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• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  how it works. The platform is called TaleBlazer, and it’s available to ... of realizing somewhere in the middle that I had FOUR finals to prepare ... may not have enjoyed the experience as much as I would have liked to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  might be more fun to show you my week in pictures (mostly taken from my Snapchat story), so here we go. The day before I left, I had to squeeze in ... , there was not much time to rest on the flight. I got right to work

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

  

  of Neptune. Arago's telescope is seen on the roof just to the left in ... we use it to account for the speeds of gas and stars in spiral galaxies ... once home to the Prime Meridian and is the world's oldest working

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  company he cofounded with some MIT classmates, is set to become the most ... here.) My most recent company was actually even funded in the beginning ... much more. This kind of candor is the hallmark of real leadership (we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  found most impressive was the ability to detect cosmic rays muons. In ... sorority. Laurie is currently in the process of applying to graduate schools ... In 1997, Fabio Sauli invented the Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  self-destruction my entirely self-inflicted problems

  

  future, and what i need now is a more reliable way to ground myself in the ... the brain is just a collection of neurons that have no choice but to ... in your brain to fire in a way which destroys you: “He means the Word

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  will. Then I just print out a paper copy to hand in while the file is ... The imperative of an Admissions Blogger is to write about life and ... spell it? A: A “pset” is short for “problem set”, and it is the most

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  class is not just happening to me. Sophomore fall is the most difficult ... . I did really well in the class, and even enjoyed it to a point ... .  MIT truly is a place where you are forced to drink from the firehose

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1

  

  "][/video] This is also probably the most terrifying 3 minutes of my life to ... would go this is fine! and add my gene-buying plans to the transfection ... which point I started work in the Traverso/Langer Lab. Because Binbin is a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  to know the other freshmen in your program. Most (all?) departments ... know pretty much every single one of the groups on that list! I have to ... . He is now a partner for Square Peg Capital in Boston, and he gave the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  in order for the water to disappear. In Kaffa, the reverse is true ... is the village in Kaffa, Ethiopia where I've been doing the water ... alive and things. There is no one living in the middle of the driest parts

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  research, and want to be part of the astronomy research community. What is ... fellowship is an arrangement in which financial support is given to a graduate ... the student to engage in teaching and/or research in furtherance of the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  , especially when no one is explaining it to the guys working alongside me. But ... waist, her hair flying in the wind while he turns the gas. I looked, and ... was scrambling slightly to finish. On the way, however, I passed people

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the MIT Energy Initiative?

  The MIT Energy Initiative is a platform for highly focused energy-related activity at MIT. The program includes research, education, campus energy management, and outreach programs that cover all areas of energy supply and
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  institution in their hometown is unheard of. It’s about learning to maximize the ... from a rural or small town?". This is an iteration of one of the most ... admission process?" While I know the ideal answer to the question above is

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  to sink to the ground too. In that moment, I felt nothing. There was ... to the last of our days; for it is only our heartbreak that finally refutes all that is ephemeral in love. There comes a time, although the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  to squeeze all the water out as he suggests in it. While the tofu ... something to write about on my blog someday. Kind of. Over the past year, I ... . So, since I used to rely a lot on eating meat with pretty much every

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  development) backend is awful and really gets in the way we needed some better ... process and her findings in the future. We hope to launch the new ... leading a project to redesign the new sfs.mit.edu and mitadmissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  in not contributing as much as you ought to have; the worry that you ... to the singer, which is somehow impossible despite your best efforts ... leaving work :0[/caption] the feeling of buying a discounted membership to a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  mom asked, "So, my kid is coming to EC in less than two weeks (EEEEEK ... you stop reading one of the lines in the middle and neglect to add the ... that someone won't open the lid and dump in something unrelated to the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005