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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  to keep out the wind and rain but be permeable to radio waves. They ... points, and using that to calculate the velocity of the matter (star, etc ...  off the airplane. This would require being able to accurately calculate the plane

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  In high school I always wanted to know what you learned in college ... something to look forward to after high school, either at MIT or the college of your choice. Also, I'm kinda trying to hype myself up over the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  It Lives. can i be nostalgic yet?

  

  , consciously or otherwise, to it. That rhythm was their driver and catalyst ... . Each step they took was purposeful, calculated, as they walked and walked to wherever they had to go. Tentatively, I took a step. And another

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  calculation— “net present value”—has come to guide modern thinking about the ... ? how to design human interactions with technical systems? the electoral ... new admits at a reception to discuss classes and undergraduate research

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  . Your score, which you aim to maximize, is calculated as (the number of ... .972. My score was calculated as: 26 hiders at Briggs Field - (0.999 * 28 ... Briggs Field worked out alright – a substantial number of people chose to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  to work in their chosen field. In 2010 & 2011, we sent 66 Management students to 9 different countries to intern in companies such as ... from field observations will be crucial for my own future research

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  waves traveled through the wires to create mechanical waves in the speaker ... compare it to that physics demo. The institute is the speaker, sending waves ... open to future experimenters. The applications to the field of cancer

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  -step calculation: . The latter formula is easier to understand and much more ... If you've been to a high school math class recently, you probably remember seeing an inordinate number of calculators. You might’ve also

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  are waves. Similarly, you can use the restaurant analogy to see why I ... magnetic fields” to “pigeons can smell the way home”. Although these theories ... fields, thanks to some special proteins in their eyes called "cryptochromes

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: I’ll be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend and so will other people from MIT

  

  demonstration going throughout the event along with projects to build a mini-wave ... than 130,000 ft2 of build/hobby space, about 2.5 football fields, to ... I arrive somewhere to give a talk. Someone emailed to suggest this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  surreal moments that have happened while I've been here. *** Cut to the ... shops and randomly decided to eat at a fancy restaurant (Brasserie Liberte ... , "Just books?" As much as I wanted to impulsively blurt something sarcastic

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1 ... in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of ... has to be 10 ft long, with a 2 ft wide deck and 2-3 ft clearance above

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  drowning. If drowning seems plausible, an individual can opt to take an ... plausible, not because you didn't know how to swim but because your ankle was ... hobbling around on crutches, and didn't get to take the swim test with your

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Central Ohio Summer Send-Off Event celebrating the Infinite Connection

  

  . The marker points to the location of the MIT Club of Central Ohio Summer ... to be as awesome as planned? What would happen next? Next, I met MIT friends in Central Ohio. Calm upperclassmen who taught me how to pronounce

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Splash. Was. Awesome. I taught: 3 classes, 5 sections, 246 kids.

  

  and whether anyone has died from exposure to radio waves*. I show them a ... finishing touches on my PowerPoint slides. I love walking back to campus, and ... latter are a little stressed out. They are all wide-eyed as they try to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  calculate the future value of money. Then I scooted to the locker room and ate ... comes to mind might be math competitions, chess matches, or some form of ... ."]NCAA[/annotation]National Championships, the NCAA Woman of the Year (which is given to the top female

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  means by "magnitude." In astronomy, we use the word "magnitude" to ... and somewhere near the bigness of a star. There's no golden chain to be ... astronomy. Here's another one (context: Satan is traveling to Heaven) "Down

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  2024 has been quite a year for the Sun—in addition to the total solar ... friends and I decided to travel to Iceland!! This was my first time ever ... ! We planned out an itinerary, booked a hotel, found places to eat, and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  This blog post was written by a winner my entry for #BlogstonCommons

  

  [annotation note="Sharp calculated that the initial wave of molasses could ... 500 words first, which was the goal, but I was also trying so hard to ... [annotation note="According to Wikipedia, 21 people were killed and 150 people

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  if she waves to every passerby, or just the ones she is curious about ... Today, I woke up and walked to Trader Joe's. The elevator was taking a particularly long time, so I opted to walk down eight flights of

  • by Ella T. '25
  • April 23, 2022