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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  function prescribed by its encoding DNA, whether it is the keratin in your ... ’t want to eat the laundry detergent or get it in your eyes. Procedure ... interested in the nucleus of the cell, which encloses the DNA. Your DNA is a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  really. This is what our room looked like the morning we moved in from our temporary rooms: Not very inviting, is it? So we set right to work. The ... So in Burton-Conner, you're allowed to paint your room under several

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  warmest gloves, and the most durable boots. Get ready, it's going to be ... me and another one of my best friends who goes to MIT. We were walking ... excuse to drink ungodly amounts of hot chocolate. Nothing beats sitting by

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  determined by investors and venture capitalists, and it is only meant to serve ... the way, is the only thing i’m sure of - that i will decide soon. i have ... , struggling to decide on a fig to pick, while all the figs wither away. it is

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  picture getting married to him. So we revelled in the teenage dream that is ... turns out not everyone comes out the second they get to college and not ... not a great way to try and determine their sexuality, but I am by no

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  don’t know which one you’re on or which you’re going to (as is often the case, for me anyway), that 68 is the only building on main campus to run ... giveaway that the person you’re talking to has been fully and wholeheartedly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  managed to get someone to fill in for the clinician. I was given some ... 've done. I knew that we had to get people excited about the Guild, if I ... , I emailed and I messaged people, trying to get our first game ready by

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  opposite direction to get to Colón, which is the way I need to go to get home ... resembling a normally shaped ball. But, to the rest of the world, football is ... him and his family to watch the game. On my way to meet them, I passed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Holidays with the Huangs a nondenominational celebration of capitalism and duck

  

  with tape. Pop the cover onto your camera lens. Turn your camera to the ... refuse to wear anything else.) I've slowly been getting myself back to good ... 't tell you how luxurious it is to wonder what I should be doing right now

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  , you need to learn how to fall flat on your face. Despite the best ... the failing gets to be primary. This might sound surprising, since ... is how to design a robot, or how to calculate the thermodynamic

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  The Five Stages of Grief (Jonathan’s Version) on a journey from New Hampshire to Next House [guest post]

  

  nothing, which is the best feeling to have when the outside temperature is ... Trail has given way to the Methuen Rail Trail, where Methuen is the first ... roommate (Andy!) is still asleep, so I try my best to not wake him up. 06

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  . This is the next (four) years of your life that we're talking about, and ... , here are some things I do to keep myself sane: Poi Poi is a member of the ... each other if we want to fire spin. :p The cost of poi is nontrivial but

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  ."']here at the office,[/annotation] we are all getting ready to read your ... Action. This is a longstanding policy. There is no reason to rush your ... and an aging parent and hasn't been able to get it done yet. Judging by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  ? Senior spring is supposed to be the best semester of college, where we get ... 'll have to do is go to the MIT Medical testing tent to get tested. After ... even be back by the fall, and that I would need to find alternate housing

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  facetious (which is one my favorite words ever, by the way). But really, it ... . To the contrary, I think most professors really go out of their way to ... -20 students) are basically your chance to review the material presented in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  times this past month. We would get up way before the sun rose to drive to ... cold, and the way the sun disappears by four bothers me a lot actually ... covered by soft ice. But if I can get myself out of the house and into the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  our lives. One such distinction is the 찜질방 (jimjilbang), which refers to ... get. And it's not like the American economy is performing extra stellar ... nothing. Paying to relax and get pampered may be on the calendar for the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  is around the time of winter break. I chose to spend my break at home ... reports using her sneezes as “a way to pick up boys,” however it is worth ... I would like to start off by thanking you all for deciding to read

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  Fear Of Missing Out or FOMO. I think that's the best way to describe ... goes by so quickly. However, I've felt inspired to maximize my remaining ... think it's important to let the people in your life know that you

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  the way, if you're at all peeved by the way math is taught in your high ... is “The Wrong Way to Treat Child Geniuses” by Jordan Ellenberg, a ... it hast to do with the way math is taught in your school. Or maybe not

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017