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  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  to talk about... How light works Light can be thought of as a wave ... happens to the light wave as it travels through space. It rotates. Why does ... Disclaimer 1: It was very difficult to know how to pitch this. If it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• FAQ / International applicants

  What is the Secondary School Report?

  schools do not calculate GPA, class rank, and other statistics, so your ... entrance to universities in your home country. We understand that many grades
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  field, to have to memorize page after page of granular definitions or to spend hours working through tedious calculations or to conduct experiments ... college recently, and i realized that all of them seem less interesting to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Admissions Math Month, Part 1 – Duality There are two wolves inside you

  

  duality to analyze electrical circuits. In physics, electric fields ([latex ... ]\LaTeX[/latex]. And they’re all Paolo’s! That changes today. MIT exposes us to so many ... bloggers to write posts about these concepts this month. To kick off this

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!

  

  . This turf field is very near and dear to my heart, as I have played ... ="113956" image5="113944" image6="113945" /] Fran O'Brien Field Next, we go to the ... ="113948" image3="113931" image4="113930" /] Briggs Field Right next door to the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  helps encourage kids, especially girls, to go into STEM fields.   ... South America, but she managed to squeeze in some time for an interview for us! Listen to the full interview here: I hoped you enjoyed me

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Class Projects

  Designing a Calculator with FSM Logic A web dev lesson from an MIT sophomore!

  

  brainstorming: First, we design how this calculator is going to work, Then ... . Back to Calculators Later on, we decided to use the iPhone’s calculator to identify all the possible states in our calculator state machine

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  probability calculations to figure out its most likely position, based on its ... to as Course 6 or EECS) is the most popular major at MIT with 700 ... the fields of artificial intelligence, computer science theory, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  Lately I’ve struggled to blog, due to being in the middle (!!!) of ... click bait-y title lol)   Feminine What does it mean to be a woman ... bridge, and I’m starting to apply for jobs and work in tech and do those

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  W.M.

  

  calculations, I can always rely on them to give me the correct answer, even with ... Last semester, I met W.M. in one of my classes, 3.019 (Intro to ... symbols they use when they’re too lazy to write out full words. Are we even

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  let the heaviness of my fears of having to do complicated calculations ... If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point ... . Let me be frank: If you were to look at my external transcript, you

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  way to tour a startup, and the lunch boxes scribbled with calculations ... websites and documentation are more likely to use “MIT”—so much so that the ... Chance"]CXC[/annotation]… the list goes on. Trying to decipher these

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  gravitational waves, learned about opportunities to work abroad for free (MISTI ... leaps and bounds in front of others in their fields. They know how to slam ... inside the MIT bubble, I feel myself growing in so many ways. I want to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  EAPS Field Trip In which I pretend to be Course 12 for a weekend

  

  September 14th, I will lead our “annual” field trip to central Massachusetts ... involve a brief introduction to the geology of Massachusetts and visits to ... return at approximately 1-2 PM on Sunday. Everyone is invited to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  ridiculously impressive people) and calculator; with three minutes to go, one of ... 'm going to bow my head and steel my nerves as well. Waves and vibrations ... decision applications to college, and, for many of my senior friends

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  I talk about light's wave-particle duality as in-depth as I needed to ... Contrary to popular (and probably well-founded) belief, I once was ... ;dr not actually, but I was CONVINCED a trip I had planned to Italy was

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catching up What's new? Lots of things. I just haven't told you about them yet, because finals…

  

  th grade I programmed my graphing calculator to do such fun things as ... mom to come Tuesday night and bring me home Wednesday morning. Yeah ... 't need to get ready tomorrow morning. So what final details of my freshman

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  to sleep. For those playing along at home, here is Pset 8 in all its ... :52am. I am really quite ashamed to say I've been working on this since 8 ... hours worth of work? God I hope not. Come to think of it, a part of that

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 / Field trip Art, science, and agriculture in Palestine

  

  magnetic field data in a portable unit, and went around the hillside to ... To set the mood: Feeling Blue   "When I'm in New York I listen to Palestinian hip hop, but when I'm in Palestine, I listen to the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  In response to this blog entry: (As a reminder) Don't hesitate to ask me questions any time; you don't just have to wait for a blog entry that asks you to ask me questions. I can always be reached via email at

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006