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• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  much been a whirlwind of activity. For once I have absolutely no problem ... to stop for me as I ran across the street to catch it. Lost a ... .k.a. Piper). Gave myself my first zsig. Ate out at Uburger for a fun

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  for the last four years. I came in as a premed, somewhat intimidated by ... classes in 6 and 18, who went for systems, computational, and mathematical ... was a good target for being changed because, in truth, I was only on the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on the Paris Metro Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in…

  

  ! While I'm excited for the summer, with a continuation of my January ... . For the past four months, I've been working with the MIT Design Lab to propose improvements to and new ideas for the metropolitan Paris subway

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  . You can still drink it for two weeks after." I have a strong feeling ... following would have been a wonderous experience for both of us. It really is ... to you for my dad's desire to keep expired milk in the world a little

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing Workshop I just wrote an entire post and my browser crashed. dfsdfksdfojfoajwefoiajdwf.

  

  will inevitably follow, from denial - searching for a clipboard log - to ... more refined word choice, subtle humor, and poignant advice. For it was ... for a quick bite) and reassembled it here, only to discover that one of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  . (Hosed= MIT slang for “really busy.”) Some other things are going on too ... “First Year HASS Experience” (common humanities classes required for ... a study break for members of the class of 2009 to provide feedback

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  . Unfortunately for me, I am a hopeless sap, so the best I can hope for is not ... together for such a long time, you have lots of stories), about graduate ... MIT for college, reason #65932 Adam, my beautiful curly-haired rocket

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  quiz. That's pretty uncommon for MIT as a whole, but I've had a few ... correct answers. That is not uncommon for MIT. Today in UROP Andy presented ... Institute for Basic Research, which is run out of a PO Box in Florida. The new

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  Well, tomorrow is May 1st, the postmark deadline for reply forms. The ... hand for help. 2. Read Melis' most recent entry on how she made her ... heart, ... When you're at the school for you, you'll know it." 3. Daniel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  for snowball fights, snowmen, snow angels, and writing giant messages ... the money which is available for research is through the UROP program, which requires that you find a faculty sponsor for your project -- and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  to do. And it was good. I'm working for the month at my UROP, reading ... experiments... and earning 12 units of credit for it. (You can do a UROP for pay ... , required to take 8 PE points. A PE class, which meets for about a month, is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  , from Wenhao Sun... which I've been meaning to answer for a while: Hey! I've heard that Bartok Concerto for Orchestra is absolutely awesome - I haven ... MIT? I'm a pretty avid classical violinist with a passion for chamber

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  for a little while and say hi. Unfortunately, as the name implies, no ... ...well...anyone else parties. In other news, Dave thanked me for answering his question, saying, "Thanks for the info; although it may seem strange to care about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  # of AP's for admitted kids was 5 or 6 (that's total for all 4 years of ... brought nothing else to the table. And that's not who we're looking for at ... which I say: guys, I work for MIT! If a kid doesn't want to be taking a

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So many problem sets

  

  component of sphingomyelin, is part of the cellular lipid bilayer. For ... connectivity. 5. a) Draw Newman projects for the six energy maxima and minima for 2- methylhexane, sighting along the C2-C3 bond. b) Calculate the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  festivities. Definitely check those pages out for some awesome pyrotechnic ... to head down to the Hatch Shell and pick up tickets for the concert ... writer for Xena: Warrior Princess and that he could maybe get me that Bruce

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  [annotation note="very helpful class planning website for MIT students that's updated for each semester"]Hydrant[/annotation] and[annotation note="academic planner for MIT students to plan out their degrees, test out paths for

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  sophomore year, halfway through MIT. I’m choosing classes for next semester ... for quicker or easier paths.  So anyway, I think a smart idea would be ... ="" align="alignnone" width="267"] for reference, a lemming[/caption] My

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  paid around $450 for it, which is like way less than what I would have paid for a new computer with comparable specs. Also it ran Windows 7 ... coding pset at MIT and every pset afterwards for three years. It ran my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  for ten hours it’s 7 a.m. jesus christ, go to sleep," but I can’t cause ... , until literally I had been lying awake in bed for 6 and a half hours ... I had to wake up again for a mandatory-attendance class. I don’t know

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016