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  Happy Holidays And some final thoughts before the new year

  

  see that I too have grown. Here are a few things I learned on my own ... , I just kept on working and got the grades that I earned. Whew! That

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  on one of our psets, which refers to "Professor Alan Guth," father of ... 's what I like to see on a problem set. :)

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  depends on how patient of a person you are, but I don’t think I’ve ever ... nine long months to birth with a lot of snarling and kicking around. On the day I finally arrived on Earth, my patience had fast vanished, which

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  Dear current and future MIT students, There is a class you need to take. 12.409: Hands-On Astronomy. It's a 6-unit P/D/F (your options are ... up on the roof (using a telescope to find Comet Pan-STARRS as the sun

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

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  A couple weekends ago, the average age on campus suspiciously ... brother, Ryan (who insists on being called a pre-teen). There are very few ... videos. The folks on campus certainly did, as upwards of six people

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Walter Lewin ESG Lecture Oh, you know, only one of the most famous Physics Professors of all time

  

  first year at MIT has flown by and it's about time I update you guys on what's been going on.

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  shoutout on the blogs here - so thanks for everything, guys! You might also ... verdicts on felonies and misdemeanors. At least that's the impression that I ... sophomore arrived: ICE ICE BABY It all looked really nice on the night of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  tracer, on the other hand, builds upon a ray caster, but traces rays ... -level gist of it is pretty simple; on a low level, we had to build in tons of ... on it with actual, beautiful graphics engines that took organized

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  's already going long on the overall process. Early one morning, I saw a ... ; far be it from me to weigh in on it with empirical evidence. But what I ... 's hard to accept brilliance at face value when, well, sub-A level grades on

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  Last Saturday, when I should be working on a model of a performance ... Hatch Shell on the Boston Esplanade - across the river from MIT. As soon as we got on the bridge towards Boston, I knew it was going to be a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Will the pie be bitter or sweet? Hint: it's a trick question.

  

  on Monday. But I can tell you that it won't change who you are ... riffing on that quadruple-necked guitar, analyzing brainwaves, building fuel

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions: Thursday 12/16, 9pm EST On Thursday evening, our admissions decisions will be online.

  

  MIT Admissions plans to make Early Action decisions available online on Thursday, December 16 at 9pm EST. When decisions are released ... . Simply visit my.mit.edu and click on the lost password link. There is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got this video. Or rather, this sad excuse of one...

  

  Side note: Am I the only blogger who still uses a paper planner? Am I the only one in my programming class who takes notes on paper, not on a laptop?? Does anyone else still read books, or do you all have Kindles

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  18 is a fine number, especially when it counts years. It's an excellent age for wine, or so I'm told by the sommelier app on my phone. It ... . Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides, for their work on "Search Frictions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  essentially millennia-old technology. MIT is in on the concrete re ... subjected to load and which eventually causes it to fail. Based on their

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  On any given day, you'll totally forget how awesome it is that you're an MIT student, and that there are people outside of MIT who ... this. I'm still working on the Ring Premiere entry, but a friend

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  dwelling on that. While some of my friends have completed their requirements ... a second semester senior in high school. What on earth do you guys

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch our robot grow up! Grow robot grow!

  

  omniwheels on him, and gave him a battery + eeePc. He's just now learning to ... -ball-nomming beasty. http://twitter.com/c2bot Definitely be tuned in to the feed on

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Facebook. Because social networking makes you cool.

  

  Hey all, I'm sorry you haven't heard from me in a while; I'm working on passing the aforementioned 18.022 exam. Final in 8 hours, you ... linked to here on the blogs (although I wasn't a part of the "we", then

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Decisions: Wednesday 12/16 Decisions will be available online; be sure to verify your MyMIT username and password.

  

  MIT Admissions plans to make Early Action decisions available online on Wednesday, December 16 at 9pm EST. When decisions are released ... . Simply visit my.mit.edu and click on the lost password link. There is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2009