly speaking, is to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  MIT was packed to capacity with students eager to hear six MIT professors argue for their favorite Jewish delicacy – either Latke or ... unique is that the professors use their own field of expertise to support

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  then use to test individual fly neurons, and design algorithms for ... a variety of departments, have been... 9.00 Intro to Psychology (Fall '04, Wolfe) - There are a lot of requirement-filling "perks" to this

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  deconstruction end-of-semester atmospheres

  

  dinner and started looking for classes to take next semester. ... i woke up naturally at 9am this morning to a sunny day, feeling rested, and realizing i have no commitments. so i went into boston to find

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  major living and social option for close to a thousand men. Like most ... made that year, and how they continue to affect my life today. Without a ... freshman was choosing to join a fraternity. It was, in retrospect, also one

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Prof. Acemoglu’s Clark Medal On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story…

  

  to an American economist under the age of 40 for making a significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge. Of the 29 Clark medalists to date ... , there's a story on the John Bates Clark Medal being awarded to MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stitch n Bitch: Quarantine Edition a tight-knit community scattered across the globe

  

  used it to try out embroidery."]embroidery kit[/annotation] for Christmas ... (infamously) asked me that night if I wanted my own pie. This is what I get for allowing her to see me binge dining hall food.[/caption] My freshman year, I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Grads Design the Jolt Sensor to help high school athletes detect concussions better

  

  functioning prototypes ready to receive funding for mass production and ... creating new things inspires others to create new things themselves, like MIT ... unable to speak as he staggered into the trainer's room. This problem of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  The ironic part about MIT and wanting to share everything that happens here is that oftentimes there isn't enough time to get it all down ... year it gets to just be too much. MIT is much better summarized in little

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

    It was an epic battle, a tournament to the death. Tens of ... open with anticipation for the coming soccer match.   In one ... . They had beaten five other teams, but lost to Ed's Elephants due to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  made my way down to Chinatown, where I went shopping crazy for my peeps ... , it's the only way to fly. I don't care how you take it, but my CPW ... met, to the numerous fraternities I visited, to the awesome trips to a

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  , here's a shout out to the Lego Lab for being cool enough to work with ... excited about it. It's physics! What's not to be excited about? What's not ... how 18.01 is a prereq and 18.02 is a co-requsitie for 8.02. Since I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  ; the former from Latin tangere “to touch”, and adding the prefix in-, for ... the rule “simple enough for a kid to draw”. Certainly you don’t want a ... mater. For Sylvester, who introduced the term, a matrix is where a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The State of the Mail: Opened & Processed It's time to check MyMIT to make sure we have all the pieces of your…

  

  have received. Now we're really ready to read applications! This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will show what materials we have processed for you. We should have the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  .. The next morning, we piled into cars for a field trip to Green Bank ... more that we haven't found yet. This is Revenge for yesterday. There was ... straight face, I asked Jenn to go inside and get the sheet off the bed so

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013