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• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  (6-4 wasn’t around yet), and AI wasn’t much more than a buzzword to me ... teaching; true to form, every pset was in the form of a superhero comic ... .033 taught me to value it as a tool from which all material properties would

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  Preview Weekend (CPW), I figured it would be worthwhile to spend a little time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a ... it, and I hope I can give you a better sense of what to really expect

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Incoming freshmen, come to the Activities Midway tomorrow! Find a group where you can continue your hobbies and try something new.

  

  Kesem table (#125) to meet my fellow counselors. For a list of groups ... assignments. If you want to see a clearer map, click here. ... service? Want to get involved with these activities at MIT? Then, come to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 30, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  Barkowitz and I have decided that today would be a good day to ... . 2:06 "MIT is very much a problem solving based approach to education ... professors. "There are two main ways to leave a legacy," they say, "I could

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  during late September, I made it a goal to make the most of autumn ... able to explore a little more of Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and ... on certain weekends, and my friends and I decided to go on a whim

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Announcing new blogger avatars! all-new, all quality

  

  a silly billy who came here to make some bloggies"[/caption] [caption ... The bloggers' old avatars were drawn by a talented professional in a recognizable and well-liked style. But some of us thought, what if we could do a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  bit of a workaholic. But it was totally worth it. Why it rocks to go to ... scientist better half, is applying to grad schools this year. He had been a ... basically, Adam's going to get into MIT -- if you have a professor who already

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  QUOTE: "My advice to a high school student interested in science as a ... about the answers. My advice to a high school sophomore or junior considering a career in science would be to close the science textbook for a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  many p-sets to finish! After a while, I realized that my dad was on to ... life in general to be happy with your work, and MIT is a place where this ... and all that certainly helped. There are just a few things I learned

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  -finals, when I had absolutely nothing to do, I started reading a lot about this ... week consists of listening to an album, writing a brief (<200 word ... . Over time, though, I gained a lot of nuance and became able to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  's couched underneath a few other stores in the area, it's hard to find, but ... anesthetized mouse and had me conduct a perfusion to fix its brain, a surgical ... 'm sorry, but you're wrong. At other times, it's quite a lot to handle, and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  love with a problem and wanting to do something about it. Most people ... extreme poverty up close. On a trip to Zambia, he became amazed at how clean ... on the path to starting Water.org, with a brilliant civil engineer

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  need to behave around you? Might I make a small suggestion? DO. Then go ... messed up when they do it at the airport. Let me put you on a flight to ... originally going to be longer and angrier. And delivered by a hit man. A hit

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  , about a mile from MIT. It was a convenient 8-10 minute walk to get groceries from Target, Hmart, or Daily Table, or to grab a latte from Caffe ... like waifu things." I didn’t have enough hands to haul a body pillow

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Events

  TELETHONNNNN brought to you by Domino's

  

  finished a three hour shift of the Admissions Telethon, calling to ... process started going a lot smoother. We got a chance to chat with students ... follow up with the students I got a chance to chat with and hear from the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 1, 2012
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  MIT is one of the best places in the world to be a student ... able to do everything on your own, so you'll find (or make) a few friends ... graduate from MIT and go to work at a Fortune 500 company or a nonprofit, or
• Blog / Classes

  9.00 with no context are you a cool rat?

  

  you want to take a sip of coffee, you know not only what the cup looks ... drinking your cat might lead to a furry mouth or a scratched face." "'Don ... dangle a string for their cat to play with, Thorndike flexed his cats

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  semester. 2.008 is a Design for Manufacturing class offered to Mechanical ... to do. We apply what we learn in a big design project... where we make ... childhood memories... and decided to make a yo-yo based on the 1996 movie

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  As promised, I offered the chance to write a guest blog to prefrosh ... breakdown for five minutes when I realized I was going to college with a ... times), and instead of whipping out my map, I took that as a chance to ask

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  well-known physical principles. When a voltage is applied to the foils, a ... if a few electrons were to come near the foil, the charge on the surface would be amplified below. It may be easier to think of the GEM as a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005