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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  joining and leaving the lab. Even I worked there for a long time, I do not ... MIT? A: I always wanted to do research and I knew MIT would provide me ... are a lot of things to do and great places to go. M: What do you plan on

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  I mentioned that I'm in the midst of a summer research program at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory - there are eight other summer students ... C-O regions in the Whirlpool Galaxy, using data from the Very Large

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  Google Drive. Already a struggle to stay relevant in the two years since I ... Instead of doing an overview of the classes I’m taking this semester, I want to spotlight a few of them because they are just. that. cool

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  financial support of a nice fellowship. What are you doing this summer ... I did something today that I had previously sworn I would never do ... much a lot of the stuff written in the MIT forum (and elsewhere, for that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have ... back and paint my new room, have fun doing REX stuff, see all my old ... classes come psets so...that's a wash. On other hand, I am trading Spanish

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  present to you a list of things to do if and/or when you find yourself in a ...  urgent despite the grade not being finalized for months. Start making a Google ... . This is a curse! Do not violate the natural order of events! You must

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  three weeks leading up to that date poring over a complete set of ... is money, and IAP is essentially like being handed a briefcase full of ... relaxing at home. There really are no bounds to what you decide to do

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  . Oh wait. What am I doing there? So this year LUChA started an ... , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... 's a lot of controversy surrounding minority programs and special months

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Goal Setting a learning process

  

  other than maybe keeping a list of to-dos in Google Keep, or my ... actually did do some cool things, and even made a blog post about it cause I ... website, but...did not do that. I do have a base for it, though, so once I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  recruiter what I could do as a freshman to build the kinds of skills and ... ) at MIT. But hey, I'm just a freshman--what do I know? See you later ... imagine that they all convened at one place to throw a huge concert, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  a few weeks before our application opens, there are some things you can be doing in the meantime: Making a list, spreadsheet, or Google ... your application in first! We do not read applications on a first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  on Friday. What's a girl to do? So, here it is: It doesn't really ... , alumni, and staff. On Monday, Andrew Fire, a professor at Stanford who ... -developing a technique called RNA interference (RNAi). RNAi gives scientists the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Visiting the Museum of Science science is cool

  

  My roommates and I haven’t had an outing for a while, so we went to ... since the last time I went to a science museum was in eighth grade, it was a fresh experience that I really needed. I remember seeing the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  intimidatingly) as a “bomb cyclone” hit us yesterday with a foot of snow, and it was actually the warmest that it’s been outside in a week. This has become my standard outdoor attire: I realize I look a bit like I’m about

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  shouldn't have been a big surprise, but I'm having trouble reconciling how I ... , the hostel bed is very cozy and has lots of wool blankets and a big comforter. There's a beautiful woven tapestry on the wall, depicting two

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  . But we do have a Trader Joe’s, a Walgreens, and a Starbucks just three ... doing a blown up version of this UROP, going from 6 to 30 hours a week ... I’m huddled in an office chair in a tiny box-studio in Lexington, MA

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  for the race! Alix de Monts, a junior at MIT majoring in Mechanical ... member as a “jack of all trades,” adding, “we do all the work our selves ... turns out, it's not a good idea to accidentally push down on your laptop

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  so difficult? We’ve all been in the position of trying to do a group ... doing Operating out of a design studio in Honolulu, they valued a creative ... Google docs as their preferable means of communication and meetings to be a

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  , let's do it!"), and a lot of creativity from people who enjoy doing very ... is the culture. It's hard to describe, but there's a peculiar mix of ... aren't nearly hot enough." "I agree. What do you say to refining the

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Listing It All Out you get a list and you get list and you get a list

  

  Fall 2020 Definitely a bunch of other times that I do not remember ... roll Do a blind cannoli taste test (i recommend trying Mike's, Modern ... headphones Come back to your dorm room and do a deep clean so that you can

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 29, 2021