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• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  there on the lecture handout). That being said, he was - and is - one of ... great lecturer that he was one of two people ON THIS PLANET (or at least ... Undergraduate Teaching, the nomination and selection of which is determined

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  a text convo on failure and other stuff i guess

  

  refusing to get up" "failing to attempt is the biggest failure of life ... misti. turns out, miguel is thinking of misti also for the summer ... ']weeb[/annotation] 🤭 I’ll probably be in DC or cali this summer Depends on what program

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  committee's first decision was whether to use the beaver or the Great Dome on ... number of them proudly wear an MIT class ring, which is large, heavy ... animals. We turned to [William Temple] Hornaday���s book on the animals of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  the Smoot, is a uniquely MIT unit of measure. Brush up on some of your ... different disciplines. Our goal is to forge new understandings of how ... coming in for the festivities. Most of us know each other as we chose to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  're lucky, all the classes that you want to take might fall on the same two or ... longer surprised me. Past professors or TAs of mine have also offered to do ... After talking to my friends during the first week of senior year and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  can then choose to accept our offer (it is an understood part of ... is too early to know. In a week or two, we'll once again look at where ... on the waitlist to about 500 people, and many of those people accepted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  are you stressed/anxious/ [emotion] about finals/decisions/[noun]?  here are some adorable dogs. also, me as james bond.

  

  your dorm room or talk to anyone in real life?  Then this latest MIT ... other enough to submit anonymous displays of affection, but not enough to have a conversation in real life.  All you have to do is follow these few

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 13, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  taking a day off and going to one of Boston’s many concerts, or even ... by live music to my ears is definitely a pleasant reminder of home. But ... along too much to figure out how to do calculus, which is a real problem

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  this nervousness is something I'll grow out of, or if its just an ... lines of how machine learning, to some degree, is all about learning representations of the natural world, and in order to make accurate predictions or

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Some Time in New York City I'm not much of a man by the light of day, but by night I'm…

  

  out of your dorm and take the T down to South Station, you can get on a ... to be a half-mile walk out of your room and across the Harvard Bridge. The other third of you are actually going to live in Boston! When other

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  simple as "to be," to as specific as "a part of a celebration in which a ... nothing is more satisfying (or enlightening) than being right on the ... in time management.  You've got tons of things to do, as well as even

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  work internally, but I’d like to find out, which is one of the reasons I ... extracurricular activity, and I’m hoping to spend a lot of time on it, especially ... proposed or tried before, and to learn about different mainstream schools of

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.

  

  of the following). Option A: In a paragraph or two, describe to us a ... the incoming class) is the selection of the new bloggers. And now, with freshman orientation quickly approaching, that time of year is upon us! As

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  but her emails how to assert?

  

  To Me. I am self-conscious about the number of "I"s in my writing ... a Man friend who related to a lot of these points, which makes me ... 're useful. But when I'm writing something that is supposed to be a sort of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 5, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  , Kyle Arrington to make a terrific pick on one set of downs before failing ... period of time, is almost certainly insufficient to beat a good team in the ... Patriots lost to the Giants. It was pretty painful. But the midst of it all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  About the Midyear Report We've been getting many questions about the Midyear Report. Here are some answers.

  

  form is required of all applicants and will be available on this page in ... Common App MYR which is filled out by your counselor and sent to Common ... semester (or after completion of the second quarter, if your school uses a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  to Mother, Mother a lot. Perhaps TikTok is to blame, snippets of their ... , "Because what if I fail?" To me, this is the most important what-if of them ... start to be full of doubt or like you're losing something. Am I correct

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  More Milk Please And a cookie too. If by cookie you mean an awesome metaphor.

  

  is one supposed to describe the experience of plunging headfirst into ... , maybe my one true calling is mastering the art of chocolate, or ... week two of classes, there is only one thing left to say. Moar milk plz.

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  final month of school! Somehow, I can't believe this year is coming to an ... students may teach a class on ANYTHING to their students. A sampling of ... adviser is there to "advise" on what courses you should be taking during

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  master of div, grad, AND curl!!!...which is to say, I'm having a real good ... (which I don't), it's mandatory to have at least some sort of meal plan ... fudge of my childhood. I've been really impressed by how easy it is to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019