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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  . Halls/entries usually have some sort of "room wars" system (on 5th East ... where you want to be? How much of this was unique to MIT as opposed to ... . It's a bit of a tough one because my goals have changed substantially

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  perfect, there were cool streams of glacier water to splash on your sweaty ... people very high up on a tiny trail cut into the side of this massive stone ... ledge on the side of a very high rock wall. Strava tells me that I hiked

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Florida, complete I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a…

  

  packed house. I also got some recommendations for yummy Cuban food on Calle ... people at 4 meetings across the state of Florida. I met many great students ... back to Tampa on Thursday to attend and present at the national

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  break of eighth grade, and my family was on a vacation visiting the East Coast—of course, as was typical for my academically-serious parents, such ... 's been a decade, and only brief snippets of that MIT still remain in my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  D students, and grad students on their research projects during the semester ... of the process in obtaining a UROP[/caption] It's a great opportunity ... titled Tips for Finding a UROP, as well as a series of advice and resources

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  been released! A little bit of background, in case you missed the excitement last year: a few members of MIT's Musical Theatre Guild decided that ... of MIT lingo - hacks refers to the "anonymous technological pranks" set

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  compare stats on some of the most popular Olympics topics (who the heck is ... graduation entry, I work at Bluefin Labs, a startup of roughly 20 engineers and ... experienced person there!” ...all of the interns were Ph.D students. “Rachel

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  falling under the term: every branch of engineering - from aeronautics, to ... the Institute. More importantly, in ways, it's a bit of an art, too. That's what I learned this past weekend, when MIT's Association of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  actual parts of my exams. I actually write like that on my exams because I ... Sorry I’ve been a little MIA, folks. I am fully aware of my absence (though you probably weren't...). I got the "i know this is a busy time of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  probably focused on getting into college, and much of your life may have been ... of the biggest perks about getting accepted early is also getting on ... This week has been a battle for all of us – I just finished my

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Diabolo, Pandora, and Bad TV Shows You figure out what they have in common, 'cause I sure as heck don't know.

  

  more time to do some blogging! Here is a random smattering of things I've been wanting to blog about. THE SHARPE BROTHERS A while back, on the front page of the Boston Globe was an article about two brothers at MIT

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • June 22, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  than up the river, and of course I still actually live on MIT's campus ... -powered airplane. The guys with their plane on the day of its first flight test ... science-filled reception at the Museum of Science. And then we'll go on our

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  a list of 14 colleges that I was planning on applying to, but I had ... on his mailbox that had some sort of complicated mechanism that I no ... I’ve recently had a number of startling revelations: I’m almost

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  CERN, the world's largest particle accelerator. A triple-GEM consists of thin layer of insulating material called Kapton sandwiched between two sheets of copper, making a grand total of three layers (the "triple" comes

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  really fascinating history lesson on the life of Henry Moseley, juxtaposing ... -ray spectroscopy. Analysis revealed that the sack of potatoes lying on the ground ... walked into the lecture hall with the month of Moseley's landmark paper on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a week in europe pictures of munich, vienna, amsterdam

  

  on friday, loud, incessant bangs and whirrs of the never ... and tests swirl in my head. they make me forget what's outside of campus ... outside and it's dark. i need a break. i want to leave. on saturday, i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exploring the Outdoors! In Kresge that is...

  

  awesome hands-on class that gives students a taste of what it takes to ... into finals :) Best of luck to all of you waiting on your decisions ... At the end of fall semester, I look forward to one thing. No, it

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 14, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  on their showcase, this commonly includes engraving all manner of glass ... , and Nadeem Mazen '06, proprieter of digital design and consulting firm Serious Business LLC and MIT squash coach. The premise of danger!awesome is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application now available Apply now at MyMIT.

  

  ability to track the different parts of your application. On your My ... Educational Counselor (EC), within a couple days of registering. You should ... will submit your part of the application online via MyMIT. However, if

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  Last week, I spoke a little about Camp Kesem, one of the many student organizations at MIT and one that dedicates a lot of time and effort into putting ... enough money for camp this year. We've organized several on-campus events

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010