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Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

This IAP⁠01 Independent Activities Period, aka the month of January where students can take a long winter break, take unique, accelerated classes, just do research, or participate in a MISTI…

by Aiden H. '28
January 19, 2025

Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

Last Thanksgiving break, a few of my friends and I visited Acadia National Park in Maine. We planned meticulously for the trip – booking the Airbnb months in advance, creating…

by Andi Q. '25
January 19, 2025

Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

This winter, before arriving at my GTL⁠04 Global Teaching Labs, a program that gives MIT students the chance to teach students in various locations around the world in Kazakhstan, I…

by Fiona L. '27
January 18, 2025

Blog / Academics & Research

[Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

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A thank you to all the supportive faculty & staff at the ’Tute In my first month at MIT, I: Caught COVID, then a cold, then strep Had my parked…

by Jeremy W.
January 17, 2025

Blog / Academics & Research

Final projects from the fall three coding projects and an alien in disguise

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I had four final projects this past semester. As busy as I was for the last several weeks of the semester, I was so relieved that I didn’t have exams.…

by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
January 16, 2025

Blog / Classes

2.009: the product engineering process the best class at mit

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For some schools, the biggest events of the year are rambunctious homecoming weekends and rivalry football games broadcasted on ESPN. At MIT, though, nothing beats the energy and celebration of…

by Emiko P. '25
January 16, 2025

Blog / Academics & Research

MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

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MARC is one of the few conferences people have in their academic career where you should absolutely go whether you consider your research good or not. Because for good food,…

by Anika H. '26
January 16, 2025

Blog / IAP

what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

MIT has an Independent Activities Period, which we call IAP, during the month of January: some people treat it as a four-week extension on winter break, some people take classes…

by Kai V. '25
January 16, 2025

Blog / How to Food

[Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

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Jess: This is a guest post by my friend Grace Z. ’25! I met her through a summer program last year and we’ve since bonded over concerts, good food, and all…

by Jessica Z. '27
January 15, 2025

Blog / MIT Life

shifting seasons something reflective

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mementos high school has been on my mind, lately. it’s been almost five years, and only now do i feel comfortable dusting off the little box where it lives in…

by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
January 15, 2025

Blog / Academics & Research

[Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

Day 1, 6 PM Today is the first day of MARC 2025 (the Microsystems Annual Research Conference) – MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratory’s (MTL) annual conference, featuring two days of MIT…

by Andi Q. '25
January 14, 2025

Blog / Classes

[live blogging] astronomy field camp sky stalking in tenerife

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14/01/2025 20:00 this IAP, i am in Tenerife for 12.411 (astronomy field camp), which is an observational astronomy lab intensive class that satisfies the thesis requirement for astronomy minors and…

by Fatima A. '25
January 14, 2025

Blog / How to Human

2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

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This was one of the years of all time. I learned a lot, less about science than usual but more about relationships and who I am. It was a bit…

by Uzay G. '26
January 13, 2025

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

craze how a blog gets born

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every blog I’ve ever blogged has come directly out of frenzy it’s not a slow, methodological process against my will, inspiration strikes and fast and it feels like…

by Kanokwan T. '26
January 13, 2025

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

This year I read 20 books. Here they are in a tier list, ranked based on personal enjoyment/emotional impact and not at all on literary merit or perceived quality, because:…

by Kai V. '25
January 13, 2025

Blog / Academics & Research

reviewing MIT’s Intro To Deep Learning the highs and lows of the beloved IAP class

This past week was the first week of IAP.⁠15 Independent Activities Period, aka the month of January where students can take a long winter break, take unique, accelerated classes, just…

by Aiden H. '28
January 12, 2025

Blog / IAP

a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

Roses, Girona 9/8/2025 Dear blog, Last night, I arrived to Figueres by train around 9:30. With two suitcases in tow— taking full advantage of of United Airline’s weight limit— it…

by Veronica P. '27
January 9, 2025

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

LOOK AT MY NOTION!!!!!! 🌱 my notion is very pretty. i spent 5 entire days on it so pls notice…

bonus: my pinterest page for notion pictures the homepage of my notion, establishing a strong theme of "green" more of my home page! goals are just classes from this iap…

by Fiona L. '27
January 9, 2025

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

Top Ten of All Time; 2024 Edition ft. Barack Obama aka Minesweeper Monday EP 2

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In this episode, which was most certainly posted on a Monday, I talk about making a pizza, and how Simmons hall doesn’t have a sheet pan in any of the…

by Kayode D. '27
January 7, 2025

Blog / MIT Life

(Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

I’ve been home for winter break since last Sunday, and it’s been a flurry of many things, but second most importantly, it’s been a flurry of FOOD!! Christmas dinner--Hawaii potluck…

by Allison E. '27
January 3, 2025