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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  over the number of characters in my major. Most of you are familiar with ... completely throws us off to not have the majors listed in the following logical ... Admissions site that this entry links to lists the majors in alphabetical order

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  ="Alan: I had a lot of fun with this, managing to get most of the songs in one ... , this is the year I was born. We like to remind each other of this, often ... puzzles in the first round, and then I headed to Kendall/MIT to catch a Red

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  went to the Air and Space Museum in DC when I lived in Virginia with ... since everyone in the house was super excited to go and really had such a ... really miss going to the gym and lifting heavy objects and I think this is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• 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 / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  to invest time in making the trek over there, I want it to be worth it ... greater area, it is easier to navigate around them Harvard classes in ... transportation twice (or more) a week? As a senior mostly done with the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• 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 / 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 / Class Projects

  in which i blog again four-ish blogs in one

  

  the spring really proved to me how much I had grown as a student in ... wrote that. This is why for the most part my past blogs aren’t deeply ... translating to the breadboard. And the information I learned in this class

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 29, 2022
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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