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• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  mode of transport when the weather is (reasonably) nice, it's a great way ... admittedly is a baller - so I also love the Charles River Bike Path, which runs ... stay almost entirely off the main road for safety, and I get to bike to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  Last week I, along with most of the admissions team, attended the Ivy ... -years-more-or-less-when-we-feel-like-it gathering of admissions folks from the "IvyPlus" schools, defined, for the purposes of this conference, as the Ivies + Stanford + MIT. The Ivy

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

  (Q & A)^n

  

  Like many of you, I stayed up quite late watching the election ... , including the Tremulant concert at TT the Bear's Place (one of the many, many awesome live music venues within a short walk of MIT), the Kerry goings on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  -by-side!"]be accompanied by[/annotation] this one. Spring Semester, 2021 The four-day weekend ... as Patriots' Day, which falls on the third Monday of April. Traditionally, the Boston Marathon is also [annotation note="this year it has been

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I painted a mural for Borderline! bird-erline mural

  

  Since coming here, I've had two items at the top of my bucket list. #1) Graduate. #2) Paint a mural for The Borderline @ MIT. I got to ... 2017, where students cover the walls of one of the campus tunnels with

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  2024 has been quite a year for the Sun—in addition to the total solar eclipse, this year is also a [annotation note="when the Sun is at its most ... particular, this means the aurora borealis/australis are at their brightest

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / CPW

  Hottest ever CPW ouch global warming

  

  republish it to show how absurd this CPW's weather will be. I updated the temperature scales and wow is the difference visible. The CPW weather machine is broken, but in the other direction, oops global warming. (And if you're

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  Back in July, when the Institvte first accidentally leaked their plans for the fall, most people reading the FAQ immediately scrolled to ... will tuition be?", and "will we get grades in the fall?".  Many of us had

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  mit.edu. It was designed and built by the same agency, Upstatement, that is redesigning admissions and SFS. Elizabeth and I were both on the core team that helped set the early cultural conditions and priorities

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  By now, three full days have passed into my second semester here. The ... placement in the hall, the dining halls are back up and running, and the ... the next few months with 57 units of courses: On February 6th, the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  boston at night grab your headphones

  

  bike ride down the esplanade, bridges, night fog, ducks on the river, street music, city magic

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 22, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  weekends when I can. PA is colder than Boston, or it feels that way. In the winter the grass is covered in hoarfrost (иней in Russian, I learned) that melts during the day except in the shadow of the house. I call my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  sports.  These hardcore ice climbers and mountaineers, braving the unknown ... Angeles, though, I never got closer to these alpine pursuits than the pages ... time in national parks like Yosemite and Zion.  But spending time in the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  -rest-of-my-life opportunity. It was a great idea in my opinion! So there I am, sitting on the ... some sort of Magic School Bus episode, let me assure you that the ... miles) south of Brussels. On my first day, the Research and Development

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  I mentioned that I'm in the midst of a summer research program at the ... C-O regions in the Whirlpool Galaxy, using data from the Very Large Array (of radio telescopes) in New Mexico. This is what the Whirlpool

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the class of 2016! I found this picture of you on the Internet:          Go ahead and introduce yourselves :)

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  High Class Brass [✔] Order a Brass Rat [✔] Feel swanky [ ] Become Iron Man

  

  Both my father (MCP, '87) and I spent some time here at the Institute. My dad, as you might deduce from the letters and the year next to his name, got his Master's in City Planning, and in a way, he planted the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  What do Chancellor Grimson, The Salvation Army, and I have in common? This: (video credit: Tony Eng) The official description of Leader ... solving and interpersonal communication. Over the course of the program

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s FPOPpin’ Whatchu know 'bout me?

  

  As the advent of another academic year approaches, I feel somewhat ... year ago. It was a beauteous midsummer morn, and I was filled to the brim with excitement and wonder. Of course, the honeymoon didn't last forever

  • by Tom R. '14
  • September 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  Happy New Year, lovely folks of the internet! Kids 'round these ... morning, meaning I woke up at 7:15 (the horror!). The house is empty and I have a cold so that means it is the perfect time... TO BLOG. In honor of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011