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

  

  .12 lab just to take a picture of the completed gel. Second, even if it were ... myself: I'm being really ambitious about all the writing I have to do ... mistake on an assignment, and magnify it a ton. That's when the "I'm not

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  . But on the contrary, everyone spoke to me the same way they spoke to ... perspective of managers and developers on the unique issues they had to deal ... with the actual work I am doing. Nervous and excited on the first day, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  getting back in the groove 🎵groovy groovy🎵

  

  enough (I planned it), this happens to be the first day of classes on ... I will want to look back on at the end of the semester to see if this ... fall down, sky turns blue to grey The freshman will forever cease to live

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cancer on my mind Wait, shouldn’t that be Carolina?

  

  Cancer is on my mind lately. I know how to have fun, huh? But maybe ... winning book on cancer, or maybe it's because I just took a tour of the Koch ... elaborate on the many wonderful aspects of this Institute, namely its

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 18, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  I [started] writing this blog on 3/17, and it’s the warmest day that ... to.  The Golden Age of Piracy was from 1650-1739, and the Chanties as ... " was a work song sung to coordinate a heaving task (like spinning the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  the way they would appear on your transcript. No need to convert them to ... Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the applicant. This form ... available for the fall semester or second quarter. (If your school uses a

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  character Gogol and also, to some extent (and not without shame), the ... evaluating myself lately. Feel free to just skim the bullet points because the sentences below them are heavy on self-reflection. To balance community

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  your grades just the way they would appear on your transcript. No need to ... admitted or deferred in Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the ... after grades are available for the fall semester or second quarter. (If

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  slept all the way until we reached the ferry to cross from Connecticut ... back of the truck was locked, and my key was returned to the front desk ... Cambridge, on foot or on bike, go to class and cafés, talk to friends and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  coin a bunch of times, I expect it to land on heads around half the time ... why they do math and their thoughts on the MIT math department. Here is ... love about math is that we’re all on the same team. Of course I’m not the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Goal Setting a learning process

  

  motivation to get ahead on my classes for the next semester. This has NEVER ... up the ladder all the way to a reach goal.[/annotation] School Stuff I ... to get ahead on the jobs game, do my UROP project part time, and also

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 4, 2020
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  your understanding of the resources available to you as a new member of ... as for those who may have never given a second thought to issues of ... , quickly walking away from the destruction) were given the opportunity to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  , you have no need to hump somebody on the dance floor, because [fill in ... to the dining halls in other dorms, so do you cook every meal? Thanks ... home from class), or order food from campusfood.com. On the weekends, all

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  from the world. The second was a bit of a “prove to myself that I can ... be/things I’m trying to avoid, the magnitude of impacts, and so on ... that I’m still trying to reflect on. The book, with many intertwining

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  to my parents, living on your own is the first step on the pathway to ... being able to make food for myself. The latter is beyond terrifying, as I have the rare ability to set even water on fire. Thankfully, some of the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  (second floor on the 282 side) to Black Hole (second floor on the 290 side ... . So, I've decided to try and take on the reigns and show my process to ... didn't register it was a dorm on the MIT Guide to Residence page and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  : Summit Ruth: The first half means "to aggregate" and the second half is ... Ruth and Matt for making the trek to my apartment on Saturday night when ... To make up for the apparently unlucky (but ultimately normal) Friday

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  ’s time to share the wealth, so I’m here to lay out for you all the tips and tricks to getting yourself around the world on MIT's dime. Start: 0 mi ... actually trying to reach me. The good thing is every so often one of those

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  .900 (Intro to Linguistics) in two different semesters, and the second time I ... to discuss freshman grading. The background Hopefully you know about ... or an F, the class doesn't get recorded on your transcript -- it's as

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  a great lecturer, with the unfortunate ability to write faster on a ... to be clear: on the first exam, the average was a 60, so a 65 was a ... crushing to me as my above-average performance on the first exam says that

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009