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• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  hours of my life. Eric '14 and I tried our hand at some astrophotography ... : pass, get a D, or fail). You learn the basics of amateur astronomical ... set), two hours total in the van, and four hours out at Wallace

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  Captcha is the box of wavy text at the bottom of the page, just above the ... subject line? Will he show a can of the eponymous meat-like substance (now with Bacon!*)? Perhaps a photo of SPAM carved to resemble some bit of

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  So today at work, I had a little "free time" so I decided to peruse some of my favorite websites for news and updates, but I have this tendency of opening too many windows so my computer crashed and I had to

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  I've been trying to think of a good way to kick off the new admissions cycle (class of 2010 - woot!) and it's finally come to me. We had ... place off campus at the MIT Endicott House. Various presentations were

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the first year with the help of their first-year advisor. Our application ... percentage of students at MIT end up majoring in something other than what they
• Blog / Academics & Research

  an outlook on emails a week of my inbox’s pain and suffering, compartmentalized

  

  day. It was fun with the endless barrage of plant puns like these: At ... of your email. So at first, I thought the colors at the end of the ... A couple of weeks before the school year started, I spent countless

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 21, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  at any time, which is nice because a huge percentage of MIT students ... at all. Class of '13, remember this when you're deciding between ... -and-Shaolin-Soccer-filled celebration hosted by the Association of Taiwanese Students at MIT. ATS seemed

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  GTL the secret to a successful summer

  

  A couple of weeks ago, Chris Peterson tried to describe my life as ... 've concocted so far. 1 box of questionable purpose (If you're wondering, the ... marginally better than party balloons.) 1 night of fireworks, thunderstorms

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  different name, would determine the sequence of the DNA in at least 12 ... determine the DNA sequence of thousands of tumor samples, looking for ... of all such mutations, which would be freely available to researchers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  called "Hidden Treasures at MIT"(HT@MIT) that take some of the hidden treasures at and around MIT and puts them in the limelight. The first hidden ... little bit of a nebulous subject. I couldn't pinpoint at first that it was

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  absolute blast this summer. So here goes my attempt at one of those guides ... of the most important things, SLEEP. Make sure you get some at least ... So summer kind of comes to an end today. Orientation starts next week

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  beginning to get the hang of how to be at MIT, how to make the most of the ... memorial drive side of next (waving at random cars until you get the right ... what a strange feeling it is to be in your last semester at MIT

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  of a pain. Really? No one at all? Not even your mom? Nope, no one ... . My prof at the time sent me a revised copy of my manuscript that I ... ? Yeah! I've been recognized at karaoke a few times because of my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  at 40% of responding American universities). I understand the concerns ... for residents of certain countries. This past weekend, a group of ... students. Some of these questions have come from citizens of the countries

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  trip highlights. Tomorrow, we're going on an adventure. At the crack of ... Today, I walked into my office (cup of iced tea in hand), logged onto my computer, took one look at my Desktop background, and screamed "WHAT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  , the two of us ended up at MIT Medical the next day, where I had a super ... Two weeks ago, I arrived back at MIT. This is the view from my new ... Gregor, one of the two MIT undergraduate dorms open for those of us living on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  awesome school-skipping adventure of all time. Actually, Senior Skip Day at ... rid of it from all your displays, but I can't really find it and it's 2:43 AM, so that's probably not going to happen. I'm kind of tired because I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  I was at the cusp of finishing, and my much ... “hands-on”. Before I got here I would've listed, off the top of my head: FIRST Robotics (or any sort of robotic shenanigans, really). Rocket

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  've learned a number of things: At MIT, the week of my birthday has always been ... myself up less over the idea of always doing at least a fair amount of work ... , that's at the root of it. For what it's worth, I enjoyed some

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1

  

  of a camera. “I know you’re good at math, and I think this is ... at the same time, I almost want to do so out of pure spite. Dolores ... note="please do not actually attempt at home"]Because you should

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 5, 2022