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• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  to take a pirate-themed boating/camping trip to Bumpkin Island in the ... ?! Jeremy '09 and Mark '09, who arrived at the island earlier in the day to ... course, to keep in the theme of the trip, instead of playing with mafia

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  . The most basic building element is a point-like particle, which has ... pressure is just the momentum imparted to an object from light. Basically ... Devices and I worked in the Manufacturing Engineering Lab. So, see that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Psetting on Campus ft. an updated mapping system

  

  'll add it to the map! Coming soon: possibly the most comprehensive guide I ... things on campus. I'd like to bring that back this year, along with a much ... 'm doing this semester is here - it's a guide to nice places to work on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 4, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Adam Riess ‘92 Wins Nobel Prize Riess was a Course 8 Phi Delt with a minor in History.

  

  's journey to the Nobel Prize began long ago. Born in Washington, DC, he ... research teams raced to map the Universe by locating the most distant ... Prize in Physics in 2009), opened the possibility in the 1990s to add more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  people moved into the house and I've gotten to know a lot of people in it ... me incredibly giddy knowing that I get to live in the house with ... live in the house since I wasn't as close to DPhiE as I had hoped

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Comments on A Boring Friday lItErArY aNaLySiS

  

  like it's stuck in a loop. The third, and most impactful, is the number ... MIT now, but this is the first time you're talking to him in what must ... ending, which is perhaps the most "canonical" one, the character went to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  in the areas that are most interesting to them. We want students to ... a student engages in as much as the general outlook and commitment to ... world is more globally connected, and we are living in the most

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  you to someone a bit more qualified to explain the nuance much mo ... , because the point of the interview is to get a sense of your side that doesn ... 'm going to answer in a hodgpodge some of the straightforward requests I got

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  lot of torque due to its size. The Nerf Gun In order for this to work ... were pretty hard to come by in Boston so Raymond ended up buying one off ... the 4 mounting hole for the lazy susan in addition to 3 holes arranged

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  'm sitting in the emergency exit row directly behind a bathroom - but rather to ... me, who have not gone to the restroom once yet in the first three hours ... broke down the most was, not surprisingly, in upstate New York, on our

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  concentration of excellence at schools like MIT is really unmatched in the large ... the ultra-elites is more conducive to staying motivated -- there aren ... rewards, so the whole "MIT is hard" thing sounded exciting to me, not

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  much a school costs. You are in the process of determining where to apply ... minutes... even in the driving rain. Ask if it is possible to have lunch ... If I'm not mistaken this is the time of year when you begin in

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  have been at most points in the past. It is easy to lose perspective ... is perhaps the most egregious. I know crying is a healthy outlet for ... . The need to look young and beautiful is a shackle, the kind that you

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Chose To Spend My First Weekend Away From MIT 132 miles north to be exact

  

  particular that stuck out to most people: "Spinning Yarn." So the idea here is ... to look right back at you in the eye. That's one longwinded way of ... someone else in the room relates to something they've said, the barn of yarn

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  MIT, but that's because there is so much diversity in the people, the ... it's hard to sum it all up in one blog post, much like it's hard to ... left. I got to talk to Ben Jones, who is more awesome in person, if that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  as the piano-conductor for the band; that is to say, I both play piano ... theatre is that, in my opinion, the real skill is recovering when things go ... piano was to fill a random spot for the State Solo and Ensemble Contest in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Rachel was at SF Pride with Facebook

  

  signs last Sunday, coming out to downtown San Francisco to support the ... super adorable shirt: But for the most part, our view of the rest of the ... was actually a cupcake. Practically all of the interns managed to roll

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 1, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  memory results in a confused recollection of the entire group. this is why ... to prevent people from calcifying in the ways that they think. Aim to ... 22 to 28 will pass in the blink of an eye, and so on. thank you for

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  too scared to sleep in alone in the Dominican Republic. They were mine ... . According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a bedroom is primarily defined as ... insisted on having them up while i remained in the closet is a mystery only a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  to 6 boxes of storage in the dorm itself (usually in basements or suite ... the U-Haul in Central Square, which is about a 15-minute walk from my dorm. I think this location is the most convenient for students living on

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018