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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  , while I frequent the latter, getting to the former is more of a luxury ... fries and you flag down a waitress to get your anticipatory doggie bag ... Hey guys, I'm back to blogging once a week after a ridiculously crazy

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  guess an unofficial theme for this IAP has been to explore and get off ... catching up on my movie/book/TV show list fell by the wayside. Not to mention writing and casual vlogging. But my friends and I have managed to get out

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  !"]FPOP applications[/annotation], advisor forms… You thought the get-to ... culture. If you’re in the market for somewhere to be from, I give Hawaii a ... -grilled hotdogs, and cold Capri-Sun, where we'd wait for the family next door to

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  arriving on campus, upperclassmen are returning to campus, admissions officers are preparing for the admissions cycle (sort of like preparing for hibernation, but for being buried in applications instead of snow). So here is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  enough to sway me 5. AND we get them for free when we declare. Course 7 ... suddenly felt very old. To add to this, I have to declare a major by April ... , in some cases!) to work, a task made difficult by non

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  't always open. Everybody wears masks. Many of my friends are gone, off to new ... make space for. I go to a graduate-level graph theory class that is not ... -majoring. They ask me to sign up for an appointment online. Then I find my other

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  get used to this new paradigm. IAP was as fun as it was tumultuous. I ... I've never been so excited for a semester. I'm taking classes that ... , so I'm not frazzled like I was last fall. I feel like I'll be able to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  other by sight or name were quick to meet. I came in fresh from REX and ... classmates for their takeaways, too. Here’s a review by Anhad S. ‘25: This was ... tomfoolery that EC residents get up to and extrapolate them over almost 100

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  in, so I decided to apply early action. My dad went to MIT for ... my decision was. My dad didn't force me to go to MIT, don't get me ... school. Nothing to get depressed over, really. I guess it's clear that

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  taught. In order to get a project off the pipe, you need to make a neckline ... extra weakness), and it must be uniform enough to get an even break ... ’re fun and quick to make. To get the smooth shape, we use a technique

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  began to make such an awesome toy. Well, we began the design process by ... 't finish our toy 10 minutes before we had to be there for presentations ... Llama to make what we like to call: The Equalizer. -Cue awesome sound

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  that most people never get to the good stuff! Most of what gets taught in ... requirements.) It's a little harder to do this for math classes, especially ... , right? So let's see how I do. Feel free to ask in the comments for

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  - remember that we have no quotas for majors, which is why you apply to MIT ... go for MIT interview?" Eric responded that it would be a good idea to ... wrote: "I think I'll ask the admissions office to consider me for

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  afternoon. It was too late for 14.02 but I couldn't let that get to me. I ... and I'd be working for three to four hours on a single problem on each ... me to take a step back and get an overarching view of the material to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  desperately to curl up in a hole and wait for time to just pass me by. When Camp ... it quits. Accompanied by two friends, I made my way back to Mc ... an ungodly hour for me to still be awake. When I have three tests in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cancer on my mind Wait, shouldn’t that be Carolina?

  

  Cancer is on my mind lately. I know how to have fun, huh? But maybe it's because yet another good friend of mine just had surgery for ... Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT the other day. I could

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 18, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  remember me on family

  

  wanted to stay in southern California for the sake of my grandfather, out ... to visit me in Massachusetts for "when" I got into MIT. He knew about ... . I never expected to get into MIT, honestly, and I chuckled a bit

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  means people are forced to "crowd" a room by turning a double into a ... of their time to repaint the room for the next year. Other than that ... sticking my head out there to get a better camera angle. As you can tell

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  . Untethered by the wants of anyone else except for myself. I imagined a life of ... to experience and I learned so much in this relationship. But for now ... The more I try to push it I realize gonna let go of control In my AP

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Koch Institute?

  develop new insights into cancer, as well as new tools and technologies to ... The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, a National Cancer ... scientists, clinicians and others, to bring fresh perspectives and an