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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  's the story of how I learned to use a solder wick, which is a magical sort ... Opportunities Program), which means I get to have an on-campus job doing cool ... . You see, one of the things I want most to get out of freshman year is to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good

  

  surprising ease. Now, I'm not a big foodie, which is something I've come to ... . Compared to them, my taste in food is distinctly... [annotation note="part of ... it up, I'll just go out to eat instead of cooking. This is why all the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kick . . . start

  

  Greetings and salutations! If I'm a good judge of time, and I like to ... help fabricate portions of projects for these classes. In addition to ... a year of nothing? Well, 5 Wits is building a new show and we need

  • by Snively '11
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  [note: As of August 2006, this entry is out of date in regard to ... submit one of the following: SAT I, ACT, or TOEFL, in addition to the ... MIT Admissions home page] All []s represents edits to this entry made on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  submitted to the contest “The idea of the set is to celebrate women in NASA generally...I decided to try and work on people who were somewhat iconic and/or ... of organizations that she’s worked on and for. So she is kind of this

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  really only showed up to take pictures, but I made the mistake of going on ... be more or less dangerous than it sounds, depending on your imagination ... things. For me, there is nothing to be said for locking yourself in a room

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  contribute to the immunity of the nematode. Translated into laboratory terms on ... fluorescent microscope to determine which worms contain our alleles of interest ... have to find all the males first! (which generally accounts for 2% of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  series of words or pictures. This is the kind of conversation you might ... its relation to the rest of the image, checked it for morse code or ... names of all the cartoons so we took to figuring out the numbers on

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  Parenthood. Content-wise, my work is close to the opposite of the general MIT ... in my room (napping is essential to student life, as 55% of MIT ... events to attend or chores to run. On Friday, I go to High School for my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  will offer advice on how to succeed, unless you’re me, in which case they ... better. Hi, I’m Michelle, and it’s super nice to meet you! If you didn ... thing being a big part of the change. There are amazing places to eat all

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  enough time to think of things to write for CityLab as is. Of course, now ... or she is writing about. In the context of college admissions and ... on a D.C. metro platform to wild architectural proposals and all the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  (which I imagine is true for a lot of the STEM women out there). But as I ... guys ignore me, or condescend to me, or hit on me, but this was more ... generalization, but the realization was enough to turn me off from these type of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  places, goes to India. It is through initiatives like D-Lab or the IDEAS ... . The dramatic climax of the movie, in true MIT style, is Mohan's attempt ... up to the magic number of 230 Volts? The best parts of the film

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  you'd like to vote for this applicant, call 888-MIT-IDOL or text MIT on ... 're looking to do something as mindless as possible. And this is where my ... selection committee. (As a guy who is not wired to do science and math, I'd be

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

   about what it is like to not be well at the end of a semester, and it is not fun ... jobs to focus on one job and classes. To focus on being happy. Most of ... classes to graduate, an average of one a semester. I waved around that

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  situtation is pretty unique; since I live very close to the NIH, working here ... far less to do in terms of taking care of myself when I'm at home! There ... options if you choose to stay on campus. The fraternities

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  ) while trying to maximize the happiness of the matches based on the ... flee the country, which is what I did through the Big Dreams program. I ... (likely) pause. Speaking of patterns, Patrones Hermosas or Beautiful

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  is not what you'll learn in your classes (much of which you can find on ... perspective to help you make sense of the decision that, though it won't make or ... years of MIT? It is strange to walk into a building and find out that it

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  this summer, which is sort of embarrassing since I keep making reference to it. So, here's a snapshot of what I'm doing RIGHT NOW, at 11:52am on ... the end of something makes it awesome) and Arlo to my left is making

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  Chevron, which is announcing a $10 million commitment to the Fab Foundation ... opportunity to recognize and encourage a new generation of makers and manufacturers to share their talents and hone their skills. As part of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014