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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  running experiments or doing work, you're also good at expressing the ... -filled buffer, you can induce the movement of your analytes through a gel. Since ... purple color, is an indicator that tracks the progress of your gel

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  last week: You can't plan your life out ahead of time. But if you just try to always make the best decision, your life will later read back as ... takes, not doing anything but your classes, doing all the sexiest

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  't know what happened to your week. Fortunately, it's not most weeks of the term that you have such an experience; if you plan your schedule right ... knowing where to park your car between safe periods. Most of the time, I can

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  lecture, never skipped a problem set. Failing here and there is ok, when you're getting your footing, it's not a requirement by any means. It's not a ... embarrass you or for you to wear around your head like a crown, grades are a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Copyright, Subpoenas, and You I prefer to keep the "you" part out of the picture.

  

  and time of this activity is registered to your computing account (or a computer in your area of responsibility). IP Address: 18.247.6.191 Hostname ... your own words the steps you have taken. To avoid loss of network access

  • by Snively '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  are. Let's face it, you just spent the last four years of your life ... classes you took was something that defined you and dictated what your day ... application process will mess with your preconceptions and alter the way you

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  the country. Your roommate moves away out of the because she can't stand ... all of a sudden all the Biot-Savart equation just falls out of your head ... ? Maybe that won't be you. Maybe you'll come to college and your bearings

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  preference, and stick the list under your pillow just before you go to bed ... beneath your sleeping form, leaving a $2800 charge for next semester's room ... then use the rest of your application - all the stuff about your number

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  awesome that MIT allows you to do whatever you like to your room. I really ... person who's getting your room the next year agrees, you can just leave the ... don't need to have 15 of them and you don't need to have started your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  ), you'll talk to your fellow students and find that their acceptances and ... ?) So if you come to MIT next year or in the next few years, your TA might ... shook my hand and said (I am not even making this up), "I saw in your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  , like a resume. Also, make sure you send your SAT scores early so you aren ... . :) Anyway, I've observed that your situation isn't as uncommon as you might ... . By the time you get beyond those classes, your lack of background

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Random Hall REX! Residence Exploration events at Random Hall. Your orientation booklet is WRONG. :D

  

  wrong. This list has many more events than the list in your puny booklet ... really weird looking word.  Foo 9:17-10:17 More breakfast than your body has room for! Read the title. You're all bright kids.  Foo 11

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  have a question and I hope you can give my your insight on it.. I'm going ... school either. Can you please tell me your perspective on this whole thing ... challenge yourself, but if your school simply will not allow you to take AP

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  (s),) tell us your funniest (PG-13) MIT   relationship disaster story. I ... boyfriend. Are you a night owl or are you the early bird? What's your most productive   time of day? When do you do your best work? I’m definitely not an

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  interested in the nucleus of the cell, which encloses the DNA. Your DNA is a story, uniquely yours, that you read out as you live and eventually pass on to your children. Instead of paper, it is written on a long string

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

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  break your life, will shape your next four years. How different can two ... on learning math on your own, or been wondering whether MIT's academic style is flexible enough to suit your diverse academic needs (spoiler: it

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  's INCREDIBLE have all your support! Voting's open until the 28th, so be sure to share this shortened link with your friends, family, etc.: http://urltea.com/1p1d. You can only vote once per computer, but you can also use your i

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  about your other options (because really, college is exciting no matter where you go) and to keep your eye on Matt's and Ben's blog for more info ... about how it's not so bad getting rejected from your first choice school

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  your footsteps match the onscreen arrow movements. usually the arrow ... played correctly you should feel like you’re moving in sync with the song ... increase your onscreen arrow speed me: but if the arrows move up the screen

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  . The same goes for much that happens in your brain. Take sleep for ... class than it is after getting a full 8 hours of sleep. Your body has ... you’re working it’s a lot more difficult to start an assignment than it

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023