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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  . (By the way, being a TA for junior lab must really really suck. What a ... . For a general physics (8 or 8-focused) major, these are the requirements ... Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  apparently covered the original room number (32-123) with a new number for the ... see into the core of computation, "keeping it fresh for more than a ... -known class around the Institvte. As many of you know, 6.001 was a class

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show ... programs, including a nice shot of MIT's own Elena Glassman '08 winning the ... surprised that it borrows a lot from the most popular shows from the genre

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  got lazy and started using Lyft more, for the convenience and also ... (only $15 for a 1-year subscription, and cars typically hire for $12/hour or so on the weekends) because I needed to drive. It's a calming

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Econ Prof Wins Nobel Prize (with video) A pretty exciting week as Peter Diamond PhD '63 is the latest MIT professor to…

  

  D '63 was awarded the Nobel memorial prize in Economics. For MIT, this ... normal MIT classroom (it looks a lot like the room where I took 18 ... room for the press conference and posed for pictures with Diamond. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  photos for TNQ'10. Although it might sound a bit generic, the answer ... starting point for the design editor: a way of encapsulating a theme without ... for this year's edition of Technique (the yearbook of MIT, since 1885

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  So if you've been reading these blogs for a while now, you might ... , it's hard to see what's not to love about the department. We've got a ... for those who aren't quite sure of what to do, I would suspect that the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer a list of verbs

  

  , and while the weather leaves much to be desired, there is still a lot of ... chief-of-staff at a startup in the Web 3.0 space, so I agreed to do some ... rent). I'm a house manager for WILG, which means I assign chores and do

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet My True Love: Notion a tool for stress-free college applications (and much more)

  

  views for the database: a table, a kanban board, and a calendar. I have ... . However, each assignment has a due date – what if I wanted to view all the ... manually update both the Doc and the calendar if a due date or assignment

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  steps. Get up. Grab a change of clothes. Wait for the shower to ... . For the past couple of years, I've used an app called Sleep Cycle to ... 't necessarily the case, though. I spent most of high school in a vicious cycle of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  was a limitation on the size of the cups we could use to drink apple juice. I’ve been waiting most of my teenage years for the freedom to drink ... courtyard of East Campus, straight off the T from the airport, and saw a half

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  a long, philosophcal answer are not ideal for this format.  Otherwise, ask away! Let me give you a brief update from campus...  The ... ." As for your questions, ask them below in the comments.  I'll

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  out what to do after we graduate.  It’s scary.  For the past couple of ... rejected from the last company we thought we still had a chance to work at ... for the reality where maybe we won’t get into grad school, and maybe

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  ; definitely lots more legroom than on a plane, and, for the moment, there ... . I will try a different offering when the cafe car opens for breakfast ... am a sucker for the sight of lights reflected on a slick pavement. We

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  before the fireworks, also before a thunderstorm. (Click for larger ...       On the evening of June 6, 2012, a satellite ... stared at the screen for another minute. “Good grief,” said the first, “and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  cannot leave a bike unlocked for more than 5 minutes (this was during the ... the thief didn't have time to get a new lock for it so I just walked it ... I was looking at the calendar a few days ago and thought to myself

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  will live in my new apartment for a year while I commute to and from the ... medicine, but in all science.” For Sacks, a doctor, the point is that ... some point, I took a break to refill my mug, pausing on my way out the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  the student isn't being a poseur for the sake of admissions, are the ... I'm at home now in Hampton Bays getting ready for the first of my ... using the wrong lures and jigs. Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun. It made

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  When the CPW schedule came out  when I was a prefrosh 50000 years ago ... .mit.edu for a simple Google Maps version of campus. Don't be afraid to explore ... to find a blogger for some life guidance? Here's where you'll find us

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  the Institute"]I3 videos[/annotation] for certain dorms, you know that ... at the Institute. art completely covers the walls of East Campus, for example, and the murals that exist range from anywhere between a month and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023