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  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  Princeton. This is an amazing talk. You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek, as he is also a writer, poet and is known to tell ... can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  .']concentrate[/annotation] in linguistics, I thought it'd be suitable to talk about some things I've learned in linguistics applied to Tagalog. Phonology is the study of a ... in a language's words. This semester, I'm taking 24.901 Introduction to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  write. I'm hoping to come back soon, but, in the meantime, please accept ... takes your hand and dances. You'd get to come along on my adventures. The ... , the beauty in this sometimes horrid place. We help ourselves to all

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  grad student for a while. At minimum two years, even more if I get in to ... academia. It's really hard to get in to the Media Lab and I may not be ... you get funded for the degree). Apply to jobs in the real world

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  's all about how you want to structure things. In DUSP, there are four ... you have the chance to explore offerings in any field and see how you'd like to focus in the future. The topics are wide-ranging and can be

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  , almost directly beneath the Citgo sign. A brownie in a mug! I'll have to ... under strain in real-life structures. It would be really useful to know if ... to brush up on my French in order to take a French class in the fall. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Events

  The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri's novel comes to the Cambridge screen

  

  ; Ashima's first years of marriage in America; the Ganguli's trip to India ... Last Friday, I went to the AMC Cambridge to see the big ... Jhumpa Lahiri. Lahiri was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for her

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  'll have to turn in several blank answers because you don't have time to get ... assignments" that you get in high school. Big differences between psets and ... )...parts to the same problem - so in actuality you are doing like 20 smaller

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  up to get my act together. Showered, dressed, brushed teeth - booked it ... from MIT to the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. With me were ~25 other MIT ... the MoMA: On the way in, Kandinsky tells the visitor what to think

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  , it is better to get there late than not at all If I burn myself out in ... opportunities to pursue the things I was interested in, I feel very grateful to be ... everyone else. This, in itself, is an odd thing to say given that there is

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  to land a job as a blogger than it is to get into MIT in the first ... , in this case Chris Su - met to choose new bloggers who will be joining ... . Emad was born in South Africa but emigrated at an early age to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  me incredibly giddy knowing that I get to live in the house with ... being able to sit in a lecture hall again and walk from class to class ... people moved into the house and I've gotten to know a lot of people in it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  , or FR) This is the seat you'll probably get if you check in late and it ... . Have to store all of your luggage in the overhead bins, annoying if you ... serenade you with the song of flight. Have to wait a bit to get off of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  'm starting to get a taste of it, as I spent over 30 hours in lab my very first ... =_____=)) But anywhoo, back to the actual subject. In many ways, I still have a ... problems attempting to visualize things like U, q, w, H, and S. Meh, I get by

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This one goes out to the parent Fire! (she's comin' down on her own, now)

  

  KNOW IF I GOT IN TO MIT!! MAYBE THEY SPONTANEOUSLY DECIDED TO POST THEIR ... in a sustainable fashion anytime soon. So, until we get a big ... sitting in my room listening to Ween, meanwhile Joe '08 won $25,000 to save

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  students. In reality, however, it's just an excuse for me to advertise this ... week of orientation, I had to get out my cell phone all the time to give ... might want to look into getting a new area code or a different carrier

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  . I switched to a math major (from a humanities major) in fall 2019 ... confidence in the area. Some cool opportunities came my way: I was invited to ... (out of sixty students) in my research program. If they were trying to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  want to do. We were in this boat as prefrosh, and then in our freshman ... to us, and maybe something we’d even want to major in. Fast forward to getting accepted to MIT. We were beyond shocked and ecstatic. We Felt All

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet ... is not enough to get you into any college or university, let alone MIT ... , it is your choice to decide what to include in your application

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  Spanish, I want to write a novel, I want to get a PhD in media studies, I ... 've found it hard to stay present. I've been enjoying my time in Madrid ... feelings on what I want the future to look like. Had you asked me in my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023