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• Blog / IAP

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  Economist so... Ben Bernanke?" Note: Ben Bernanke is not how viral marketing ... is a science. Our professor attributes the success of viral phenomena ... IAP has been a time of very... well, different learning than I had

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  trying to show off everything under the dome (and believe me, there is a ... choice overload. While there is so much you could do, you have four years to discover it. A good way to maybe think about it is CPW is a taste of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  how every single point was accounted for. Regrade requests: If a ... Regrade" button and a little text box appears where they can write a note to ... largest was 20. Of course, 2.2 points on an exam is worth a lot more to the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  -of-sort-of know how to run a gel, shorthand in this case for gel electrophoresis. To ... lengths of fragments is also good as a quick and necessary, but not ... electrophoresis is a pretty fundamental technique in molecular bio lab work; other

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

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  understood how such a rare and fleeting feeling it is. despite that, i think i ... , which is the second-best time of the semester. mit has several a capella ... think about it, it startles me how much performing arts there are in mit

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  've fooled into doing math. Here's how it works: At its core the search is a ... is similar to how humans play chess; if we see a move that immedietely ... This is a blogpost from my friend that is a boy, Raymond Tran '23. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  . How did the mentors decide what classes they will teach? First, a ... selected from all around the world through a variety of networks. Pretty much ... knowledgable about. Inspiring a student is hard, but we thought that the first

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  GTL the secret to a successful summer

  

  summer is really living within 100 feet of a frozen yogurt shop. And ... A couple of weeks ago, Chris Peterson tried to describe my life as ... a recipe for my amazing summer, I could only tell you what I

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  geometry." This is a great opportunity, I hope many of you will apply! For ... , Philosophy or "Outside the Box." To apply, you must submit the Preliminary Submission Overview Form by March 14. You also must be a US citizen or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  the Oregon Ducks. He is hilarious. He is a ham. He owns me at ... local tavern after long morning of first-world problems. c) Ry is a huge ... encounter pretty much made the kid's life. Here is Uncle Q, Tim, and Ry. d

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  status for a truth is” and videos of ourselves upending a bucket of ice ... this was a good life hack; by befriending people my age (which is easier ... is what has built the life I have. From a poem by Yena Sharma Purmasir

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  and small amphibians, like the ones below. I really like how much ... Since its founding in 1861, MIT has been a special place for ... . However, not everyone at MIT cares that much about Technology. Some people

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  5E Rush Photos

  

  decided, for some reason, to leave a bunch of boxes stacked in our bathroom ... , Sarah '08 had a lot of fun climbing them. Getting up was one thing, but ... distinction of having its own dark god, Krotus. He's like a mascot, only cooler

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  , what you have before you, folks, is a punt puzzle. I don’t know how easy or difficult it is, but I expect that—whether you're a casual reader ... puzzle is—that’s pretty straightforward. A punt is more intricate, and is

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  that time's passing is permanent. Bojack Horseman, a character from ... moment is a global or local extrema. The idea that any period of my life ... could start a new season of my life. I packed up about half of my worldly

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  the greatest senior days ever. Here is a recipe that I have recorded ... dessert 2 meticulously designed photo collages (Alana ’16 is a wizard at ... freshman orientation was in full swing. Practice is a daily affair from 5

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  One thing we always mention during information sessions is IAP, because of how unique it is to an MIT education. I wanted to update my spiel ... happening during IAP, check out mit.tumblr.com which is also doing a series of

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Visiting the Museum of Science science is cool

  

  My roommates and I haven’t had an outing for a while, so we went to ... since the last time I went to a science museum was in eighth grade, it was a fresh experience that I really needed. I remember seeing the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Things We Don’t Remember Enough About each other

  

  In any given school year or work week, there is so much we can stress about - academics, career, finances, etc.- so much so that the relationships we have or can have in our lives should be a means of support rather

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  (Course 3) major with a minor in Physics (Course 8), which is working out ... in the process*. *Not sure how this will help me pick a major, but the ... a JPG image with my picture, stuck it on my blog page while it was

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008