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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  your advisor. Please use him as a resource for helping you make the most ... consistent with gravitational wave theory. In the 1980s, for example, a Nobel ... the Virgo galaxy cluster, of which the Milky Way is a member. We, of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Travel

  spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen

  

  -filled time, a time to relax, hang out with your friends, and have the ... wanted to show us the southwest, Sophia wanted to buy a cowboy hat, and ... and projects, I had gotten an extension for a paper for my [annotation

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Targets shooting things and hitting them

  

  front sight, for a few moments, before lowering the pistol in a controlled ... meetings in the ready room, a room next to the shooting range itself. On the first day of class, we talk about the goals for the class, safety, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  part of home, a part of me, of my life for the past 14 years. Each time I was out there on the ice, I skated with a purpose, for the joy and ... city. Luckily, I received a bye to Eastern Sectionals, the qualifier for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings

  

  MIT portal for the locations and times for these events, and for a list of all ... opportunities for Admitted Students. Although a lot of my time is spent preparing ... their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2017. If there's an

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  the joy for admitted ones, that ratio soon reverses and becomes a ... Update for Admitted students: We've been hearing reports that a few ... '12 had created a job-awesomeness formula for me. To understand it, you

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  students for academic and personal support. In the background, a double ... 2007 Brass Rat, and Matt has written briefly about the Brass Rats for the ... distributed at a swanky event at Top of the Hub, a very classy restaurant at the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  our perpetual battle with the mit weather machine spinning arts needs a shaman

  

  schedule the show for a day that doesn’t rain and take down the evil wizard ... during CPW fireshow. In fact, the last time we did not have a rain threat ... ushered the audience into Stata to wait it out for 20 minutes. We set up

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • November 15, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  provides a "broad base" for physics at all. The approaches in the two fields ... could, for example, self-study, or take the class at a local college. 2 ... 're setting yourself up for a lot of unhappiness down the line if you close

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  is the first time in my life that I've participated in Lent. For the ... for several days back to back was senior year of high school when a few ... distribute chocolate to the class. I dig through the bag for my favorite piece

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to be Tim The Beaver anyone can wear the mask.

  

  ; Thanks, Yhiedhania '20, for being a good beaver friend!In the words of ... giant beaver suit- but finally Yhiedhania '20 took one for the team! 3 ... how to keep cool inside the suit. 3. Complete a quiz to show you know

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  Junior year pretty much ws a gigantic ride on the struggle bus for me ... working in Solidworks (a program used for modeling on the computer) and ... semester. 2.008 is a Design for Manufacturing class offered to Mechanical

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Ellie on the M.T.A. writing about the T, on the T

  

  for the Harvard bus, and I’ve ignored a man telling the entire bus about ... transportation has that going for it too. The first time I visited Boston, in my ... buy a succulent from a tiny flowershop bursting with greenery. As for

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  also petitioned for some extras. The next day, I got a personal email ... The Accidental Harvard Class It is possible to miss a class. Not in the “sleep through it” way, but rather in the “harbor a feeling of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  trail for quite a distance, it just snakes around through the North End ... red pushpin marked it out for me. A walk back to campus from the ... a walk through Little Italy. The smell of the bread and garlic early

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  will be a public livestream on mit.edu to introduce her to the community ... coaster —  you can tell this is a center for intellectual fun." In response ... the Supreme Court and the fact that we do not do give a legacy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  . This is the Boston term for a milkshake, from the French "frapper" ("to ... as a comment) What does the JP in JP Licks stand for? ... Without fail, if I could only eat one food for the rest of my life

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  : So for a little more context, apart from Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) which is the main get-together for all admitted students, the admissions ... different communities here on campus like Sin Limite for the Latinx community

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  monkey and a butterfly garden. I watched the baby tamarin for about 15 ... think it would suck to be a penguin... I'm not so much a fan of the -80 ... ! The museum, besides being a great place to immerse oneself in biology

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  a day in my life as a MISTI student ft. research and friends

  

  ...[/caption] 9:45 AM On the way to the institute, I pick up a pastry for breakfast ... having the energy to cook. So, for the second day in a row, I’m drinking ... for the model. It’s a good list, and it gets me excited for work on

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 17, 2022