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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Swing of Things I've been getting into it.

  

  dinner: achieved. Pepper Sky is SO GOOD) Wednesday: Wednesday was a LOT. Fortunately, I now know how to make a website, something that I never actually ... game is probably a good idea. The mind-bending schedule was probably due

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 18, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  fear that you're really a cylon, all hope is lost. -If reading science ... how you aren't allowed to do that. -Leave a comment on the blogs that ... come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  overnight shifts from 11pm-8am. Thankfully, there is a nifty little bunkroom ... you so far. Actually being on scene with a living, breathing person is ... . There is a steep learning curve at first, facilitated by a creeping shadow

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  Whiskey." There is literally nothing like hearing a 8-year-old boy singing ... videos for a neat-o cause. Not every summer day is sunny and jivin'. Here ... What all started as a blatant rip-off of Kris's post on summer

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)

  

  from the light source. It's a phenomenon that is so epic, particularly ... department at MIT is notorious for their (Stuffed) Monkey and a Gun demo, which ... Imagine, if you will, the following situation... You join a dense

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  ’m improving so much!! I can get almost every shot in the black area of a target, and it is such a great form of relaxation. Strange, huh? The reason why ... student that I am working with is a third year PhD student working on the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• FAQ / Academics and research

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  The MIT Venture Mentoring Service (VMS) supports innovation and entrepreneurial activity throughout the MIT community by matching both prospective and experienced entrepreneurs with skilled volunteer mentors. VMS uses a
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I reset my password?

  correctly, you will be sent an email with a temporary PIN that you will use to
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  me any significant pain. 8.02 (Physics) is essentially a review of high ... times two is four!” I chanted with a rhythm fit to rival a metronome. “Two ... Second semester is just two weeks old, and I've already decided that

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 2 A recap, with pictures.

  

  ? What are you talking about? P.S. Can I just tell you all how much the ... Another insane (in a good way) day! Got to MIT early; checked in with my fellow admissions peeps. Not bound to the Reg Desk today, I made the

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The HackMIT 2016 Puzzle Just Launched and it'll (probably) take you all across the Internet

  

  .org to register. There is a randomized lottery to get in, but if you want ... Technique If you need more convincing as to why HackMIT is a must ... undergraduate hackathons in the nation, is opening up its internet doors for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pulse 2011 [by Nathan Kipniss '14] A lot of talent under one roof!

  

  original spoken word. What impresses me about it is how a person can get into ... learned in person. Videos are one thing, but attending a live performance is ... Done with our Men?" (Photo taken by Joy Ekuta '13) There is a lot of

  • by ARTalk
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happiness ...can now be found on a website

  

  , lastly (3) I feel like Christina's site is a pretty good representation of ... some days I literally bounce out of bed and others where I wish a thousand times that I could sleep just a little bit longer. Sad. Thrilled

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  about admissions. this is a safe haven from that. you should not be ... Decisions come out in 36 hours, and I know a lot of you may be ... 'm reading all of your comments, even if I'm not responding as much today as we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To RFID or not to RFID? That's not really the question, but it's kind of a cool title, no?

  

  of RFID. You should read the article, because it does a much better job ... savvy (like me), here's the wikipedia article on RFID). One of which is ... a company called Kovio, which apparently was founded by MIT alum Colin

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Reading Commences The applications are in, and now we're reading them.

  

  's what a stack of application folders looked like on my table yesterday: ...and a similar scene from my office this time last year: Yes, still ... anything is better than year after year with the Pepto-Bismol Pink E-3 cards

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  January, of course, is IAP. "Independent Activities Period" is a ... three movies a day. I remember wondering how long it could last. If the ... Frisbee". Is it art? A joke? Is it even funny? Hard to tell. But now we

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  close over my head—how ironic for it to happen after a few days of ... Note: This entry is the second part of my blog last week, in which I ... Leaders (NCCWSL).   I had gone the whole weekend without a picture

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Lament for CPW (Guest Entry) Of lanyards, Capture the Flag, and headwraps.

  

  a sweatshirt. All I’m missing is some pants, maybe some shoes. But ... -purchased lanyard. Now, when I should be writing a persuasive essay for my AP English class (for all those who have forgotten, an essay is the English version

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  AutoCad, a skill all engineers should have, and one which is not taught ... at a civil engineering company. She was able to travel around Italy on the weekends and spent a week at the end of her internship traveling to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005