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• 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 / 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 / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  cook is to add things until you feel the universe screaming at you to ... , mostly because introducing myself is way harder than I thought it would be ... (thing is true) but why? I go to MIT 100% (or so I've been told) I get these

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 16, 2021
• 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 / 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 / MIT Life

  Dies Irae Quantus tremor est futurus!

  

  John Harbison is teaching the undergraduate class 21M.304: Writing in ... fly with me anytime!" Only the last one of those is even close to being ... an impulse buy of some Star Wars: Episode III valentines the other day

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 14, 2006
• 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 / 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
• 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 / 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
• 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 / 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 / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  ! With one! (The secret to life is to celebrate the little accomplishments ... get a point across.) The essay is your chance to show that you're not a ... some of his comments so probing. He is immature, but he’s in no hurry to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• 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 / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  picture getting married to him. So we revelled in the teenage dream that is ... something to strive for) wanted to release this into the world, as it has been ... !  _,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,_ As someone who is definitely not qualified to give out advice regarding

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Genshin Impact and a better introduction to me

  

  ’s usually referred to in the in-game dialogue) is kind of confusing ... person in the picture is Albedo, who’s an alchemist. I don’t have a lot of ... interested in it explore it themselves. Also, the game is beautiful!!  Like

  • by ana~
  • October 7, 2021
• 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