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• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  Today does a cool piece on Helen Greiner '89 SM '90, founder of i ... iteration in a series of upgrades to his dorm room door lock. Now because MIT ... Institute of Harvard and MIT, he's got a hand in most of the things that are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  federal government to support education in low-income families. I'm proud of ... international applicants. We'll release numbers when we can. In the mean time, we ... As you've no doubt heard on email or from Ben's blog, we will, in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  guitarists  — but hold in common a shared standard of rigorous academics, high ... in the end. Take a deep breath, shake it out, and go crush the rest of ... , congratulations to the newest members of the Class of 2030. I’ll be closing comments

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  welcoming. I've only been in here a few minutes, but already I know I could ... website. When you have a good thing going, in can be difficult to motivate ... paradox of choice: too many options can introduce cognitive costs that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which is located in Cambridge, Mass., just outside of Boston. Guillen, who will major in ... well. "I feel this is a great opportunity and not just because of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  undergrad in chemical engineering and I have a question that none of my ... would be cool. In that case, I guess the liquid metal part of his system ... explains exactly how the climax of Fantastic 4 works. So, to rectify this, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Of Orange Juice and Animal Hats. How the Flintstones failed me.

  

  ’t called in a week. I’ve been kind of hosed. Mom: Are you sick again? You ... , I’ve been taking my vitamins. And I’m on my third carton of orange juice in a week and a half. I haven’t really slept in a while. Mom: Sleep

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  have a positive impression of) everyone in the room 7pm: you get free food from an ai club event. while in line, one of your friends asks you ... think about some of the people you met in your travels and wish you had

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall, is one of two Presidential ... impressed that he's one of two Presidential Scholars in the state, headed to ... coolest of cool tech companies, Google. "In the interview, they asked me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  I’ve already been on three flights. And as I attempt to make sense of ... conversations and “light reading”), I can’t help but draw a parallel. The past two ... ! Welcome aboard! On behalf of our pilot and flight crew, I’d like to thank

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  E-3 (admissions summary) card: I: We have your Interview in your ... interview in your folder. We understand that geography can be hard, so we ... a bit of all three. But the numbers all point in one direction: you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  really like when things are clean, to the extent that I can’t p-set in a ... once one of the nicest towns in central Pennsylvania. It was morning; the ... the folds. A cloud of tiny creatures coated the sheets and blankets in a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  , Section 9 in Part 2 of the application is there for you! In it, you can ... Applicants plus at least 30 more from hopefuls in grades 8-11, and I don't ... that I can give you to answer all your questions: visit the MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  , I'll instead attempt to demonstrate the part of MIT that can't be ... conclusion to a CPW entry, it's not something I'm capable of writing, so in its ... Of all the numerous documents bestowed upon prefrosh checking in for

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar? guest post by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20

  

  problem with our mechanical system. After three long (and I mean sleep in ... solve. That was when we realized in all of our modifications, we ... began, in Omaha, Nebraska. For the 9 day long tour, you can begin with a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  hello, again it me

  

  in past years I would take on lots of scheduled tasks even over IAP and ... to spend my time on, I think my mood and motivation are in a bit of a ... 'd check in again--I keep meaning to blog, but each time I think about it I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 23, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Making A Splash on July 4: The Celebration in Photos July 4th - A Photo Essay

  

  names, and in the true spirit of MIT, a friend said: Friend: If I had a ... all about the BBQ and fun with friends. I took in the action from Baker ... . FIREWORKS!!! I was always told that July 4th in Boston was

  • by Bryan
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  very delicate process, as a piece of copper stuck in only one of the 600 ... triple-GEMs has a lot of fascinating applications. The application that I ... to various aspects of experimental physics. She says that, in general

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  where I test the limits of how one can graduate from MIT. Perfect for ... ] alone, it can be a bit overwhelming trying to construct a roadmap of ... . Many of them probably wouldn’t work in real life. But nevertheless, it

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!

  

  Let's cut right to the chase: THERE'S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya's already told you about 6C, but I'll bet it didn't feature a giant spider on a web! I've decided to name him Lucifer. He's huge! He has the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 28, 2010