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• 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 / 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 / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  now back at MIT. I took a long nap in the library today. I can feel MIT ... - which I have been doing all four years of my time at MIT). From Ting, '13 ... interns and volunteers at the Chinese-American Planning Council for the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  Skullhouse, formerly of Senior Haus): "This summer I will be an intern at the Love At Work (LAW) missions camp. The camp, founded in 1993 by Killearn ... help us out.' As I stated earlier, I will be staffing as an intern at LAW

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• 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

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  by, that we're somehow seniors now. He's working at a startup this semester, and we talked about the MEng. At one point, he mentioned how I ... . Spooky how fast time is flying by. I'm at this point where I don't want it

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  transfer admissions website, take math/science/MIT-like classes at school ... . In early January, a challenge is announced to the teams at the kickoff ... that are parked on a small ramp at the end of the match. Teams get 6 jam

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• 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 / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  SHASS UROP at MIT, read on below! Phase 1: Being a Marvel Fan & an MIT ... summer. As I stalked the ELX website for spring research opportunities, I ... Special Projects at MIT Admissions + Student Financial Services. It’s funny

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  application as well. At MIT, our alumni conduct the interviews, and alumni who ... talk to someone who has gone to school at MIT.    Past blogs about ... their time at MIT; I know many of them are more than happy to talk to you

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  ticketing system was a mess: Olivia wasn't performing at a large arena, but ... tickets at face value, but then she fell sick several days beforehand and ... time at the beginning of the semester is less precious than the time in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  website or came up with a good research idea or resolved a mental health ... that when my friend looks at my life they conclude that i can do anything, yet when i look at my life i genuinely feel like i’m able to do nothing

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  field notes on all the fruit tending to plants, self, others

  

  At some point in the pandemic I began to collect tropical fruiting ... , to become a resident tutor at Harvard, I missed the lemon, so I got ... at unusual latitudes to the rest of admissions office. I've also made

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021