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• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  complicated water is. I created this post as a sort of quick-guide to water, and ... is the village in Kaffa, Ethiopia where I've been doing the water ... question wasn't asked, why is it important to have water? “No Water”  

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  the pertinence of writing to science. The answer was: writing is an ... Institution, but the rest is open to the general public. So, if you knew what ... one of these telescopes is competitive. There's only one ALMA, for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  (since MIT is, by any estimate, an analytically rigorous school). It is ... take loads of advanced courses because to them gaining knowledge is ... for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  to as Course 6 or EECS) is the most popular major at MIT with 700 undergraduates. The EECS department is the best in the country and has pioneered ... major. Hanhan’s love for Course 6 is contagious! In high school, she

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  week. Responses to Comments: Jalpan Dave asked: Is there any way I can ... besides my IB but thats not enough is it? Well, considering there are 17 ... exams as well. Check out The First Year At MIT for details. There are

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  arrived in Pittsburgh and, as is tradition, invited enrolling MIT 2019s who ... ISEF, here is a description from the Society for Science and the Public ... program of Society for Science & the Public (SSP), is the world

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  understanding at MIT that if every light in the green building (both sides) is ... As I type this it is 3:28 AM. I have to be awake for work at 4:45 AM ... in for our 2 hour wait. [2 hours later] OMG guys! This is it! Batman

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  better portion of my eighteen years. I'm back at MIT now -- got here the ... while newly a visitor. I spent a lot of time pre-MIT longing for my days ... bright-eyed tourist, however, is going to soak up all there is to see

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  the female malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae is attracted equally to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  paint with five other girls in my sorority. Further down the bridge is a ... the ancient MIT tradition of repainting the Smoots.  But first, let ... 1958, a couple members of the MIT fraternity Lambda Alpha Chi were making

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  key is to try to maximize what you do get out of MIT. For example, I ... resources MIT has to offer for a student?" In a word, no. No matter how much you take advantage of what MIT has to offer, there are going to be

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  In a very institvtional gesture of welcome, each incoming MIT student ... they set foot on campus. One of these papers is the famous list of "101 ... wall. MIT Confess. Have someone organically MIT Confess about you

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  the last 2.5 years here at the MIT. Inertia is real. Though a few Course ... department we are in, so similar to MIT, there is an focus on exploring other ... friends and I had considered taking part in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  helplessness' butt is something I really wanted to do at MIT, and this class has ... should make that a blog post!" So here it is, a lil post about how crazy 6 ... [/annotation]-- more content to come soon!! As background, 6.009 is "Fundamentals of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Tracking update All EA application mail has been processed; check your MyMIT Tracking.

  

  for EA applicants. This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will show what materials we have processed for you. We ... system is missing something? First, do not worry. We do not assign blame on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christina Royce: Analyzing Re-entry Systems Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing through…

  

  type of manufacturing system is called a re-entry system, where a silicon wafer re-enters the system with a higher priority each time it is ... Economics, is doing her senior thesis project on re-entry systems through the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  , and that this is going to make me either a good scientist or a raving ... realized 1) it is entirely inappropriate for innocent eyes, and 2) I said ... that my MIT professors have said. Actually, some of the things are more

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  Report (USNWR) released its rankings and MIT fell to the number 7 slot ... questions that I'd ask: How diverse is a campus? What is the climate on ... ? How effective are these systems? How is success measured? Can

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summertime When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

  

  information on the banner above is already outdated. I declared Course 9, Brain ... 'd like to major in a life science. Biology is boring in my humblest of opinions, but the mind has always been fascinating to me. This is one of the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  absolutely no commitments. Last year I was overzealous and did the typical MIT ... semester! AHHHHHH!" No, this IAP I'm very much not busy, and it is wonderful. A flashback to a previous entry is probably a good way to begin this

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009