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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  of. Unfortunately, by far the most common scientific test for silk is ... , most of the tools would end up damaging the scarves in some way. For ... wouldn’t work either. Luckily, the Breakerspace has the perfect tool for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Events

  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  into the Great Outdoors for MIT students, but they also have rental cabins that students can use for a small fee. One of the halls in East ... records for the world's shortest camping trip, but we did get to go on a

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

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  for RA. I have no idea whether the backend will be ready by March. The ... priority. When I get the official word either way, you guys will be the first ... what I would have done without you. This situation sucked for all of us

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’ve Been Staring At The Edge of The {Charles River} 'long as I can remember, never really knowing why

  

  the skyline over the past year. Below is the product: a unique look at my freshman year. And just as the skyline looked different at every ... , it was all engulfed by the infamous Boston fog. Thanks for always being

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  myself to my room at the end of the hall and proceeded to sleep for 12 ... , but I’ve never tooled through the night without sleeping for a ... This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  , and decided on this one for brevity's sake. Still, you must know, the ... of the river is now considered safe for swimming. Health risks remain ... :00 until noon. It will be in Johnson Ice Rink. For fourteen weeks the Final

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  footbridge, cross the street, then walk for two minutes. On a good day, the ... . And listen to this—I looked at the skyline and made out dozens of ... middle of the night and staring at the little dome from below; for the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  determine the DNA sequence of thousands of tumor samples, looking for ... it is being called for now, would be greater in scale than the Human ... possible to pinpoint mutations responsible for cancer. [...] "The technology

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a novel excerpt in honor of the friendly toast

  

  . Since my novel comes out in 2022, I’ll have to change the setting for that ... back to the hackathon last night, we stayed up for hours, building the backend for our app. We ended up crashing in the hackers’ lounge for only a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 3, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Above Ground now breathe

  

  . Recording stuff for OCW. (more on this later....) The Directed Reading ... This entire blog has this playlist. Enjoy. Also this is the second ... , I completed two puzzles, and I'm finally feeling ready to start the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 10, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  even made a playlist before, and my voice isn't really the best for ... [annotation note="a job that involves setting the schedule for each season and ... 's. A little bit more about the station: WMBR has been around for a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dancing Days Nerd love, as the summer evening grows.

  

  reprimanded for said freaking by the school guidance counselor or driver's ed ... passionate article about this for The Tech entitled "Don't Tap The Glass" and ... , which was a bad thing for kids, since lead ions in aqueous solution taste

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  . While the fair was specifically tailored to graduating seniors looking for ... way through the maze of prospective employers. Some were looking for a ... has always been the dinner banquet, organized by the Society for Women

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  and then call the post office for pickup. So to summarize, we're on ... praying for the 4 inches. :-) ---------------------------------- 9:45AM It ... . ---------------------------------- 12:45PM Everything is ready and we are just waiting for the postal

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  There’s no formula for gaining transfer admission to MIT. The transfer admissions process is highly competitive, even more so than the ... and science courses. Ideal preparation includes—at the very least
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  , and tried not to think about the fact that we'd been in the car for ... slept outside a 7/11. Whoops.) We stopped periodically for the toilet and ... three hours, counselor training for PhysPOP (the Physics Department's pre

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Killing Time…Not Really guest post by Sheila B.'21

  

  searched the job postings and email lists for something to tide me over the summer. I even stuck a note on the door for myself and my roommate (who also frantically looked for stuff to do) that said, "Keep Calm and if All

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 15, 2018
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Soymilk 豆浆

  

  ’s hard that way. I looked for soymilk and found almondmilk, flavored milk ... , that she would make for me and serve hot. She soaked the dried beans in water for a whole night, and then she would prepare the soymilk machine in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week In Review An end-of-year freshman advising event, and my friend's 6.115 final project.

  

  , and chocolate fondue... paid for by the Office of Undergraduate Advising ... for the occasion The main course -- three or four different meats here ... , fondue-style. The sauces were excellent! And then for dessert, we had hot

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 18, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  next day. For the most part, I don't look back on old entries—the ... reflect on the past year, and look forwards to what's coming next. Where are ... on my current streak; that is to say, for each of the past 1000 days

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021