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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  're doing. 12:45pm – In which I decide to write a poem because I don’t feel ... to let me in. I think it's important to consider the fact that MIT is ... dedication and a desire to learn. Keep in mind, of course, that not every lab

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  like to get their boss' boss (or boss' boss' boss) to write the letter ... (say, Senator Foo or Congressman Bar). It's rare for these letters to say ... asking the aide in that politician's office that they worked for to write

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  didn't want to let MIT put me in a suboptimal living or schooling ... grown closer) since being sent home due to COVID-19. Staying in contact ... ,[/annotation] in addition to the new stress of an unexpected return to family life

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  a living person or group engaged in what we believe is extraordinary ... are people whose work reflects the hopes that led to the prize in the ... concerns of citizens in Flint, Michigan to unravel a mystery that many in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…

  

  [by Ashley Nash '11] Before I got to MIT, in all of my classes, there ... assignment was to bring in photos and talk about why we liked/disliked them. I ... throw a wild party, where she will be able to embarrass him in front of

  • by ARTalk
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  nonetheless. Today, for example, in one hour alone I had to handle one accident on the slide and jump in to save two different kids. So that's my job. Or rather, my former job. I have the weekend to hang out with friends

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  wasn’t sure whether to declare a double major or settle with a minor ... , I decided to focus instead on Education. I was planning to work in the ... ’s exciting too. UROP Project: How to Fail Six Imaginary Students In out

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Banditos Misteriosos Everybody enjoys a ghoul dance party!

  

  wasn't new to me, I'd seen it in an episode of CSI: Miami, but there was ... location of where in the park we will be dancing, merely go to this map: http ... terrible puns…) 5. Finally, A big shout-out to DJ JR, for all his help in

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  intense – in addition to simulating our designs in software, almost ... allows us to reprogram computers easily. It was invented in 1945, and it ... "]accelerometers[/annotation] in a digital setting, and how to break large, complex systems into

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  to scream. In a single moment, shaking under a stream of hot water, an ... in the sand. I walked to the Harvard Bridge with a friend to sink the ... didn’t know what to do. “I don’t know, I just want to scream or

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  their experience here. In order to further clarify and reaffirm our ... have said to them in person: MIT's commitment to our undocumented ... . MIT's financial commitment to them will continue with or without DACA

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  slipping into a lab coat. In high school I was fortunate enough to spend two ... siRNAs to prevent and treat influenza virus infection in mice. If all ... strains. My role in the project is to figure out how to deliver these si

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  to share a bit of my own culture with you. It is, in fact, my home ... is simply a case in which Australia got it backwards (or perhaps upside ... bacterial sense). You see, though it is impossible to see in this photo, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  interested enough in literature that they meet in their free time to discuss it ... there are more (many, many more) in storage. Since it is hard to visualize ... about the subject. Every student was in the class because they wanted to

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  . I'm currently working in the Space Systems Laboratory helping to ... to develop and test these sorts of things in an environment where if ... work. I applied to this UROP because I wanted to work in a Real Science

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Summary

  

  engines by using the water jet or CNC mill to etch designs into their ... tool paths. Then, open your file on the computer connected to CNC mill or ... to run in time for the speed competition, but afterwards I worked on it

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Stomp the Yard, MIT style The Divine 9 and NALFO organizations on campus

  

  research endeavoring to save lives. The AKAs & Deltas participate in Boston”s annual Walk for Hunger to combat the hunger pervasive in many of ... Sorority, a newer organization to campus, promote adult literacy efforts. In

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • January 26, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  the past. A bunch of people in our hall told me to get the shot. It ... in the above diagram, where you get sent to line up in front of one of ... it in the most efficient way possible, to as many people as possible

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sororities @ MIT- Become a part of it! Come to the first day of recruitment on September 1st to learn more about what…

  

  incoming freshman will not have this semester to see what being in an MIT ... sororities host. Faculty guests are invited to have dinner (or tea) with sisters in an informal setting. This is useful for underclassmen who are to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  of computers that interact with each other in order to achieve some ... ; instead, a massive network of computers communicate in order to serve ... architectures have been developed in the past thirty years to address these issues

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025