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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  the Laboratory for Nuclear Science (LNS) at MIT have developed a ... sort of microscope for charges, where each foil acts as a lens. Once the ... oscilloscope, it can detect, for example, whether a particle is an electron or a

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

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  event for you as best I can. The ceremony took place in Killian Court. It ... , Paul Gray, and Chuck Vest. Finally, the moment we'd all been waiting for ... day." It's a new era for MIT. And a very exciting one. Anyway, that

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  bday burnout no more spiders please

  

  above the water. -- Last Friday I finished my work for the week and the ... graph of 1/x in quadrant 1. For no good reason, either--I was doing fine ... of my loft for hours, feeling exhaustion settle deep into my bones as I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  essays for our awards applications, was on the drive team at the regionals ... semifinals for the first time in our team's history. And I realize, only now ... always wanted to go to Hogwarts (college name pseudonym, for privacy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  (Ojibwe) is a youth robotics inventor, activist, and advocate for youth who ... learning solutions utilizing robots that she invents and gives to kids for free to make technical education accessible. Armed with a desire to make

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  Phone. Oh yeah -- that's right, the iPhone just came out a few months ago for ... that you signed up for on whim, and the best conversations you'll have ... opportunities for that in the future. I wake up now at 5:45 AM on most days

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  world for the three months we call summer break. I’ve had the opportunity ... one, people will leave for internships, MISTI, vacations, or whatever ... returning to the familiar rhythm of psets, friends, and free food. Of course

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1130 students this year. Based on our estimates ... not be admitted. But remember, any statistic against you (or for you) is ... from the waitlist? For example, if someone from state X or major Y

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  wrote my mom a poem for Mother's Day and I only made a phone call. She ... to buy embarassingly large-sized teddy bears for your parents that make ... deleting this dud of a post because I had left it unpublished for a month

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  performing arts. I auditioned for (and made) two of MIT's excellent a capella ... 've done probably 98% of the technical work on it, and am largely free to ... 's. Grad school Well, for one, see above. For another, I never wanted to be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  I will promptly get on a bus and go to New York City. The MIT Alumni

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  We spent our last three summers at home. That’s not super common for ... , so applying to internships or looking for summer UROPs just wasn ... that is not the case for everyone), so we didn’t feel any pressure to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  draw a picture for a different prompt every day in October. This year ... each poem was written to. I didn't manage to write for every single ... -- since the prompts were intended for art rather than poems (and I think

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  . It seems odd, reading that post, to do it again, and for much the same ... together. That process, which has now been ongoing for literally years ... wide as saucers. For those of you wizened crones who were familiar with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  , they trade 8 hour-days of working on rush projects in exchange for free rent for the few weeks we are here. Yes, I am one of them—I got to campus last Saturday and for the past week I’ve been working nonstop on EC rush

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  -overdue things. I found an entry that Mikey wrote for me that I had intended to ... correspondence. Here it is: So, mainly at this point I am very excited for MIT, but ... . For example, almost all the people I've talked to have been to the IMO

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  capsule I found on the Florey free food table. It was poorly designed enough ... the combination. It had six letters, so feel free to take a wild guess ... on the third floor of Walker Memorial and cry internally for 50 minutes

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  statue for a quick picture. As I waited in an empty seat near the departure ... moved out of Next House. As someone who lived there for all four years of undergrad, it felt weird. But I’ll leave post-graduation feelings for another

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [joint post] unsubscribe a post about fortune cookies

  

  quick search later, we found a website selling custom fortune cookies for ... watched Mamma Mia five times this summer. (Alan: For the record, it’s been seven times in this calendar year, and, also, spoilers for a future blog

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 7, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  spoilers for the book siddhartha   i. at the beginning of my ... looking for was much simpler - he just wanted to talk about the relationship ... imitate the classical style from ancient greece and rome. for instance, many

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022