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• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  ’s an impressive four-year [annotation note="a tool for planning out the ... I’ve been back on campus for about a month and a half now, and it ... the classics! I was only a ten-minute walk away during the summer, and I

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  leapt onto a bench for a better view, trying to figure out which room in East Campus it was coming from. The laser pointer drew a monkey ... the artist. He was standing in his room, holding a laser pointer, with a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Fryday on Sunday If you're looking for more apples, do not click this.

  

  in pendulous obligation to the slippery edge of a Sunday night that is ... cesium atom. Editor's note: The following is not for the faint of heart ... and the other of which has a hefty supply of MIT students stocking up on

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  ... which just goes to show what a great job the acoustics engineers ... the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building) are finally open! For those ... for music students who played one too many wrong notes during a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wryping styles wryping = writing + typing

  

  think I have a personal twist to the standard style that actually might be ... optionally exclude my period. Maybe I think the emoticon is a suitable replacement for the period, who knows :p in actuality, however, one of my

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 29, 2018
• 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 ... CERN, the world's largest particle accelerator. A triple-GEM consists of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  credit for some of the introductory classes"]ASE.[/annotation] When ... events for first-years to get an idea of their cultures. at the end of REX, first years have the option to stay in their dorm or move to a different

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  , blah blah. Besides the terrible motivation for applying, I had a lot of ... 're competing against 10,000 other people for spots in a class of 1000 tends to ... How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker, who used to be a professor here in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  system for freshmen, or any of the wide variety of acronyms that have ... this entry: what is IAP? The one-sentence, in-a-nut-shell version that I ... -up question - “So what are you doing for this IAP?” - a little later.) But

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  video game and joystick, a detector for interplanetary communication, HDTV ... , a senior majoring in Course 6 to learn about her experiences with the ... Corporation. Currently, she is a lab assistant, or L.A., for a new class called

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!

  

  The original premise for this blog post was that I would dissect the ... reflect the subject and tone I was going for. [annotation note="I apologize ... , checking my phone for updates the whole time. I saw fires burning and rubber

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  it’s drowning in work, needing a calculator for an exam in the next 10 ... by joining a student community, most notably greek life, the entire ... reputation, especially for us nerds. In particular, as a multiracial woman, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  To everyone who's waiting for a pi(e) day decision: It's all going ... comforting words, my friends and I made a video in December for EA applicants ... felt about my MIT application, and here's the post I wrote for decision

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  oversharing first base what have I been up to for the last 2+ years?

  

  the blog train for a bunch of reasons, and then never quite figured out ... strangers submitted a story to magazines for the first time attended Alpha ... , for the time being, with being a work in progress; and with doing things

  • by Jude H. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  bridge > memorial drive WORK: the mediacloud team @ the center for ... least a single commonality linking the populace, whether that be a ... ALBUM: i like it when you sleep for you are so beautiful yet so

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  library" (fancy name for a bookcase in the floor lounge where people stash ... to give up on the circuit problem for a little while, even if just to ... the pages together in a neat pile, ready for submission.

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  the external examiner (“extern”) for a PhD Viva, and now I’m trying to ... ’s snowing outside and the windows are cloudy with condensation. A couple of ... undergrad at MIT, I got a book in the mail from an author I nicknamed

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  'd gotten a 730 on my SAT II but only because I'd crammed two days before the ... hardest) is best for you. The results of my math diagnostic said that I was ... moving too fast for me to practice. The lectures didn't teach ANYTHING

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  a different country every month. It was pretty crazy. For the month ... : “Sure!” Two days later, I was on a plane o__O For the month of August, I ... of work, and I’ve still only been back in the country for a week. I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  favorite things in my room. On the left wall above (click for a larger view ... , a rectangular hole through the center of the building. The dorm ... this: 5-room, large half: My home for the past three semesters has been

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012