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  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  The month of January felt like a whirlwind this year – it was filled with spontaneous trips, future-job-preparation stuff, and lots and lots of video. I was definitely busy, filling…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  Lydia here: some of my favorite things I’ve learned at MIT, from my friends as much as from my classes, have been things I wouldn’t expect to be math but…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  I feel sooo motivated today. You know that feeling when you’re just starting out your semester or school year or whatever and you keep telling yourself that you’re positive this…

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  I like writing. I like writing about issues at school, like mental health, and I like writing poetry about my own issues and passions. I like writing seriously, creatively, and/or…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT’s campus. You may be asking the big question – WHYYYYYYY????? East Campus, for all it’s glory,…

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

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  This blog post is by Mike W. ‘19, epic speed integrator and Random Hall freshman physicist. If you enjoy integrating you can try out some problems at the end of…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  I have simultaneously done nothing and everything this IAP. After an exciting ten day family vacation in Japan and Hong Kong (highlights include: that time I petted multiple owls, and…

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  IAP (Independent Activities Period) is a really neat time at MIT, because you get to see where all the creative energy of the student body goes when it’s not tied…

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  So, grade reports at MIT are not super complicated. When you go online to look at your grades you might see the familiar A – “Exceptionally good performance…” B –…

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  1. Labels The number of double takes and comments I’ve gotten this month in response to my choice of dorm has been astounding: “What does your room look like? Does…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  I’ve been gone for a while, but I’m coming back! Withdrawing from MIT to work for Amazon for a semester meant that quite suddenly, I had a lot more time on my…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  Haley C. ‘18 is a sophomore living in East Campus and studying Course 6-2 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science). They are also passionate about education. We bonded over several different…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  Now, I can be pretty sure that most everyone applying to MIT has a number of things that they are worried about. Grades, SAT scores, the amount of extracurricular classes…

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  Thursday a feeling: walked home in 24-degree weather after spending 12 hours facing off with my own incompetence at work. ok computer was playing as it occurred to me that…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  When I was fifteen, in the summer between tenth and eleventh grades, I spent three weeks at nerd camp. I was what multiple exes have described as “too goddamn independent”…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  Hi Everyone, The MIT February Updates & Notes Form is now available on MyMIT. Wait! Before you fill this form out, please read some important info below. First, though, relax!…

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Winter Through the camera lenses of people who don't have winter

  

  Around 7:15 this evening, it started snowing in Cambridge.   While heading back to my dorm, I ran into Kevin. The both of us being from California, we were ecstatic…

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  If you’re like me (and I’m willing to bet a lot of our readers), then you spent last Friday and Saturday eagerly awaiting the unveiling of the 2016 FIRST Robotics…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  I returned back to campus on December 29th, and as the Amtrak approached Boston South Station, I spotted snow on the tracks! As I stepped off the train, I was…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When I Grow Up In which I contemplate growing up and what I am going to do with my…

  

  When do we actually grow up? Did I automatically become an adult when I turned 18, or was it when I had my Bat Mitzvah at 12? “When I grow…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 8, 2016