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  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  increased by a factor of 1.75 while falling. What is its change in free energy during the process (do not include the change in potential energy)? If this free energy were converted into heat, would the temperature of the drop

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  a substantial portion of the process and got photos of the end. House ... , speakers, and a slew of other things to help make the process as successful ... process of putting in the final pieces earlier tonight, I took the time to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  application by thinking a bit about the applicant's context. I can see much of ... applications have been evaluated. That part of the process comes later on, more ... , or or Wednesday, or a Friday, or possibly another day of the week, so

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part Two Interior photos of vacant East Campus dormitory rooms. (Photos of occupied/"lived-in" rooms are to come.)

  

  wished to convey a picture of a lifestyle heavily influenced by factors ... First of all, a big thank you to everyone who replied to my request ... second post of a three-part series, I will showcase some vacant rooms in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  are wonderful resources, but it’s still hard to recoup after weeks of ... ;   This semester I will catch none of these lovely bugs, because I ... vaccinated almost 3,000 people in six hours. The process is remarkably

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students FAQs for students deferred from Early Action.

  

  possible after your grades are available; by the beginning of February would be great, but definitely by the end of February. You may also want to ... . It's best if you send any such letter by the end of January, but you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  that could lead to substantial energy savings by allowing more efficient ... nanotubes and crystals. Energy band formation and the origin of metals ... pathways; classes of protein therapeutics; post-translational processing and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  process of building out your list of schools to which you will likely apply ... I spent the beginning of this week in the company of a select group of college enrollment leaders and college counselors from across the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  introspective, which is ultimately the most important part of this process ... a place of not having fully processed some of the things I was trying ... ’all! Transferring is a stressful process, and you’re showing a lot of grit and

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Where We’ve Been And Where We’re Going A brief history of the blogs and MyMIT.

  

  other print material by taking full advantage of the web's interactivity ... brainstormed on how to take that energy and translate it to the rest of MyMIT, as ... materials by taking full advantage of the web's interactivity, allowing the

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  impossible not to notice the tremendous amount of resources that MIT is pouring ... , takes the principles of D-Lab: Design to a real-world level by showing you ... breaks. A week ago we had an assignment to estimate the amount of energy we

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

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

  

  from a rural or small town?". This is an iteration of one of the most ... consider {insert town name I have never heard of} a small town in their admission process?" While I know the ideal answer to the question above is

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  reinforces the core values of MIT by providing support in an accessible and ... the water pressure. They are a friendly and easily accessible hub of support for MIT students. Whether you're struggling with a pset because of
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Mac4Change MIT students raising money to feed the homeless on Veteran's day

  

  , Veteran's Day and the last day of our campaign, we set up at one of our MIT ... difference. Over 60 people donated and we raised a total of $275 in just two hours! That brought our total up $3,886. Special guests of the night

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  classmates’ “spheres of energy,” and be mindful of our own as well. We were ... NOTE: I drafted and abandoned this post in the spring of my freshman ... . Editor's notes were added in the spring of senior year. For reference, here

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  message of the musical can be summed up by the phrase "There's More to Life ... students by MIT students that was a huge success last winter, has finally been released! A little bit of background, in case you missed the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  -candy guns, just to name a few. The space has tons of resources for tinkering ... readers may have picked up on, this is one of those times, as my summer has ... of the hilights reel. To start things off, I'm working in the new

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Windy city

  

  with the last parts of our process before decisions are made final and ... coverage of the Nobel lecture I missed by Prof. Frank Wilczek. "The picture ... to Dulles International Airport (designed by Eero Saarinen, who also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Big MIT Career Fair Lots of companies are on campus today recruiting MIT students.

  

  Xanga.com Children's Hospital Boston US Department of Energy Mc ... job recruiting process was filled with thousands of options and no one ... As I write this, droves of MIT students, sharply dressed in suits

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  you about just a few of the abundant resources around campus - and is by ... call gets answered by the MIT police, who have the advantage of being ... orientation (safe travels for the rest of you arriving over the weekend!).  It

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011