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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  This semester, I joined CodeIt, a student-run organization at MIT ... on their final projects, which they showcase and present at the end of ... task at hand. Wednesdays were a lot more hands-off for me, where the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  -on Introduction to DNA! to seventh through ninth graders at Spark, a day ... anybody. A small jug of rubbing alcohol with at least 95% alcohol content ... at the same time. A small bottle of clear liquid laundry detergent

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  sheet will get you nowhere. As someone who enrolled at MIT as a potential ... . Covering more subjects and at a faster pace, 5.112 is comparable to 8 ... like to major in those fields. At the end of the day, 5.111 in ESG takes

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  Experience Introduction This past summer I interned at Microsoft as an Explore ... just staring at code by myself, not really talking to anyone. The only ... problem at hand and your duty in it. Action. What actual decisions and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  : everyone at MIT calls me the King of Boston. And by “everyone” I of course ... to rely on throughout your time at MIT. I couldn't recommend it enough ... Public Library and diving into the MFA. However, my Google Maps abilities

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s Your Future, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown, Friendsgiving, and the Erosion of Deep Literacy

  

  that big a deal). There was a knock at the door, and she wheeled in the ... was a word easily identified by children at the time ... boy that somehow seems to fail at everything. He’s nervous, lacks self

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 20, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  impact of Blahaj on people and communities can be seen and felt right at ... ] Blahaj had their own Friday Afternoon Club (FAC) at East Campus last ... shaped or for sharks??? )? Come to Blahaj FAC tomorrow at 5 pm in Talbot

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  “i can only draw stick figures” musings on learning to draw

  

  opposite side of campus. At Building W97, the Theater Arts building, I took ... whole at MIT). I focus more on the struggle of drawing, a selection of my ... whole more overwhelming, at least I know it would in the beginning for me

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • June 4, 2023
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  working with my hands at a job that helped the environment. My main focus ... they turn in to. Then the Major Declaration Form came out, due at the ... over a computer. “MechE?” I frowned at the window. My reflection looked

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  google maps, at least, my "home" is east campus. but i've only ever called ... nothing at all happened, as it has felt for the past nine months. this is ... of the semester, because at least then, i felt there was people around

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  . Like, for real, it’s not about that at all. A positive decision ... week, at Tau time, you will get instantaneous relief from it. Finally ... whose stories really changed my life. Every so often I google them to see

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  were away, otherwise occupied with other IAP-y things. Looking back at ... . There is a steep learning curve at first, facilitated by a creeping shadow ... random food-adventures. I love cooking (even though at times I have no

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  : Arrived in Billings, Montana at 12:30 PM MST, on the same flight as Bowen ... at a high school in NJ for five years, went to HGSE and now is an Assistant Director at Yale. We were both starving, so we looked at Burger

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  the subject line (it helps Google sort my mail). Read through, enjoy ... said, I think no matter how much you like to look good, there will be at ... ...... Are there any abnormally good looking people at MIT? Why yes I am, thank

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  What a wonderful word: anew. Google defines it as “in a new or ... flurry of confetti at any given moment. Gosh, this is so cheesy I could ... piece of art that changes every time you look at it. I wonder about the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 23, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  . ~ The other day I woke up at 10 to say goodbye to my mom and sisters. My ... could reasonably classify as the middle of nowhere, way at the end of the ... distance. Google maps told me it would take 40 minutes if I wanted to walk

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  used to spend this day at my little brother's elementary school with my ... , and I encourage you to Google and PubMed for updates (and please post ... with the fifth greatest amphibian diversity. At the same time, Mexico

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  bunch of Google searches. Number seven is just dumb. No offense to anybody ... to have at least read an entry or two, maybe explored the website a ... question whose answer doesn't really exist, at least not in the form you

  • by Snively '11
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  things with them that you can both enjoy.  Some of my best friends at MIT are the ones that I met at CPW and during orientation/rush, and I ... during the weekend, there is a huge support system here at MIT to help you

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Episode 4: A New Hope Addressing the concerns of undecided students.

  

  at Yale (I don't need to use Google to know that Yale is an amazing ... like to be able to keep finding non-GMO diets while at MIT." I've got a ... ordinary supermarkets. I eat most of my meals at my ILG (pika) which also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2006