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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  learning how to read our DNA, we will be able to better understand genetic ... out the DNA from one nonreplicating cell, it will be about two meters ... will reach the sun and back 67 to 333 times, or the moon and back 25

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

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  MIT. The downside to this, though, is that there will never be enough ... chillest year. Because you're not stapled to a major quite yet, the classes ... it is okay not to be 100% in love with your living group. Your living

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  Regular Action" which happened to be the exact title of my post. Hm, go ... &A" because I'd like to answer your questions. My goal is for this to be the one ... 're willing to take the extra effort to get everything done early and apply

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  'd be fun to bring some of those conversations to the blogs! I'd love to ... scale from "Not Me" to "Exactly Me." The test also states that understanding the various phrases is part the assessment, so there are going to be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Bay Area wrap-up The scoop from MIT meetings in San Jose, San Francisco, and Lafayette, CA.

  

  year, the San Jose meeting is likely to be the second or third largest ... /East Bay this week. Many thanks to those who attended! The week started with ... up to the city of San Francisco where I had a relatively smaller

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  d'etres. (Oh god, don't know French, don't know where to add the ... as a sophomore, and was the only girl in my class to make our school ... the state of Ohio, and we went to the Macy's Parade my senior year. So

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  a project"]crochet pattern[/annotation], the gauge will tell you to ... . Before I came to Boston, I dedicated quite some time to ironing out the ... 's three stops on the Red Line to Porter Station"]Where is the nearest yarn

  • by Ella T. '25
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  whether or not to attend MIT, please let us know your decision through the ... you in the fall! More information will be available soon here. If you ... the day by which admitted students need to let colleges know their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  GREATEST, and I am going to continue to be the GREATEST", and then they fail ... . Why is it funny that someone could be smart and sexy at the same time? I ... it's worth it to apply and see the financial package MIT will offer you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  's not because I don't have the free time to drink my milk. It's because I ... . (Especially since the admit rate dropped to 12%.. the '11s MUST be superstars ... MIT might not be the best place for you. But you don't just send that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  class once the semester starts. Of course, there will be those pesky ... something they'd rather not hear." We started with the example of how to tell ... the other half thinks. It turned out to be a really interesting

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  New Things I’ve Tried mostly experimenting with some looks:)

  

  was not the case. These twists were easy to do and so pretty! Plus my ... change that😤. I foolishly thought playing the ukulele was going to be easy ... compared to the few drops of nail glue. Needless to say, I did not use the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 9, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  finish the plans by October)? Or if I'm not able to finish it, will it be ... send us the scores again. You will not need to use Rush Reporting. Clara ... will be finalized in November. Should I wait until the regular deadline

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  will not be able to do any of this justice.  But here it goes anyway. A ... . Acquaintances that I had gotten used to being around, but no longer see on the ... thing, applied to y program, volunteered at z place. Had I not made the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  expected many things. What I did not expect was to be treated, so suddenly ... ’t always have to be that extreme. I get the sense that people here do see me ... --maybe you’re not going to use all the geometry and algebra you learned

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  handles code and how different attempts to change information will rely ... the things I applied to so I know what my commitments will look like for ... to get 100s on the psets and above 80s on the remaining midterms, which

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  most of the day not really being able to do anything. The day is mostly a ... , and I will not be able to until after I graduate. I'll never get that ... /6/2021) april 2020 Over the past few weeks, coronavirus went from not being

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  . That's why I consider them so so important to the application. Not just ... to know you. Though the interview is optional, it is a great chance not ... will reach out to you using the contact information provided on your

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Decisions Coming soon to a web site near you!

  

  .mit.edu. We will not be in the office on the weekend that decisions are released ... Hi folks, So sorry for the delay in posting this - we wanted to be ... happening at this juncture. Decisions will be available to those who meet all

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  order to be happy. If not, why did you come to MIT in the first place? MIT ... , but understanding the “why” was more important. My approach was not ... have never failed do not understand the process of getting up. On a

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012