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• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  week starts on Monday, December 17. There are two standard responses to a ... senior thesis project, taking a wine tasting class, hopefully making some ... students who have shown a strong commitment to studying French at MIT. On

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  Context: I wrote a post in March called "I Moved to Maine" . You can ... in with my parents. About a month ago I decided to go back home for the ... from my middle school, so making friends took a long time. In February of

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  .” (It turned out we had to make a pros and cons list with the two halves ... online for several reasons: 1) I go to MIT and presumably had a good enough ... people reading this can understand this experience to some level: a missed

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  use a commercially available toy to make a flying version of the speeder ... talent at building tiny airplanes led to him being offered a job at Google ... ’s a bit of a Star Wars nut, and recently, he’s been on a quest to build

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Over Spring Break A flattering video of MIT Women's Tennis derping around California

  

  ). This year, we rented out a huge house for all 16 of us to share, complete with a nice swimming pool, and even though we had to inflate a couple of ... together in a way that makes me smile a lot on the inside and the outside

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 11, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  In my New Year's Resolutions post, I wanted to make a promise to blog ... digital watch interface to making a system that returns weather conditions ... I've blogged twice in a week so it basically makes up for it. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  wanted to be when it came to making a college list or completing an ... a buddy who wanted to hang out. Since I was a college admissions ... of as. So, I thought it'd be helpful to tell you all a bit about how I

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  willing to go out and make things happen (all with a healthy dose of both ... with you and makes you want to do a silly dance. I’m blowing this whole ... cliché but it meant a lot to me, especially considering where I had come

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  "a leader," i.e., someone who has the people skills to make sure ... some extent, especially when we had to make a number of difficult ... my acapella group to serving as the president of a dorm, or the vice

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  support systems, and I want to curl up in a ball and demand "why don't I get to be a perfectly average student with perfectly average problems ... I have finally failed hard enough to prove that I needed help as a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Look At Stagecraft [by Susan Shepherd '11] And axes!

  

  , have gotten into a spat over a foundling. Titania wishes to raise the ... examples won't make any sense at all unless you know a little about the basic plot. Stagecraft has to do with everything in a play excepting the actors

  • by ARTalk
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  This was supposed to be a happy post. It was supposed to be one of ... ice cream, Tetris hacks, and a campus-wide show of unity to welcome ... sports, the marathon - a sport that doesn't even have a side to cheer for

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  a 20-minute ferry to Spectacle Island! I visited the island on ... by a truck constantly so people have to wave at me wherever I go ... brought us straight to a beach where the majority of other visitors to the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  getting back in the groove 🎵groovy groovy🎵

  

  I can, to make "summer" last longer. Here's a list of life things I ... appearance: 5.07 - Introduction to Biochem (MWF 9:00 AM) I was like a ... wanted to take a biochem class. I might seriously take [annotation note

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  when a student is unable to make a deadline here and there. These kinds ... ' wellbeing, and it's easy to make an appointment with them. I have gone a few ... for ten hours it’s 7 a.m. jesus christ, go to sleep," but I can’t cause

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  RainbowFloor@MIT Because at MIT, if it doesn’t have a mailing list, it doesn’t exist. Fact.

  

  -blocking girth and...er, sleeping habits, I suppose. (Yes, I happen to be a less ... . I’m extremely drawn to bright colors. This would be more of a problem ... ’s-eye pictures of it, which I was unable to get as I am not, in fact, a bird (as

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  already strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round ... deferred applicants, I thought I should post a quick Q&A about what to do ... . It continues to be a great pool of motivated and successful students

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  that just walking to Next is the faster option. I have a skateboard, but ... classes. I don't want to fork over cash for an electric scooter or a bike, neither do I want to pay for a Bluebike ride for an ~8 minute walk every

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  separate blog about that soon.  Thankfully, I got weekends to hop on a bus or train to the destination of my choice. While there were about a ... . Dunstan in the East Church Garden).  I think there is a quiet resilience to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  st... First: thank you. It's been a real pleasure getting to know you ... , talking to you, your parents, and more. After a ridiculously competitive ... , it's more than a job. It's hard not to get attached. This college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006