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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  -Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, wanted me to get a bunch of stuff done over the next term, but I didn ... another lab to get ice, rotovapped it, added aryl grignard, and began a ... Tuesday, but it's dedicated to Tuesday, because on Tuesday morning I pulled

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  . (Definition of MIT, #129: The ability to Taylor expand your states of ... my Special Relativity test required me to add (and subtract!) numbers with 5 significant figures, and the professor did not manage to include a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions Available Online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  

  use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu. Admissions decisions will be available

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  last night, in the hallway ANGELA MONSTER: Allin and I are going to Economy Hardware tomorrow morning. ME: Oh, can I come? I need to buy blinds ... bought blinds the other day at your store and they're the wrong size.. is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The Riemann Zeta Hypothesis was voted to be the most ... from high school was voted "Most likely to prove the Riemann Zeta ... -question examination that could be used in lieu of an application to admit people to MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vivek Venkatachalam- Constructing a Very Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope Vivek Venkatachalam worked with researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT's…

  

  you will enjoy. He says, "Remember that you're under no obligation to ... an ultrahigh vacuum. The microscope will now be used to image the surface of high-temperature superconductors in an attempt to understand how

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  course evaluation surveys that give you free excuses to complain about your ... your camera to greyscale. (At the African Burial Grounds, where a ... th left much to be desired. I will elaborate on the details of “much

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  , pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, other dishes liable to clog your arteries… and ... So I live in Burton Conner, like some other people, but I happen to ... exposure to Judaism prior to MIT. Consequently, it never even occurred to me

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  've done a lot of work for as part of my UROP. But it's good to get a formal ... internship into a full time return offer"]*the year*[/annotation] to get an ... i was waiting for company B to get back to me"]didn't really think

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  With the school year coming back around, it only feels necessary to pretend it’s December 31st and start making a list of things I want to ... list probably won’t get done anyways. So here are some things I wanna

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  and triceps might need to be a larger part of my life - asap!! I was slightly jealous of the other members of my EMT class, none of whom seemed to ... was a struggle, and my mind juggled with constant reminders: Place your

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  people appreciation post <3

  

  . whether that be having answers to your questions or redirecting you to other ... , email. there are resources and people for your help and you just need to ... . I wanted to appreciate the people who make my MIT experience what it

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  By Chris Mills '12 It's 3:30 a.m. I have to leave to get to the ... etc. We returned from the museum and I went back to the dorm to get my ... , I glance at the clock and wonder how I managed to waste so much time

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  How was your CPW? It was definitely one of my favorites. I had lots of fun meeting a you future froshies in person. Today I wanted to ... /MIT. One post that hit close to home was titled "Did anyone here not enjoy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  interviewer have told us, it is my job to summarize your application on the ... your applications to be read! And speaking of your applications, back to ... I don't want to alarm those of you in California, Texas, Florida

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties MIT alumni-hosted parties in your area.

  

  exciting. If you go to one of these events, send me your review and some ... host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2010. If there's one in your area, you should check it out -- it's a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  : students get many opportunities to donate blood on campus. Seen from the ... , and you'll get all the way to Downtown Boston and Back Bay. Travel to ... get to make beautiful creations, such as the ones above, using the Lab

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  seems to be going right. Best of luck, and remember that you're amazing ... To everyone who's waiting for a pi(e) day decision: It's all going to be okay. It may not feel like it right now, with t-12(ish) hours

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  Campus to the Z-Center one day when my favorite song of the musical theatre ... measure a year, I began to wonder what units I use to measure my life. The first quantity that came to mind was distance and the easiest unit of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?

  

  to have an after-work event at which parents would construct gingerbread houses for their children to decorate in school the following day ... of moms, trying to follow instructions from Miss Stacy and Miss April

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006