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• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  –a single, static image is enough to capture at least the heart of those ... "]spring[/annotation]? Spring is something different. I used to think the problem with these ... . Certainly not the way that fresh snow is the most powerful moment of winter

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  thinking about the best way to hide the wires and found that there was a pipe ... the pipe at the ceiling. And of course, the best way to do that would be ... actually brainstorm all the logistics behind getting the sign up. So to do

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  quickly here at MIT is no matter what you think, you still get 24 hours in a day. You can pray for 36, but it isn't going to happen. One of the best ... the night before your exam [it's not high school anymore ;)]. MIT is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  , and the best answer I can come up with is that I decided I wanted to be ... lot of the experiments I do involve getting cells to take up foreign DNA ... to go off of or do you know what you're doing like the back of your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  what i’m doing this iap 2021 a busy busy house

  

  the best professor she's ever had, so she's extremely excited to work on ... is doing this IAP and a quick recap of our winter break! Winter Break ... printer to print out all the parts. [carousel image1="60227" image2

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• 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 / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  am quickly taken back to the horrifying reality of that situation if it were to happen. This shirt was given to me (and the other bloggers) by ... would need to take. The shirt is a bit on the smaller side, so I actually

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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

  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 / 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 / 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