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  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  polycarbonate roof to keep the worst of the snow and ice off the platform. In a ... to continuously register the [annotation note="Cartesian dualism is a ... and how to take risks. But the most important and fulfilling thing for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  applications! The most prevalent commercial application of quantum dots is in ... early 1990s marked one of, if not the most important breakthroughs in ... quickly and reliably over huge distances and are immune to the noise that

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m Not Normal About Friends (Part 1) i lost six nights of sleep to perform amateur data analysis on a sitcom

  

  The dialogue in Friends is one of the most important elements of the show. Sure, it's a sitcom, and it's in the nature of a sitcom to rely ... participates in conversations the most? How many words did each character say

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  to succeed, assuming everything else was the same. I think most people ... certifying that the application fee poses a financial hardship to your family ... to waive the application fee for anyone who cannot afford it. But don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Zone Cell Challenge Why work when you can hack other people's servers?

  

  reliable data storage. The Zone Cell is not for reliable data storage. (in ... actually started trying to hack the Zone Cell in earnest. The first part is ... design I'm going to write up). Or either of the psets in my other two

  • by Evan B. '10
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  .."]Radiohead,[/annotation] no in between. you're the type of person who tends to isolate yourself ... the worst sleep schedule known to man...it's definitely time for you to ... ideals, and are likely in the [annotation note="undergraduate association

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  this sense of nervousness and uncertainty in the air. I had woken up to ... began what is easily the most demanding of days I have lived through. What ... of the people. And this very long never-ending day is a testimony to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  measured the speed of sound in various gases. This is Adelaide '09 (my lab ... materials: Otherwise, the Hobby Shop is pretty typical, and has most of ... to machine with other methods) but I was surprised to find one in the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  aunties that lived in the area tried to take us clothes shopping, and with ... China for the first time in 6 years this summer. Although 9th grade of ... , bringing just a few clothes for the week, we brought 8 suitcases in total

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my hottest STEM takes actively starting internet wars

  

  to no explanation. Feel free to argue in the comments...I'm ready to ... . If I care that much, I'll have the internet explain it to me like I ... I famously have perfect taste, and with little to do over the summer

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • July 28, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  liable to become a zombie, so the citizens wear gas masks and live in ... don’t think so -- I’d like to think this is just something in the writer ... is developed in twists and turns that feel true to the characters. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  Education Laboratory, is the most recent project to come out of the MIT ... programming skills to succeed in the field. The CodeSeal team is currently in ... be astounded by the opportunities in education at MIT. The Institute is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  surprisingly is the number of students applying to MIT that cling to that ... the world in which she lives. Student type 2 - we'll call him Mills - is the type of student who is defined by the world in which he lives. Lets

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  there lots of CNCs? Is it okay to use the shop in the wee hours of the ... this in the most honest, sincere way possible. I'm not trying to be rude ... -Cv=R. So IF the log of the pressures is related to the ideal gas constant

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  was nice, and the jacket in that material was also pretty hot. But Heidi KIum said she would buy every piece in Uli's collection, and some of them ... those prints mightily in the warm weather of Saint-Tropez. Then again

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify why did i ever think iTunes was good

  

  pretty much correspond to every time of day I have. Sometimes, the premade ... brings to mind my hall’s Walcott Lounge (one of two lounges in the East ... a special dance to The Bad Touch, and Don’t Stop Believin’ is the last

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  in advance of the deadline. Most people's problems at the deadline ... provided answers to some additional FAQs: Deadlines The deadline is ... ) come in after the January 1 deadline. We are much more understanding of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  comes to worst, buy it from the Coop or Quantum Books, which are the main bookstores in Kendall Square. The Coop is guaranteed to have your textbook and ... ! That's CRAZY! If you're going to be taking the General Institute

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  least six blog entries in the past month or so, I haven't had a chance to ... numbers meant more to me than all others. One of the most common questions ... answer is always the same, "I could tell you my score - but to tell you the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  the "nerd culture" that MIT is known for, but it’s also tradition to ... blood in the sky. From the Man in the Moon, to the embittered savant ... minimize harm to the rest of the Solar System. The trolley is traveling at 1

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025