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• Blog / MIT Life

  Cows, Cheese, and Myristic Acid, Oh My! (Almost) everything I learned about fat (and educational videos), I learned from 7.S390.

  

  Last summer, when I lived in East Campus and these were my backyard ... in East Campus for free, bond with Ceri R. ‘16, who was also taking 7.S ... and cheeses live. In fact, I drew them in pencil, traced them in pen

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  guess that at your high school–just as in many high schools–the days you spend in class might go something like this: 1. Introduce a specific ... of these times they might write a problem and have you solve it in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  in an amazing urban environment (aka Cambridge/Boston) where there ... happen at Harvard. The only Harvard class I've ever been interested in ... , anyone can get in on the action by going to these public lectures that are

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  members in the service so during the semester, it can be difficult to get ... very different from running through checklists in your head or ... ’ve been spending a lot of time in the bunk room this IAP, trying my best to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  So much has happened this summer. I mentioned in my last post, They Call Me Yankee, that I was spending my summer in Houston, Texas working ... to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  It's finals week! That dreaded time of year when people hide away in their rooms and in the libraries and delve into deep bouts of sadness ... using them for therapy and squishing them or putting them in funny places

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  The first speech I ever gave in my life was to the 1000 of you who ... going for inspirational and life-changing. Here's a gif in case you missed ... concert. Honestly, freshman year, I wasn't particularly interested in the

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  symptoms include: Feeling quite hot, but in a 100°F kind of way Fatigue ... found myself immersed in today definitely wasn't in my schedule, but I ... want to mention, which are some of the memorable moments from GIR's in

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  As I mentioned in my earlier post, I wanted to follow up with more ... moment! To submit Parts 1 and 2, log in to your account on MyMIT. You can ... school report form. To reiterate a few other things mentioned in previous

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three ... large ballroom in the Marriott Copley Place hotel to drink in his words. As for me, in exchange for free admission and some good opportunities

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  value). My team's plan is to use the money to promote FIRST Robotics in ... in the future. Once we have enough High School teams in the area, we can have a regional competition here in the UK for the first time. In

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  Every Monday and Wednesday night, you could probably find me in Kresge Auditorium almost rolling in laughter, listening to arguably some of ... obvious, I love playing! Twice a week in Kresge Auditorium, however, I also

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Free Lunch Who says there is no such thing?

  

  one is one of my favorites and I get a number of emails in my inbox from ... – to coordinate and support work in the areas of food and agriculture. Members are actively engaged in advocating for and supporting the

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  It isn’t what you know, it’s who you know The rules of the networking game

  

  may want to do in the future. Rule No. 1 Don't be a afraid to put ... GRT (graduate resident tutor). They may know someone who works in the field you are interested in, went to the grad school you are looking at

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Unlike any other. [by Nathan Kipniss '14] "Welcome to the Gardner"

  

  , historic home in Boston. Only the signs really give it away as being a museum ... the objects and paintings in the museum are exactly as Ms. Gardner left them as stipulated in her will. This rule is followed to the extent that

  • by ARTalk
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  tomorrow on some cool projects we have in our admissions labs right now. But ... of my friends here in the office is Mikey Yang. Mikey is an MIT alumnus ... ! See if you can find them in the archives!) Mikey, as you can see from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Odds and Ends It's what's left

  

  Wednesday, and Christmas happening on a Saturday have culminated in a perfect ... in at a pathetic and embarrassing two (not counting the two days we get ... either constantly or frighteningly never. I've been up in long enough

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 3, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  RainbowFloor@MIT Because at MIT, if it doesn’t have a mailing list, it doesn’t exist. Fact.

  

  assembled in my floor lounge singing the original Pok√©mon theme song making its way like sweet nostalgia to my ears, I’m in good and plentiful ... , randomly, after turning in an 18.01A pset about a week ago. Certainly, the

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Another year has begun Welcome to my world

  

  read purely for pleasure, time to learn a new language, adventures in the ... boarded a flight bound for Mexico City, ready to start my summer in Mexico ... neighborhoods of Mexico City to climate change. In between exploring a city of 20

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  I think the last time I saw the sun was Saturday. In a strange turn ... …or is it Seattle? Anyway, grab your umbrella just in case. While the ... . In their sophomore year, many GEL students were enrolled in UPOP

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010