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  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  good idea what your IAP might look like by then. Externships are similar ... contributions to the place you are working at. (For more on getting the most out ... me: 1. Listen. Ask people to lunch or to coffee and just get to know

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Virtual Fall, Real Performances coming soon to a zoom very near you!

  

  that; it's very difficult to learn new music over Zoom and there were a ... are trying to get back on our game, fulfill our club mandate, and have ... that, of course, I didn't get to talk to every single performing group at

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  didn't have them in the earlier part of last year. I'm moving to a new ... because I enjoy them. I'm getting better advice, or at least I'm learning to ... hang dry some things. Stop Leaving Lectures Confused. Edit: Go to Your

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  . (note: Montreal is a really beautiful city and a great place to get away ... you're curious. Then I went to Central America, and within the ... do you get exposed to all of these opportunities?" I think the simple

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  air and getting all over your shirt, I found it oddly relaxing. Live ... Twirl and having to remember that you and your partner are called centers ... Four Ladies Chain is called and you’re moving to another spot, and then

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  -- especially as a math / CS major -- that allows you to build powerful systems by ... need to start with some direction of where you're going, whether it be a ... 't really damage the end product but just bring me to a new perspective on

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to ... England to New Zealand. We can't wait to welcome them to campus to join ... . Deferred students do not need to send us anything new other than the February

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  overwhelming. And these types of updates seemed to have become a new normal ... y fe during the uncertainty. And if you want some new media to consume ... students had been putting in to plan, rehearse, or prepare for these

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  or ask too many people (especially strangers) to read through your ... essays to passive voice. The most important part is your distinctive voice ... also be true if you use AI to write your essays. Give yourself time

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  well. So sometimes I sit in a cubicle 9-5 by myself without speaking to ... ? A few things: 1. I get to learn about so many things everyday ... of your life - these are all meant to be temporally-finite experiences

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  other and getting yelled at by the Sheriff for being too close to the ... ’re women. Did you expect this to be simple? By the time we get out of our $9 ... required to get across the bridge, even if you take Saferide, is sometimes

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  . Get in your college applications, and now what? Well...now's the time to try out things you didn't get to do before. Learn a new skill. Play with ... many hours per week are accounted for by your classes and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  who have already packed. They get to do this: I am not one of those ... department I wasn't expecting to get really upset about people leaving but it ... Alley," but to make matters confusing all of the dorm addresses are on

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  Tuesday evenings, for three hours, and during each class you’d get to hear your pages read aloud by your classmates before an ensuing discussion ... just when they started to get interesting, and there needed to be more

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  [by Patrick '09] I am another Biochemist coming from MIT to Cambridge ... , and you will acquire literacy to write your own. At MIT, students are ... , Biology as conceived by Cambridge is about knowing a vast set of facts

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  6.073 (officially CMS.611) are hard to get in without an affiliation ... and in other arenas. I'm looking ahead to next summer to maybe get an ... disaster to work with, especially if you're using Git) and I want to put in a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  - should I go to art school, or should I do the "safe" thing and get a "real ... ? Somewhat consoled and way too hyped about getting into MIT to be feeling too ... training really forces you to get to know the world of film-making. For the

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  longer drive in college), and you parked your car, and all you had to do was press a button to lock your car and you were good to go? Parking a ... resolve my issues for the night by taking it up to my room, effectively

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  Technique) It is far too easy to be taken by the material—one of the ... to get a sneak preview of a sold-out opera ten years in the making; but ... , Carolina, and my adventure getting to Death and the Powers. (Created with

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  class, it gets recorded on your transcript merely as a "P". If you get a D or an F, the class doesn't get recorded on your transcript -- it's as ... people tend to get lower grades first term at MIT than they've ever gotten

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006