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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  . Prof. Karp knew that he wanted to be a bioengineer in college, and ... University of Toronto, he came to MIT as a postdoctoral researcher to work in ... experience is not a limiting factor. In particular, he tries to find students

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  medicine variant. In particular, we will have to assume a sort of equal ... necessary however—in particular, if we are to prefer saving a person over ... deliberately obtuse. Thus, we must model a situation in which one action to take

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  . Learning to drive stick-shift in a car that once belonged to my favorite ... much yet. My teacher is Rob, a photographer I met in a coffee shop ... looks to me: like the sky is a shield, cracking open momentarily to reveal

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

  

  becomes cheaper to get it for the whole day, so we threw in a trip to IKEA ... 'm working with in my banner photo, because that actually happens to be a ... can take in TTL level DMX signals and convert those to PWMs: a

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 21, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  application, I wrote a sample blogpost in response to the prompt 'What is your ... 'm terrified to leave MIT. How do you make new friends as a new grad? What if I ... chapter of my life is done and that in order to grow we need to put

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Notes on Cancer rate my handwriting

  

  .[/annotation] That's such a cool sentence to type out. In the past, I've had issues ... of those buildings that course 7s and 20s spend a lot of time in ... XD hahahaha ROTFLMAO"]legibly[/annotation] and abbreviating in a way

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Business As Usual

  

  Virginia's scenic New River. And now it's starting to get cold here in ... a couple of construction projects in front of my door, which happens ... it is occasionally a problem. One guy is drilling holes in a glass

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  costumes. In my freshman year, the “best costume” award was given to a guy ... ’m sorry to say that I took a more conventional route, as I stayed in lab ... backward correlates with a small increase in the number of fatal auto

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  feud with Stephen Colbert (resolved in a battle royale), a German disco light shows, a visit to the doctor, a turtle race, and ring spinning. In ... wedding ring on his desk, trying to see for how long he can get it to spin

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  't get a chance to thank you in person so here it is, "thank you". My ... "right" things to get into the "right" colleges, they will be happy, in the ... case. Need blind admissions have allowed more students to have a chance

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  that your uncle is in fact crazy.) Cutest observer ever: A note ... .033, Relativity. Relativity is a great class to teach, if you enjoy designing ... 's what I like to see on a problem set. :)

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  today, of all days, i feel it's appropriate to begin with a land ... Busy With Things But Not Really. which is kind of a bad place to be ... . i don't have a family to celebrate thanksgiving with, which i guess

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  We frequently get requests to blog about transfer admissions, and now ... , admitting 16, with 14 enrolling in the fall. This season's admits are a ... process. She did a great job in helping many students with their questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  king cake and a run-on sentence busy week

  

  should take a shower and I take long showers so I'll get to bed at maybe 2 ... you to have a wholesome Ash Wednesday David S. '21 is only eating the cake because I told him to Brandon F. '19 put on a shirt just for this

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  time, that EC had to get a licensed structural engineer to sign off all ... in Cambridge most qualified to safely construct a roller coaster in ... If you weren't aware, REX (Residence EXploration) is going to be in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Admissions Decisions Available Online Visit decisions.mit.edu to find out your decision.

  

  sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to ... ://decisions.mit.edu. You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log ... mail, as we do not plan to send out admissions decisions in this way this

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  , not a sprint. I don't have to run the same pace as the guys in the front ... Taxes”. It’s a [annotation note="Communication Intensive in the Humanities ... , and is set up in a discussion-focused style with debates and discourse

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  choreographers, so I'm going to get a lot of the technical training that I never ... that I'm excited to see more of in my remaining half a year living here ... choreographing 4-5 hours a day for the entire month in preparation for Mocha Show

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Events

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

  

  of fun meeting a you future froshies in person. Today I wanted to ... . Maybe your type is playing with foam swords in a ball pit. Maybe your type ... in one hand and a juicy piece of steak in the other. Or maybe your type

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.

  

  . It took me 6 months to really get my bearings down there. Prior to that, it was like playing a video game - lots of exploring and getting lost ... journey tends to be a rather monotonous one. Until today. Bryan recently

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005