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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  is much more hardy than the acrylamide gel). As you might notice, a ... using phenol chloroform, which is a really nasty organic solvent. As you ... sample with a straight razor blade. So one thing you should know about

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  work to do because you have too much and can't do it all. And there will ... is over, you can walk out of the ring with your head held high and know that you're a stronger person for it. Ok, enough of that. This post is

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• 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 ... . You didn't get an A. You got a P. Just like _________ over there having ... have been done. The biggest favor you can do for yourself is to treat

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  -- Wage a land war in Russia in the winter. I can't wait to see you all ... you all eat them too? There are other things to be said, but my job (I ... you out there in TV Land who have been stalking me, here's my plan of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!

  

  , and honestly, it can be hard to tell where to start. I spent a couple ... whatever role is most natural for you."]actions[/annotation] can you take to ... .[/annotation] There are huge protests happening across the US, as I'm sure you've heard

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  Just a few hours to go, and I know you're feeling the stress. We're feeling it too, believe it or not. I have to tell you that the selection ... that yes, it is true hot chocolate (chocolate + milk). What, you think

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  stepping away from a good thing so you can take care of yourself is okay. Barely passing three classes in a major that fascinates you is okay ... think that at some point, everyone is presented with a moment where they

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  Tech about a year ago: "MIT is the kind of place you love to hate, but ... gender, so long as you can convince the RAC to let you do it. (This is ... 's definition of a "spousal equivalent" is pretty generous -- you don't actually

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  20 points on the SAT, I will guarantee you that there is something ... common major at MIT so can give an answer that you think will give you a ... So, by a show of hands, how many of you are stressing about college

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  Blogosphere: “Yo, Anastassia, where’ve you been? What’s your freshman ... : “Bless you. You know, I’m interested. What does a typical MIT frosh* even ... of SK LATE NIGHT First, you take the Night Market, a celebration of

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  puppetry just a little bit (the show is like Sesame Street, except you can ... DID YOU KNOW? The Music Man is my least favorite musical ever. The ... describing the entirety of my visit, you can check out Mitra's entry on the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  figured a simulator is a good place to do it.  Until I saw a shiny, shiny ... its engine. "Okay, we'll have you do a landing." ^ That's me, an approach to the runway, and a guy telling me vital things like, "You want to

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  as early as you can! But since I was in such a time crunch, I printed ... ! You can use it a little more slowly and carefully if you use Barron ... still a thing?) or your school is like my high school and has finals the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  better than going out to a random frat where you know no one. 7. Trying new activities -- like cheerleading -- can be a great idea. Discovering skills you ... This is a list I made at the end of my freshman year in the reading

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  "]UROP[/annotation] meeting where all you have to say is that you haven’t done anything this ... being. You feel … alive.  “[annotation note="this is a HUGE red flag ... -shaped mass is now looming over you. Before you can react, the recruiter

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  It rains a lot in Boston. There’s not much more you can say about ... where it just rains. This week is one of them. It has been raining pretty ... finally feel prepared for the rain. I come from a place where rain means

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  the next bus stop. “There’s our bus.” “You’re kidding me.” “Nope.” It ... , and is said to be growing into a small city. Purple mountains shelter us ... blue dot come November. There is almost no crime, everything is 15

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  food warm for you! Can we just appreciate the blessing that is a rice ... remarkably juicy and tender.  Using a rice cooker is quick and easy. All you ... cooker, and press a button. This is so much easier than pan-frying where

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  equilibrium, there is a limit to how much I can handle and still be happy. There is a real and very understandable temptation at MIT to take on more than you can chew. Part of it is that there are so many amazing

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  culture of the students I think is something that really drew me there ... Hidalgo June 6, 2009 Just moving to a new apartment can be tough for some folks. But moving to another country? That's an adjustment on a whole

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009