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• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  For most of the past month, I was traveling in southeast Asia, a trip ... Asia sometime in the future). Thailand The first stop was Thailand. I ... . I feel like such a nerd for taking a picture of the engine, but it was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  figuring out the optimal scoop-ability of your favorite [annotation note="or sherbert, if you’re me"]ice cream[/annotation]? What about the power of nerf gun bullets? Or maybe the power of a single footstep? Want to know the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  VEDA (Vlog Every Day of April) cami edition

  

  Tube channel and you can actually watch the first one here right now. I ... vlogging every day of April and trying to release videos somewhat on time, but also I'm using Adobe Premiere Pro after using Sony Vegas for the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  included a list of creative touches we had added to the space to make it feel ... ) Today is the day of that loud blog, because last week we officially ... Illuminations in MIT News where I am quoted telling some of the story of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  In the first installment of "Making the Switch," Melissa '11 asked ... doors open the first week, a lot of people would come in and introduce ... to as the Godzillas. I don't remember who was the first person of the

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  No Touching one plane, two planes, red plane, Corn Dog

  

  gravity was too far forward. This meant delays. The first part of the ... conspicuous lack of an airplane. "The MIT team looks like they're all freshmen," muttered one of our neighbors. Meanwhile, we muttered to each other about the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  Trivia: Which MIT Professor was the top scorer for the first US ... professor teach? [answer at the end of the entry] I remember sitting in my ... ) next to a friend of mine from Singapore. At the time, he was the only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  knows how many times, and each one has a story, whether it's that of the ... at the start of my sophomore year, the door was not only blank, it was ... put on it to be special, to reflect the fact that it was the first time

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  's just one more thing I just thought of yesterday: laundry. Where are the ... doing laundry is never a problem. The price of 75 cents per machine might ... only be refilled by the housemaster between the hours of 7:30 AM and 4

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  Director of the Educational CouncilHometown: Little Neck, NY (in Queens ... Rocky, The Godfather, The Princess Bride (read the book first, though ... Carnival, The Inner Game of Tennis, the Spencer booksAdvice about applying to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

        On the evening of June 6, 2012, a satellite with its camera pointed toward the sun sent the first 500 GB of its daily report back to base. Clouds covered the world thousands of miles below

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  : Conduct first-hand research on the process by which humans die by freezing. Selected approach is to go for a long run in sub-zero weather and the sort of ... supermarket down the street. Granola bar of unknown provenance. 12:30 PM

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  the process of drug development. He is incorporating his Mechanical ... create a device with the capability of culturing very small pieces of 3D tissue. The goal of the project is to design a high-throughput device that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  generally go home after the first day?" Ah, a classic question: the role of ... 'm really excited for CPW!! I really cant wait to come up and meet all of the ... parent: "As a mom of a current MIT student and the mom of a newly admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Thing I Love About MIT… Is how easy it was to use an assignment to pick up a cool internship.

  

  Engineering”. I uploaded a copy of the 16-page plan here if you want to take a ... ). The term-long project (and ~40% of our grade) was to write a detailed ... paid a small amount by the company, but at the end of the competition one

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  Remember the plot of The Matrix trilogy? Neither do I, which is why I ... day to mastering the subtle art of falling sleep randomly in public ... particularly stunning occasions come to mind: -As part of the Discover

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  media is, in fact, drinkable. It comes in a whole range of pink colors! It ... cold bottle of media is advised. Other notes: “This is probably the best ... actually has really small amounts of heavy water! The cells I babysit also

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  First, a couple of questions answered. Vidal Carlos Garza asked ... of the "talk list". Most living groups at MIT, in addition to having ... thoroughly random conversation. One of the largest and highest-traffic talk

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  I first saw the slogan "XC is Sexy" on the shirt of a 12 year old ... okay. Anyway, he is a former winner of the New England Division III ... Forest Hills. (For you subway people, we took the Red line to Downtown

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  application process you may send a copy of your green card via the application ... All applicants are requested to fill out the application with their current citizen status. In our first-year admissions process, you