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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  This past month has been my first IAP spent entirely at MIT. IAP is ... amalgamation of everything and nothing all at once. It is also worth nothing ... called Praat. I look at things that look like this: Once the class is

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  Looking back, 2020 was a very chill year for me. Ridiculously so, if I’m being honest. To understand what I mean, you need context. For the ... nearly enough sleep. I could go into the reasons for this – wanting to do

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  Central for two months during the pandemic than I did during my ~6 months at ... ...my experience living here for the summer only proves that I didn't take advantage of my time at MIT nearly enough. During the school year, the only

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  the US studying abroad for a year at a high school in Missouri. There ... Jose, California. I brought with me all that I would need for the next 9 months. I spent one night at home, then drove down to the South Bay to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  freshman spring in which today is the first day of spring

  

  -so-slightly-bulging firehose for so long that this fact surprises me. It's almost like I hadn ... going at your own pace, and that it's okay to slow down when the burden ... so critically damped, in danger of tilting towards instability at any

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  had been searching for “this.” I found it at MIT. Now I must rush for ... MIT dome. I’ve been on campus for three weeks, but still every time I pass beneath it, I shudder. For years, I had admired it from a distant

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  .022, then for 8.223. He's a character. // that's supposed to say vacuum at ... gets up and talks at us for 1-1.5 hours. On the days we don't have ... . At some point, my letters morphed into their current form - my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair! tisn't ye olde renaissance faire, institvte

  

  for brain disorders such as epilepsy and Parkinson's. While we're at ... not only refusing to snow for more than a few days, but by having ... -- but also shows off and helps fund student projects. a day at the fair I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  college with a definitive plan for their lives at an age where they ... , lest I have a heart attack at age 30. I am known for making obscene faces ... love for pie is still only surpassed by my love for bacon and Arrested

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Legacy of a Media Storyteller [by Leila Kinney, Comparative Media Studies] Recently, Leila Kinney attended a Symposium at the Media…

  

  [by Leila Kinney, Administrator for Academic Programs, Comparative ... and teaching at MIT. Above: Glorianna Davenport of the Media Lab ... , particularly for young people, in formal and informal educational settings

  • by ARTalk
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Eletha Flores The awesome Eletha Flores '10.

  

  . However, rather than settle for a second choice, the valedictorian at Charles Herbert Flowers High School started applying for scholarships early ... recipient of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation's Gold Medallion 2006 award for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  organizations across the country. I first saw it at cnn.com/education, but it ... quotes below for comment. Many college admissions officers support the idea [of deferring admission for a year or two]. While cautioning that a "gap

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  sleep statistics for other variables. Definitely. I tried to look at hours ... I'm going to have to make this quick today, since I have to study for ... cellular, molecular, and developmental biology, so no ecology classes for me

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  advertisement for the sophomore exploratory option at MIT. Except for, you know ... prisoner was taken to the priest. The priest would watch in the night sky for ... years. 1. The night before my final paper was due for 21L.009. This was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  I think I'm going to be fixating on food for a while, at least until ... about dining at the Institvte. (I'll admit that I'm also writing this ... required to buy x meals per week at the school dining halls. One of my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  picked up by news organizations across the country. I first saw it at cnn ... quotes below for comment. Many college admissions officers support the idea [of deferring admission for a year or two]. While cautioning that a "gap

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  some brief updates. Sandy: If you have been affected by the storm, for ... . The same goes for materials submitted by your teachers, counselor, and ... 1. We will wait for your materials. We are not going to be mean to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  I have known for some time that my approach to things can be ... spontaneously reaching for the flip video camera when my son refused to eat his ... to grandma, and a certain jolly old elf that lives at the North Pole

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  , I had Orientation at the Broad Institute for my UROP there - which ... here's a look at what I'll be doing for the next three weeks: More ... on writing!) to compare a bunch of genetic sequences. For three hours

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  a hack! For those of you just tuning in, a "hack" at MIT is clever ... interesting physical and logistical challenges for their perpetrators. As you ... , no one really knows for sure who executed the hack, but I figure some

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008