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• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  this is a post by my good friend aidan chambers '23 who is a physics ... -electron scattering. As a student who’s definitely found an interest in Particle Physics ... introduce your actual lab education in a two-semester experimental Physics

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  GET A BIKE very important psa

  

  is bike-friendly! IMO, biking in the city feels super freeing compared ... "]Lobby 7,[/annotation] so if i needed to get to a class in Building 16 by 10 ... ), which is my [annotation note="see: free granola bars, ramen, coffee, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final projects from the fall three coding projects and an alien in disguise

  

  Tom Cruise and wrote a 20-page script based on it. The final script is ... blurring effects, while Poisson image editing is a method of automatically combining two images together in a way that looks seamless and natural as

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  , trauma, etc. can look like in their friends. This is a much more personal ... with the kid watching. The kid is a sophomore in my sorority; she looks ... people. For anyone who was, is, or will be in my position: I’m sorry that

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Quick Update My neighbors are celebrating by firing guns in the air which is not conducive to…

  

  , good luck, and feel free to email me at the address in the banner. Have a ... New year's eve here in Karachi. Assault rifle fire is really loud. I ... electricity is flowing and the guns are shooting, I'll be awake in the basement

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  ; in fact, MIT is better than the national average1. However, this is a serious question, and it deserves a longer response. The reality is that ... session, I am asked a question like this: Is it true that MIT has the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  that this class is going to kick my ass, but in a good way. This class ... ! Staying in shape: One of my goals this semester is to start running on a ... Oooooooohhhh boy. A new semester has begun! I know this post is kinda

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Reflections from the STARS@MIT Fly-In a 15-author guest blog, featuring the small town/rural students that visited us this october!

  

  .” – Priscilla P., Idaho “My hometown is a little place in the middle of a bunch of ... admissions in a more positive perspective. I have realized it is a human ... in biomedical engineering and be a part of the researchers who are

  • by Sara N. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  much vulnerability, even if it is the social norm. And my job in a ... interests in any conversation! But there is a fine line between talking about ... wouldn’t really count this as a conversation, but it certainly is small

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  probably only got in because I'm a girl." This is a toxic mindset that was ... about 2016, then you probably know someone who is. Maybe you want to ... hear about how cool MIT is. In either case, I have something for you

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  socializing safely ...but also leaving my room maybe once a day

  

  circumstances, I've had to pick and choose who to spend my [rare] free time with, and it's been...exhausting, in a sense; I miss being able to bump into ... about that. I saw people from a few different groups in the past month

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2012! how is blog formed

  

  people who can communicate in a compelling fashion to our large and active ... well, and who will do so frequently. If writing is a chore, so will ... practiced wakesurfing and (poorly) performed in a triathlon. 2) Sports! As

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  me to explain. In a selective, competitive, holistic, merit-based ... student who is highly proficient in math and science. We say great! Show me your transcript and test scores. You say you're a leader in your school

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  box, similar to a free response box from the Part 2. This is the best ... the Midyear Report. Note that there is also an option in the Report for ... to report -- so if you're in a school that doesn't have midyear grades

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  nothing on a weekend for the first time in 2006 (this is when you know you ... boomed, "So I see this is the Brass Rat table!") There's a standard pair ... department didn't include neuroscience until 1986. I met a faculty member who

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  vienna & prague, in 194 photos iap '26 #1

  

  continuously forgot that Prague is in the Czech Republic for like, a decade? Ever ... /hang out by myself year round. In a place where the goal is to wander and ... random men sitting in front of me who decided to get absolutely shitfaced

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 6, 2026
• Blog / Community Projects

  Crafts for Ukraine~ Among other fundraising projects

  

  This is, admittedly, a kind of quickly written post, but I wanted to ... don’t have a lot of family or friends in Ukraine or Russia, so I won ... was made, starting with a message in the discord: “What do ppl think

  • by ana~
  • March 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  year just flew by in a weird sort of emptiness. It didn’t, of course. I ... actually happened in my life since September. I also feel a little bad for the negativity in my previous post, though I do stand by it, so this is

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Where is Andorra? and other FAQs about my IAP Teaching abroad in a quadrilingual country

  

  compile an FAQ. January in Andorra FAQ What's Andorra? Andorra is a ... , it probably wouldn't even qualify as a city. Where is it? Up in the ... geared towards students who want to learn a trade so they can go work in a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Film! [by Nathan '14] Documenting Science Through Video and New Media

  

  people in Paris and Saint-Tropez. There is a cathartic moment involving ... how to use serious equipment to create a film. Above is a photo of me shooting outdoor footage from the terrace in Simmons Hall for a practice

  • by ARTalk
  • November 28, 2011