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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.

  

  In 1997, Fabio Sauli invented the Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) at ... ,000 tiny holes (about 70 um in diameter) using a chemical etching process The sheet can be used to detect particles by amplifying ionization patterns by

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  best not written about on the blogs. Some of these phenomena can be ... artery/highway/(insert metaphor/analogy/figurawhatever here - hey, I'm not ... sun sets and aligns with the window in Lobby 7, sending light blazing

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  action results will be released in mid-March. I hope this is helpful. Best ... not accepting emails or answering phone calls (and I am on vacation ... deadline fast approaching, I'd like to use this entry to answer some of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  report. Regular action results will be released in mid-March. I hope this ... answering phone calls (and I am on vacation!). The office will reopen on Monday, January 4th. However, with the RA deadline fast approaching, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT gave my pod free art supplies!! and despite being hosed, we used them

  

  In January, I heard about an Arts at MIT initiative that provides ... long as they were an MIT student. I'm a casual artist who paints once in ... first. I wanted to try painting in gouache since it was an unfamiliar

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 7, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  that I find left out for the taking on a table in lobby 10. Emperor of ... was stopped in traffic on the Mass Pike. (I don’t recommend this) But I ... what books are in your beach bag? I’d love to know. Happy Summer!

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  I skipped 4 days of school to go to Seattle and Vancouver to learn ... people ever tell you how pretty your cities are?!?!) I have about 200 pages of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  envelope sizes, since I've received a number of questions about this, I can ... letters each come in a standard #10 window envelope (4.125" x 9.5"). The other FAQ I've been getting is, why so few EA admits? 200220032004 EA

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Randomness

  

  life in the city, and my friends. I should get on that. At least I got my fifth stack of homework in today on time. Yeah. I'm going to sleep ... Well, as Laura said in her latest entry, tonight was the "telethon

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  in to the weekend, I think you can learn a lot. That being said, CPW is ... it, and I hope I can give you a better sense of what to really expect ... Preview Weekend (CPW), I figured it would be worthwhile to spend a little

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Got any threes? Go fish!

  

  before. In fact, I know the guy who made it, so it made for a great story to tell everybody in the floor lounge while we ate our Chinese food. I ... could get it out. That's when, and I can't remember exactly who, but, some

  • by Snively '11
  • September 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  in my life. I put the offer in my family group chat and everybody was ... money from writing. Then more offers came in. And then I had decisions to make. I called my parents in a panic because I didn’t know what to do

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  notice you in the first place can be a daunting task. But it doesn't have ... and/or summer. You can even get paid for it, which is awesome. [caption ... of the process in obtaining a UROP[/caption] It's a great opportunity

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  i saw you four ways to follow MIT students

  

  i absolutely love the blogs, but there are a number of other places to vicariously ride the ups and downs of MIT. they can't tell you if ... immature, petty and enjoy a good sexual innuendo or two. as i share these

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 16, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  I think you guys set a record for ben.mitblogs.com - 353 comments in ... many qualified applicants for too few spots in the class. Also, as I said in one of my comments in the last thread, I wish people would stop

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Spotlight: MIT stands with the people of all nations we are one MIT

  

  the introduction: MIT accepted its first international student in 1866, only one year after its first classes were held in a storage warehouse ... times more students came from Turkey than from Texas.   In 1909

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 13, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  hello, again it me

  

  'd check in again--I keep meaning to blog, but each time I think about it I ... the anxieties I mentioned in my last few posts, I think I've made (some ... in past years I would take on lots of scheduled tasks even over IAP and

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 23, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Look at these pictures I drew in class from my lecture notes this semester

  

  [caption id="attachment_83529" align="aligncenter" width="550"] belugas actually don't have dorsal fins but uhhhh who cares[/caption] [caption id="attachment_83530" align="aligncenter" width="768"] i found out

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 15, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  I didn't include a lot of biographical detail in my biography (whoops!), so here's something you should know: at MIT, I am a proud ... fraternity men are both diverse and intellectual, respect women (at least in my

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / CPW

  Backstage at the CPW Closing Show “Other duties as assigned”

  

  spaces that can support such a large audience. Typically, we plan months in ... and sound techs are up in the booth, Ceri, Nikki, and I are calling the ... before showtime, Ceri, Nikki, and I posted up in Kresge while each group

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 19, 2024