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• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on the Paris Metro Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in…

  

  . For the past four months, I've been working with the MIT Design Lab to propose improvements to and new ideas for the metropolitan Paris subway system. (I introduced this to you sometime in February.) Our effort is

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  To accompany today's entry about MIT summer programs, here is a ... juniors to consider. All of the below are national/international, selective ... Introduction to Engineering & Science (MITES) Research Internship Program in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  tries to remember my blogging username/password. So then, where have I ... applications. It's been hard to find time for much else (like blogging and email), though I've been sure to take some downtime for Heroes, Veronica Mars

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  the waitlist. Thanks to some good yield prediction this year, using the waitlist became a reality. We worked all day today as a subcommittee to determine how many students we could take at this time, and which students to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  whirlwind of science glee, I have to admit that every once in a while, the lab doesn't love me back. Yesterday, for example, I was trying to get a ... gotten a nice result, but my postdoc Albert asked me to run the samples in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Attack of the Giant Squid Attack of the Giant Squid!

  

  complex to say the least: non-linear differential equations, hyperbolic sine ... have to do problem sets that tested our prowess at using Maple, they tested our ability to give presentations by asking us to design our own

  • by Bryan
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  You know, a while ago, Mitra did an entry on how to write a winning MIT application essay. I figure it's getting to be around crunch time for you regular applicants to start writing your essays for all of your

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  ! My research was on Using Optical Tweezers to Create Nanowire Based ... chip. My project was to find out how to remove those wires from the chip and then arrange them to create a nanodevice. Exciting, eh? In order to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Dora the Explorer My long-lost twin has suspiciously wrinkly forearms.

  

  to give her addiction to "papas adobadas," a kind of mexican hot Lays ... ! Another factor I'll have to consider when selecting a class is whether they allow me to take photographs. I should ask my classmates sign photo

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  Columbus Zoo. I managed to make my annual trip to the zoo last summer, but ... withheld dinner from me until I agreed to go to the movies. Being wily and sly, I managed to both pick the restaurant (California Pizza Kitchen

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  , this is my dream. I watched the first To All The Boys I've Loved Before ... Committee has access to resources like this. The moment I finished up the blogger meeting I ran to Lobby 7 to meet with Emma so we could take a Lyft

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  Answer to the subtext: Meta-phor! Also, a clue to the answer to the ... from high school are starting to come back to Boston for the summer, and ... proof that a post could be hazardous to your mental health. If you walk

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Becoming a better programmer and why i'm excited about software engineering

  

  adulting-oriented questions, because that's what I expected to learn, coming into the internship. But one thing I didn't expect to learn much about ... a software engineering internship to learn software engineering? Well

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  courage to ask the question in the first place, I was already predicting ... nowadays. I will be the first to admit that I'm very vocal. And also very blunt. I'm not afraid to call it as it is, and I'm usually the first to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 3 i am starting to feel very old

  

  blogs for many years might remember that i've been writing love poems to ... this style. i like to think that i was their inspiration :,) i'm not ... 's because i've started experiencing choice paralysis with what music i want to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  working closely with MIT Admissions to help organize CP*, MIT's virtual take ... this? During this time, I've been able to talk and spend a lot of time ... admissions team that I was trustworthy enough to a) run my own CP* events b

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  Shape program. As a student—at MIT or anywhere else—it can be easy to lose ... the big dreams that brought you to campus in the first place. Leader ... shoulders. It asks you to look into yourself and think deeply about who you

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Events

  This is the end I couldn‘t decide whether to put "They‘re beautiful, aren‘t they? The stars" here, or to…

  

  INTRO First things first, I have to post this, as promised in an ... it took just as long as anything else takes because there's no way to ... when I started, and I get to look back at all I've done. Not gonna lie

  • by Snively '11
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  would’ve, could’ve, should’ve a newly minted senior's freshman year regrets

  

  current seniors have graduated, requiring new seniors to fill their place. I ... year, I decided to stick around and volunteer for commencement— mostly because I wanted to spend as much time with my '26 friends as possible, but

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 2, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  wanting to return to physical media, things i can hold in my hand and feel the weight of. there's a distinct lack of permanence when it comes to ... it's rare to find any real gems there. when i was a kid, i had a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025