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• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  advisor. On a day-to-day basis, I work independently... after working in the ... mouse project, I've been working on a yeast two-hybrid screen. Basically ... cell dies. There's another flowchart here. It's a little short on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  My Talk @ Maker Faire a bit about how we see, select, and support makers

  

  We've had makers on the mind here for a little while. Earlier this ... some interesting light on what we're trying to do with our portfolios. If ... wrote a white paper for the White House about technically creative

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  .01: Introduction to Hacking. A student's grade in 19.01 is based on three components ... about project classes? These tend to be more varied, depending on the ... 's helpful to note that a semester is roughly four months, or sixteen weeks

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21M.712: Choreography — Making Dances theater arts classes >>>

  

  instructor gave us a sheet of paper with a cube on it, then told us to randomly ... all black clothes to a full on green fursuit (I wish I was joking ... from New York on Tuesdays and Thursdays for class. I'm really glad she

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  in edtech, so I think that this will be a cool thing to work on. This ... ): I actually tried to ASE Biology when I entered MIT, but I got a D on ... overwhelming number of requirements/GIRs that are on there. Now if we take a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  locked it up for me, after which we took the bus to Harvard to see a comedy ... " sticker on it. I continue to yank. 3. Victory! The lock comes off! 4. There's a little black plastic part on the main bar of the bike where I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  calculate the probability that a certain machine will be working on a given ... ability to apply different processes to a wide variety of parts, so ... returning from the trip, she and a group of three other students decided to

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

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  a classroom project, a cool new toy, an internship with MISTI ...  or IDEAS/Global Challenge, or even dropping out of MIT to accept a Thiel ... Scholars, Truman Scholars, and so on - but more than that, it's created a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  BOOK FOR NINE YEARS ... ZOMG Oh and if you think you're going to post a ... dieselsweeties made me laugh: ... so we quickly dashed on the bus and hurried ... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I figured it would be cool to take

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Notes on Cancer rate my handwriting

  

  .[/annotation] That's such a cool sentence to type out. In the past, I've had issues ... organization:   Time to stock up on Staedtler Muji Sharpie pens of an ... of those buildings that course 7s and 20s spend a lot of time in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  messed up when they do it at the airport. Let me put you on a flight to ... carefully helping a kid open the plastic wrap on their new coloring book, then ... need to behave around you? Might I make a small suggestion? DO. Then go

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  a cursed follow up to this post. note that these are based off ... energy for things you're passionate about. you're try to be a morning ... % chance you're a sick person to be around. you're laid back, can handle

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  from being relieved of having to work on a 10+ year old sun machine ... able to do any work at all. Also, we have a totally sweet new 3-axis ... ahead. Mostly junk food. Monday night, I learned a new word: syzygy -- or

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / CPW

  Who’s psyched? I’m psyched! It's gonna be stitchin'!

  

  in a new house that my wife and I just finished building. Well, we didn't actually build it, we paid a company lots of money to build it, but it ... your cross stitching gear and learn how to cross stitch a cool custom MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  2006 Already?!? Back to work tomorrow... wow do vacations go fast!

  

  real holiday falls on a Sunday. So you should be able to submit stuff ... Hi everyone, Just wanted to say hello. Having been out for a week I ... will respond to everything but it will likely take the better part of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.

  

  EVENING TO 5 PM EST MONDAY... TODAYS SNOW AND FLURRIES IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IS JUST A TEASE FOR WHATS COMING TONIGHT. SIX TO 12 INCHES IS FORECAST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 1, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  2 types of games. Finite games where the goal is to win on a ... – researchers fold to academic pressures and compromise on the quality of their ... , and the realistic impulse to be a part of and be recognized by the

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  worth trying anyway: best to get comfortable on campus before the ... , but he was too late. On my first day at MIT, I talked to my roommate ... spin class, and I was butthurt, but also determined to take a formal

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  ,[/annotation] and concept generation, we gave a presentation to our class on our ... journey of that week, and what it's like to have both a mix of soccer and ... corporate partner, and a $5,000 budget. My team’s problem was to figure out

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  to come to MIT, so I'm a total authority on all of this. Plus, I ... research paper on hominid bipedalism), and Diamond seems to be a pretty fair ... froze exactly as it was, would you be able to roll it like a bowling ball

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005