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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The View from 1000 Feet Life after MIT ... kind of

  

  , and I think a lot of it is from the skills that I gained in my first ... know what the Damkohler number is. Punchline: I learned a lot in my classes. While that in itself is a tremendous feat, there is much more that

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have classes

  

  I've been in. Probably a third of it is grad students, and while 9 is ... well or struggle. The last time I was in a really polarizing class (18 ... in it with me, which is nice since it means I'll always have someone to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Therefore, this is a REALLY long entry.

  

  Who: Chris M and Snively What: A picture Where: My room When: Last year at the end of CPW Why: We needed a picture together How: How did we end up looking like this? 4 hours of sleep-ish each over about 4 days.

  • by Snively '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  This semester, I'm taking a graduate class in General Relativity that ... creativity and free-thinking, is the venerated observance of Lunchtime in the ... tag). Never, in a dozen years of pre-college schooling, was the sin of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Thirteen Theses on Wide Tim In a world which really is topsy-turvy, the true is a moment of the false.

  

  , sacredness is held to be enhanced in proportion as truth decreases and illusion ... aspect of life fuse in a common stream in which the unity of this life can ... contemplation. The specialization of images of the world is completed in the world

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  to make sure I get at least a 60% in the class. This is truly PNR in ... hellhole that is Massachusetts. In this time, I've been trying to keep ... shred me into pieces. I am a fool who doesn't understand physics. It is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  think!) • Which is a more favorable condition to find yourself in: a bad ... a “real-time” look at where a student is in his/her development as a ... athletics and UROPs, are in full swing, and the GEL Program is no exception

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  pathways to chemistry that is actually occuring in a particular process (eg ... at MIT is assigned a unique identifier. Most commonly, this is a number ... assigned to each department is a matter of historical contingency, and doesn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  ). Here is a photo of Arlene S’20 making necklines in her glass. (sorry its ... ) One cool design in ornaments is a Witch Ball. A Witch Ball includes ... MIT is really cool. MIT has a glassblowing class. I took the

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  On Greatness

  

  can I fit in?" It's a question that's been on the forefront of my mind lately, and it's got me thinking about incredible people and what it is in ... to is: No one has become great by wanting to be great, greatness is a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  garage is worth a read. Spoilers: he didn’t get in, but a bunch of other ... Hello Internet! I had a very writing major day, which is to say that ... preservation.)   The protagonist of ThesisNovel is a high school senior

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  it is like to live in a rural area or a small town (even though I do ... fair is a stack of brochures in the counselor’s office. Perhaps the ... is practically a holiday and every face in the bleachers is familiar

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  make a difference in terms of culture and accessibility. 2. "How hard IS ... Hey there!  Haven't seen you in a while.  And by "seen" I mean "you ... do one at the time, since I was dangling off a cliff in Utah and had

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  is a non-profit organization that partners with communities in ... Sorry I haven't blogged in a while -- I've been hosed with the deluge ... every single plot as part of a franchise business model in conjunction

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  isn't exactly something MIT is world-renowned for. Yet. But there's a ... into a host of international development issues. Whether your passion is ... in between, MIT is pushing international development forward on pretty

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  prospect of consuming 365 new albums in a year. what if I found it tedious ... my last attempt at a New Year's Resolution. in my junior year of high ... reread someday. thankfully, listening to an album is a lot less committal

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  rolltreppe I use the word funky loosely in conversation but these tunes are tight. um did…

  

  Chris Peterson once said, "rfong is a good photographer, and in order ... , is about to graduate with a course 6 degree, numerous musical accolades ... (here is a subset of the group at Dylan's Emerson recital): To crazy

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 21, 2012
• Blog / CPW

  I did a comedy set* in front of 1000 MIT admits and everything else that happened at this year’s CPW opening ceremony

  

  the last summer in a long time where your time is completely yours; you ... One of the markings of Young Adulthood, in my humble opinion, is the ... hours later and be fine. Instead, as a Young Adult who is starting to

  • by Janet G. '27
  • April 29, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Floating On A Whim [by Katharine Chu '09, Guest Blogger] An art UROP carries a curious course 9-er all…

  

  exciting art in Europe is created. Jane had a sound piece and Wanas several ... yourself to explore your options. Nine months ago, I was in the middle of a ... Philbrick, from my small apartment in LA and set up a time for a meet and

  • by ARTalk
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  This entry is ostensibly a guide to purchasing an appropriate cell ... I'm not premed anyway), but my experience was that in high school, a ... calls, I was in general surprised at the lack of service in such a large

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005