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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  gel box so that it can be attracted to the positive side. It's not ... myself: I'm being really ambitious about all the writing I have to do ... to be palindromic, cutting a bunch of sequences with the same

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

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  . To which I'd reply, yes, but it's not the actual class that makes ... stepped into the first class and everything clicked as to why I enjoyed beginner pistol so much and why this was going to be a wonderful class

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  "treadmill" that MIT can be: Sometimes it's hard to take a step back. This is why I warn my freshman advisees against getting on "the treadmill." "The ... the sexiest internships (and not the ones which are interesting or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They’re not just regular artists… ...they're Artists in Residence.

  

  of the TATS CRU will be at MIT throughout the week, giving guest ... noted artists to campus to work with MIT students. The program is called ... the opportunity to work closely with Tan Dun and also with Guillermo

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  point, any summer job will do, but I'm not sure if I want to be a camp ... students and staff to follow (the title of this post being one - those ... should be obvious, but we know you'll do these if we don't tell you not to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  the floor and simultaneously trying to figure out why. The analogy I ... itself; just to the little scrap of whatever happens to be directly ... " over and over. If necessary to lighten the mood, finish with one play of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  asphalt ribbons, on the walk to and from class. In an effort to not be one ... extravagent basilica is not projected to be complete until 2026. In the meantime ... 21L.590 would be the perfect chance to finally take a Literature course

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017
• Blog / People & Identities

  love people. cook them. tasty food. meet pecker!

  

  ="Try to ignore the flaming blender in the corner... he'll be fine, it's not ... dramatic flair to be the protagonist of a Shakespearean play   oh ... appear to remind you not to be scared — be Kenny!   feels, where I

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 27, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  can't have one, but your life will be easier with a PC, the reason being ... graphics to comfortably run modeling software. The air and the Macbook will ... cover all of the basics. If you're going to be using your laptop for heavy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The View From the Other Side of Hell If MIT is a 400-meter race, am I really at the beginning of the home…

  

  (including this character), which will be detailed in the entry where I explain ... get to know the tools that they'll be working with later on, but I think ... interesting - it's so quiet now that all the students have left. Will be heading

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  selection committee. (As a guy who is not wired to do science and math, I'd be ... In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 ... looking to dive into a theoretical physics book. Truth be told, you

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give MIT Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance Yultide Day 5

  

  -profit volunteer selection. I will be supported, but not guided, by a faculty thesis ... major, which is strongly recommended for the program. He told me not to ... Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  ferry leaves at 5, so I'm not sure why anyone would want to spend only an ... since you won't have the opportunity to do that this year, you can access ... a 20-minute ferry to Spectacle Island! I visited the island on

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  the highly specific title in this post's tagline, they can be applied to ... , but having the foresight to exercise these traits early in life will ... worthwhile idea. This can be difficult if the prompt asks you to recall a time

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  , not unkindly. “Don’t listen to me.” # The thing is, I was considering ... the set-up of a physics problem to me, and I remember being awed by her ... way one could prove. The professor seemed to be trying to encapsulate

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  *Independent* Activities Period Part 2 our second IAP apart!

  

  maybe have not gotten the chance to get your foot in the door through the ... this program is only open to MIT students, the application pool to these ... interested in, but are not sure if you want to pursue. Or, it’s also great for

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  not being able to play soccer because of my injury. I enjoyed the ... and it was FUN. I went from not knowing how to properly handle a drill ... ended up being pretty similar to 2.086, but I liked chatting with the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  questions were going to be. I imagined a fact request, like "what is the ... of the bloggers on the admissions site. I wanted to be like them. I ... to be good at the things MIT students admired each other for. I looked

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  ? Why does it feel hollow? We'd be quick to blame the fact that we're in a ... 't, shouldn't be the real reason. It's not getting to the heart of the matter to ... to face the existential questions. Why bother doing tea time anyway

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  that's why I ultimately decided to come to MIT. The HASS requirement is not hard to understand. Before you graduate, you will need to take 8 ... not HASS-Ds)). Within these HASS classes, you will also need to take two

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008