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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  chocolate on campus, and to bringing opportunitites for learning about ... it too quickly can separate its molecules and cause it to become gritty ... the surface or "bloom," causing it to take on a whitish sheen or oily

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Everybody’s Reading Applications!

  

  , back to reading your applications... ... (hence the low post count this week... luckily Mitra has a couple new entries recently to keep folks entertained and informed). While I was busily

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2005
• 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 ... me to pass the 100-yard (~91 m) test. I gave up midway on the first two

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Young Guru & the Metropolitan Opera The Arts at MIT

  

  , and it can all feel artless. But then you might look to your left, and ... day soon get your art on again. (Maybe when you graduate, the cynic in your head suggests.) Or maybe sooner. I'm never short on inspiration

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  want your time to have formal structure, MIT provides opportunities to ... connecting with friends, working out, cooking, exploring Boston (if you're on ... , there was more time and energy to leisurely bake new recipes, dine at

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  hometown area. There's no need to bike/fly/hitchhike to Boston for your ... will waive your interview. It is your responsibility to check your MyMIT account to find out the name of your EC, and to schedule the interview

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Good Morning or Good Night? seven am adventures where people say good morning and good night

  

  couple hours in the dining hall because I want a new space to work. And I ... to burst out in some new discovery. The MIT that often hides behind the ... /Probably Younger Than You.[annotation note="An interesting thing pointed out to me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  friends to come to a new place where we have to learn to rely on ourselves ... letting me use your beautiful masterpieces! After munching on cider donuts ... at falling down, so if you need any tips or pointers on how to be

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  *Independent* Activities Period Part 2 our second IAP apart!

  

  maybe have not gotten the chance to get your foot in the door through the ... adjacent to MIT’s campus) called Brain Power. They make AR applications on ... we got taken out to lunch to local restaurants, all 4 of which were new

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• 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…

  

  to terraform mars, and lab-grown meat, synthetic biology offers new ... biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells to create new and ... experience the technology, hands on. Our goal is to make genetic engineering

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  the pits of your stomach. And so you start to overcompensate for that ... missing aglets that I still happen to trip on every now and then. I thought ... in my throat. Shame hot on my face. And that's when we return to this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  experience new places, but it was so fun to rely on the Chinese language to ... Really Good Chinese. I got to know him better last January on an IAP trip ... ashamed. Past the guilt, however, I can't help but feel inspired to hold on

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  Vicennial wikipedia says this means 20th

  

  for new experiences, which seemed to be cropping up everywhere on the ... Since my birthday falls somewhat close to New Year’s, I usually either re ... -covid purposely trying to prioritize people, arriving places semi-on-time and not

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Shoe Technology out of the MIT STrIDE group

  

  the spreadsheet are just some of them. Today I found out about a new ... Experiment group (STrIDE). Using the same technology that's found on autonomous cars, STrIDE has developed sensors for your shoe that alert you of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  ME BE ARTSY/WORK ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS WHILE ENJOYING MYSELF. To be ... videos to edX courses to game-type simulations. We read articles on good teaching practices and papers on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to help

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Can You Become Back at MIT, with excitement and pictures

  

  in Boston. On the hallway thingy that connects the plane to the airport ... burrito, I had 81 cents left on my card. After dinner, I went to La ... some of the 09s. If you're in the area on Sunday, check out Cambridge

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  --take a subject with a name, learn a bunch of new operations and ways to do ... don't want to work on Wall Street and I hate everything about business ... to be a theater major who goes on to be a famous actor. I can't simply

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  the sun sets on another summer only one left yikes

  

  work on a tuesday to bash my head on the same bug i've been bashing my ... them down cause i'm boarding soon. i'll have an entire flight to stew on ... i'm writing this post while sitting at an LAX waiting to board my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 17, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  . To learn new skills RT requires skills in so many areas. One of the ... . Usually, we recommend that new members stick to one subteam, but Business is ... around. Senior members on the team tear apart your designs and will ask you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  whether your dress is something that you want me to focus on, as opposed to ... 't connect still do your best to talk about yourself and your interests. That ... avoid startling your EC. As for changing your hair color just to impress

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008