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• Blog / Academics & Research

  aquaporin adventures a livestream of my brain while working on my urop

  

  The Problem: A reviewer went "You guys did things while assuming that ... ,000 [aquaporins] per square micron.”  which is kind of vague (what do you mean, up ... conclude that there are, at most, five (5) aquaporins in a cell this feels

  • by Alice L. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  familiar in a place where everything was new and different. Skating was a ... I was out there on the ice, I skated with a purpose, for the joy and ... . Last season was intended to be my last. But a last-minute injury in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  'm capable of platonic love, that there is not a part of me that is destined to ... , [annotation note="hello cami here. this is? a different kind of blog. ranty blog? the you is directed at certain people in my life and instead of writing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Miscellaneous Admissions Office updates.

  

  !Great entry by Mollie.Did you know that an MIT student is the No. 1 Scrabble player in the country?Did you know he also plays on the MIT Varsity Golf ... A few quick things today: We have admitted 16 transfer students for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  through your nose and out through your mouth. 3) If There is Anything you ... is making sure you don’t overdo it. A good rule of thumb is to have a ... that are winter-naive (like myself), there’s hope. And for those of you

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  of me cooking the ribs, but I can't track it down. If you took a picture of me making ribs, can you send it? Thanks!" Writing this has made ... line for the ribs. Where, like a beacon in the darkness, stands Snively

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  opportunities out there totally unrelated to where you come from - the summer ... write about or nothing at all, is that you're being evaluated on you, as a ... thing is over, you'll no longer be a part of that mediocre school, but you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  audience. (Once you've been at MIT for a while, there are only so many non ... late with your host (who is probably a lot more nocturnal than you are ... need to bring a pillow, since I have a couch you can sleep on. But

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  IHTFP, which can mean a variety of things to a variety of people, have ... ’m going to a country I’ve never been to before to work in an industry I have ... have a diploma. I have about 100 pictures. I have a sunburn. It's a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  boomed, "So I see this is the Brass Rat table!") There's a standard pair ... nothing on a weekend for the first time in 2006 (this is when you know you ... close and I can't think of a time when there's ever been a serious

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  (Ojibwe) is a youth robotics inventor, activist, and advocate for youth who ... / Pueblo) is a father of two from Tohatchi, NM on the Navajo Nation. He is a ... University. He is the founder of Little Moccasins Education Services and a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  up when you have to consistently give a speech at every Commencement ... companies founded by MIT graduates would get together and form a country, it would be the 38th economically richest country in the world, a statistic

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  is where mail comes, oftentimes you can get movies here, and they also ... . There are fliers all over campus encouraging you to sign up to be a Tech ... As of right now you may or may not have a job. I got my first job the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  your application is complete by then and you did not match. We can ... . Q: How do I schedule an interview? A: You can find your interviewer ... application). Q: How can I view my MyMIT tracking page? A: Once you submit

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / Class Projects

  MIT Brings You Unwanted Attention You want to be popular? Really?

  

  and, most recently, a working metal lathe But there are certainly downsides. I think this comic does a great job summarizing: ___ ___ You may laugh, but you'll laugh for a different reason if you're a student

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  of Sufjan Stevens's because Sufjan Stevens is a proper noun as well as an accomplished songwriter. However, if you were to use a common ... apostrophe. So it would be "the abacus's beads." BUT if you have a common

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  are weird because linear algebra is weird. Suppose you rotated a cube 45 ... numbers you can multiply with a direction (specified by a list of 3 numbers ... .) So there you go – a mathematical proof that rotations by 45 degrees

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  . Random Hall utilizes a grocery delivery system, where you can order your ... probably do a blogpost on FPOPs eventually.) This is also the place where I ... : But wait Cami! That's six frosh you just named? And one of them is a guy

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

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  essays? The trick is that there isn't a trick to it. I can tell you what ... "Activities" section is to capture a glimpse of you outside of what you look like on paper. Each little essay is a snapshot of you as a person instead

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  turns out that, much like a gourmet pretzel, life is full of twists. On ... of dying in a bingo game. As you might have figured by now, nothing ... , the direction in which a vector points after you move it depends on the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009