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• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  Even in classical mechanics, physics tells us about relativity, where ... memory. Set a reference frame there for now. What do you see? In one of my ... , "Well, what good was it for?" If you're on the waitlist, you might not

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  around us. I disagreed, pointing out that the bits of whole peanuts ... brings us to a debate I witnessed this Friday. During my one hour break between 5.111 and 8.01, I headed to the Student Center for some food. In

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  -roasted for tons of flavor, the bread is some kind of wonderful crispy toasted ... block in Germany, and you will never pay more than three euros for one ... can't smoke anywhere in the US and you can smoke everywhere in Europe

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  annoyed when people outside of MIT laugh at us for calling pranks "hacks ... there for anyone to listen to. I know I have Ben's band on my iPod. =P ... 'm filing this entry under the "MIT's Mission: Who We Are" for a couple of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  that kids need to be perfect. We get rewarded by U.S. News rankings for ... something for everyone that they failed to convey what made their institution ... admissions. “It helped me get real about what we’re actually looking for,” she

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  Hampshire! Not all of us can go on fantasy pirate cruise ships, so we all ... microbiology as you are - but it's also good to show initiative and look for ways around them, if you can. So look for opportunities offered outside of your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  of us there and each of us preferred a different movie. So, we each ... (the secret twentieth character for sword really does look a little like ... trembling because I was so excited. And for dessert, peanut butter pie

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  For most of the past month, I was traveling in southeast Asia, a trip ... . I feel like such a nerd for taking a picture of the engine, but it was ... to examine for a long time, and photograph. Hong Kong After

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who else is watching infinity train?!?! *a fangirling hub that we will update every day this week*

  

  could we not love this?! Luckily, we were not the only ones crazy for ... ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atutlhoyc_Q[/embed] THIS WAS RELEASED! One thing that struck out to us was the I N C R E D I ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXPZzXeGD6s[/embed] Two weeks ago, the trailer for the actual show was

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  /train ride over to Philadelphia for a fully-packed 3-day fraternity leadership ... semester except for the occasional iced coffee with so much milk and sugar it ... . Weekends are for recharging. Where are you, PNR? *hosed: in a constant

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  skies for us, despite all extra grief we'd been through to get there. And ... shoes and vowed "never again." 2) For some reason, I have been wanting to climb Mt. Fuji for the past few months, maybe because I don't know when I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  banquet. For $10 ($8 for members), attendees got to sit at round tables, eat ... -based magician who had previously appeared on Penn and Teller’s show Fool Us. More ... degrees Fahrenheit. For perspective, I saw a chart on the internet that

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  will do this for you anyway. :-) My advising seminar, 1.A24, has proved to be a worthy contender for most intriguing class this term. We meet for an hour and a half every Monday afternoon to nibble on biscuits and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  turning back time now your clock can follow the right hand rule!

  

  counterclockwise. Rejoice! The next day, I created a custom face for the clock, one ... direction. We hung it up in the main lounge for the world to see, and a few ... . He proposed to us a business venture. [carousel image1="103923" image2

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  are done. say alyssa and ben were estimating how long it'd take for them ... been busy. despite spending hours cramming for 6.033 computer systems engineering, grading the final for 6.036 introduction to machine learning, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  one person shaking his fist proclaiming "F*ck yeah" repeatedly. For our ... for our growth and development as a class, so we feature the Greek ... watch for a touch of classiness and old traditions, as well as to remind

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  name now! One of the first things he did in class was ask us for two ... DID YOU KNOW? i^i = e^(-pi/2) Sorry for the lack of MIT ... I managed to need so much luggage for a 3-month trip to Germany

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  blog post of that nature. Frankly, I've been overdue for such a post, both in the sense that I haven't appeared on the admissions blogs for a ... sparing a thought for all the woes which continue to sit in the back of my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  career so far was simply planning my class schedule for this semester. For ... back during IAP, before I'd started having to actually do any work for ... 't like. I like, for example, that it's symmetric about Wednesday. I like

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  back from my Easter visit home just in time for my training session at ... , people kind of freak out. So they want us EMTs to be familiar with the ... Bryan's blog soon! Read on for responses to comments. Lots of responses

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006