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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  at MIT is my friend Julie Legault. Julie is an artist, designer, and ... for Rihanna and Imogen Heap, developed smart materials for Aston Martin, and taught at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. In June

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1,040 students this year. Based on our ... . What are the realities here? I know that while we plan for the worst ... MIT waitlist, everything will still turn out well for you in the end

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events We’re Pumped For! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  's already been two years since ours! But CPW is honestly just as fun for undergrads here as it is for pre-frosh, so we are all just as hyped as you are ... getting lost looking for events? Instead, get lost in this year’s Next Big

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  naturally, I set out for the nearest and most convenient source of soda ... alas, for whatever reason, the cash only soda machine in building 66 didn ... any of the vending machines at MIT were, so we wound up walking up the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  Hi Everyone, I was just taking a look at some of the questions on ... at your application again and consider it in the context of the Regular ... working hard!) as well as a text box for any other updates you'd like to

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, per se a selection of fantastic dishes, part 2

  

  Sous vide at 132.5 °F for 60 minutes Drain beurre monte Tomato confit Chop tomatoes in half, cover in animal fat and bake at 300 °F for ... virus. Gastronomy seemed to be sacrificed in exchange for a sense of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  a blogger to write for tenth grade me. i want to show him, the kid ... sunday. i didn't do anything else, other than staff office hours for the class i'm a lab assistant for. it was more time than i expected to spend

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

  

  Jul 20, 2025 at 11am My friends (Asal V. ‘25 and Isaac L. ‘25) and I built Waterscope, a microscope that uses water instead of glass for ... , which is impossible with glass. At Open Sauce, the maker expo in San

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 20, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  business at home to raise money for college. Choosing a laptop for college ... their aesthetics. Then, for everything else, look at their specifications ... bootloader. After three days at the mercy of How-To Geek and Super User, I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One More Look At Our Snow Globe Life with moving parts

  

  do but line up for blizzard sundaes at my dorm, Burton Conner. And ... Hi guys, Here's another look at blizzard weekend on campus. Sadly (I mean...) school is open tomorrow, so it's back to a mostly snowballfight

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 10, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  !". At 3pm, it was time for business. Volunteers mobilized - we carried ... back to New House. At around 7, volunteers arrived for clean-up. We ... . Rhythms were broken, routine thrown for a loop (or many loops), and I spent

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  Nick asked: "I was wondering how you got your job at the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute? Thanks a lot for your help." This is an ... research at the NIH. So, I dug around the NIH website (http

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is the Sloan School of Management for undergrads, too?

  perspective that harnesses their technical expertise. An education at MIT Sloan prepares you for your next step, equipping you with the tools you need to
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  write me, years later, to tell me how things worked out for them ... of very recently, I'm an incoming Ph.D. student at MIT CSAIL where I plan to do research at the intersection of Robotics and AI. You and I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  theme for the wall was “here at MIT”, and Caragay had the great idea of ... interests and passions at MIT, and I'm so excited for everyone to see it in ... self-molding is a metaphor for taking advantage of the opportunities at

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  our standing policy for any applicants around the world whose timely and ... so, reach out to us at 617-253-3400 or email us at admissions ... advantage to applying to MIT Early Action, and you should feel at ease waiting

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  , at [email protected] for more info. ... Rowing at MIT The heavyweight men near the Museum of Science. PC ... for MIT. I had never rowed before college, but I fell in love with the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  .” You may have even uttered a version of it yourself. For me – in high ... student” (if such a thing even exists!) – for starters, check out the shirt ... -can’t-solve-a-Rubik’s-cube n00b. As in, I’m-bad-at-arithmetic n00b. As in, the-only-computer

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  contact information for your interviewer (Educational Counselor) on the My ... violate early agreements. If you qualify for a fee waiver, please request ... . And if you qualify for a fee waiver, your family needs the $65 more than

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  you inspired for a spoOOoky time at MIT! #1 – Pretend you go to a ... costume for you! Pro: It's an easy costume to pull off when you promised your friends you'd tag along with them for some Halloween shenanigans

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022