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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  of its regular denizens (Hi, Nance. You too, Ben.) I was asked why my ... difference. Anyway, I offer you a tale of suspense and... you know, other ... all? you may ask. In all honesty, nothing. There is no reason for you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Belated Hearts Day copy/paste irl, afk and everything

  

  elementary school, you can download them as a pdf here (or make your own if you ... can and cannot leave behind. I’ve realized over the past year that some ... the eye and put down electronics when we talk, to go to bed and get up

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  . Neither competitor actually solved this one, though. You can take the integral off of the cosh, but you can't take the cosh out of the integral ... [Insert: his name is Murtaza]. So that you all can give me more hits on You

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  ISEF, then you can learn more about it and look for an affiliated fair in ... International Science and Engineering Fair, or ISEF. If you're unfamiliar with ... a 'lay explanation', i.e. to describe it to us as you would to an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  . Plus, my mom ordered them on the internet, where anyone can say whatever ... light interact with a chemical, which can tell you things like which atoms ... it’s real silk, Andi, why would anyone on the internet lie to you

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  finally settling to a maybe-this-isn't-so-bad idea by the time you get to ... can kill you. Basically, this entire blog section about UROP was an ... the sentence you've all been waiting for: life is full of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  , don't forget who you are and where you are headed as an individual ... you the tools you'll need to forge ahead. Try to get some rest Friday ... , but, you know, I still manage to be a part of the discussions just fine

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  cooling off it snowed? snew?

  

  Sometimes it's easy to get frustrated with the world. There's too ... reminder that you care about some things, regardless of how much you say you ... remember the good things and care about You.

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to learn more about it, you can read more here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErvgV4P6Fzc Some of you may feel happy to be waitlisted. Some of you may

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to learn more about it, you can read more here.  Some of you may feel happy to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final projects from the fall three coding projects and an alien in disguise

  

  scene. Autostitching can be used to make panorama shots and even "mini ... work on a simulated robotic arm that can detect and stack cups into a ... -D cameras to locate where the cups are in the environment, and the grasp- and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  sheet can be used to detect particles by amplifying ionization patterns by ... sort of microscope for charges, where each foil acts as a lens. Once the ... oscilloscope, it can detect, for example, whether a particle is an electron or a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  yourself since you hang out with yourself 24/7. Here are some thoughts about ... ’re often the place of absolute highs and lows, where epiphanies have occurred ... ’ve also found that I like switching up where I work, sometimes a corner desk

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  If you asked me before spring break where I like to eat around MIT, I ... get you 15% off your order. The food was... okay, I guess. I'm not a fan ... the only place where it's socially acceptable for me to get food in my

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Goal Setting a learning process

  

  management, once you get over the small hump of activation energy to actually ... [/caption] As you can probably tell, I SUCK at reading over the summer. Other than ... a BUNCH of things is always futile; you will inevitably get

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 4, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  rain. Can you imagine? This Vine from my fellow archi grad Justin proves ... of, that you can stand by and own up to. 2. Follow up -- it’s not that ... if possible. 4. Take a writing class -- you really get to know your

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Three Months In Paris The MISTI experience of Jenny Nelson '09.

  

  [by Jenny Nelson '09] What's the craziest thing that you've ever ... -free vacation I had... they were a bit shocked. You're going all alone? they asked. Of course not, I responded. You see, there's this program called MISTI

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  facilities, chatted at length with various employees, and I think I'll get a ... get some things accomplished. (I worked on some projects for Amtrak ... anticipated "Jesus: The Ride" to much fanfare: If you're interested in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  the common room, where the radiator is off. The German woman rooming ... decided that I wanted to get on the road. I’d forgotten the joy of pan ... ’s dopamine from moving at the pace you are. It’s lovely. [caption id

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  -college freshman and college freshman self where I'm not good enough to consider ... , you have to prune overgrown branches now to let new flowers bloom next ... build myself in ways that I can't predict now. I still have imposter

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022