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• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up ... foiled at the twelfth hour, the conspirators nonetheless secured a place in ... written to vilify them. To this very day, much of the United Kingdom

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  something all of the time. One thing that's vital to learn how to do is to ... before hand. I'm as scheduled as I possibly can be (which is not a lot ... , sleep,) is a pretty big deal also. There have been many nights where I

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  ? How excited? How did you react when you found out you were going to be a ... high school. Man, the passage of time is a scary thing). ... So you got into MIT. Congratulations!! Today is December 13, which

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  breaks. While equipment is important, Cote spends as much time helping ... Stealing a page from Melis's book, check out this awesome article about a UROP that appeared in yesterday's Boston Globe, New England

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  a dozen times over. How did they manage this? Through role ... character would. For example, let us say that your character is a middle-aged politician who is in New York City on a campaign tour when Godzilla attacks. As

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• 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 ... oscilloscope, it can detect, for example, whether a particle is an electron or a ... Treatment Service. Since CERN is a research facility and not a foil producing

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  what we do is more than a job, but a privilege and an honor. We are ... , then all I can remind you is that success is not always a straight line ... is an unprecedented increase of 66% over last year, when we received 20

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  . This figure doesn't include recitations -- a recitation is a discussion ... .60 recitation meets twice a week in a different classroom and is taught by a ... are.) Anyway, the point of all this is that I had a really good meeting

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Champagne, pistols, and my new UROP blogging in a power outage. that's hardcore. though anna beat me to it.

  

  you may know, legend says there is always a light on in the Green ... the face of a massive power outage, keeping that one light on, is the ... .  My research group is working on a siRNA-based treatment of liver cancer

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam sells out The most valuable blog entry of all time.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? This weekend is a tax holiday in Massachusetts. I sure ... set online using our floor funds! My roommate Kunal is a communications ... is a close up of this guy's head as he's waking up on the beach. He has

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  The following is a guest post by Jorge T. '18.   The Power ... is only a week ahead, so I thought I would share some of the things I ... university to attend. If this is you, I hope these words help decide. A couple

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  main one I want to talk about is fencing. I had a complicated ... you'll ever have. This is the summer where you'll attend a biology camp ... stress that this school piles on me, a part of me is still filled with the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  -distance. Luckily Ami is a physicist and her hat is science-magical and they got to be ... Charles under Boston.   Here is Killian Court itself, probably a familiar ... photos during the actual storm (I also thought I’d be fine with a sweater

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  even realize how strikingly different it is from what you consider normal ... can hold moisture, I'd totally forgotten about that!" It was quite a shock, even for someone from New Jersey, which is pretty humid as well. It

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  how many years older than me?) And of course, who has a 375th birthday and doesn't have a party? I know I'm gonna party when I hit 375 (or ... actual firework sent into the sky is a 12-inch shell with a diameter of 1

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  it isn’t about me. It is about how one of my friends wrote a viral ... sort of girl who would date such a man.  My reaction reminded me of how ... Instagram photos of her with a white boyfriend. It is about Constance Wu and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon EA Students, This One's For You!

  

  is just too much of a deterrent, it's so nice and warm inside that I ... for the evening, because MIT is calling YOU! That's right, tonight is ... the banter if you haven't yet been accepted. This entry is due to my

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  thing I’m slowly learning is: Don’t judge a good decision by how the consequences turn out. A good decision is based on how well you processed the ... excuse of coffee since neither of us is a fan. One of his questions posed

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  Aborigines. I really realized that on a very basic level, it's not so much that ... intending to write out a more detailed entry of exactly what it is that we try ... Prep program last term, and it's been amazing working with ESP. ESP is a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Latino Cultural Center It's Mes Latino!

  

  student center. This is home to a post office, dry cleaners, the ID card ... didn't get to eat everything you wanted, you still got a show! Here is ... number of exams are held (on a higher floor). The change of mood is quite

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 3, 2014