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• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  I have received a lot of questions from prospective or current Minerva ... of Delaware and former dean of Wharton, Nelson's alma mater). I am a ... credible answers to a few questions that the painfully shallow news coverage

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  A belated happy new year! 　（あけまして、おめで ... not have a IAP Japan program (hinthintnudgenudge administration? =p) I ... morning (10-1) with Profesor Gessa, and stayed with a Spanish family

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  January, of course, is IAP. "Independent Activities Period" is a ... relaxing deeper into the bubble than ever, into a special world only ... three movies a day. I remember wondering how long it could last. If the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  A few thoughts from this week-- The rapid onset of graduation seems ... to Skullhouse, for a hospital-themed birthday party complete with bags of fake blood and medicine bottles on string lights. I chatted with a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  I’ve mentioned a few times in the past about being unsure as to whether I should pursue a PhD program right after graduation or work in the industry for a bit first. My intention has been to work in the industry first

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Events

  dogg number there is no one better to be than myself!

  

  on the submission website. "Affirmations" has been a running joke ... repeating the affirmations does kind of help. I've had many a night where I ... [annotation note="an annual hackathon hosted at mit where you try to code a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 20, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  About a year ago, I wrote about the origami I’d made at my internship in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never ... semester), but now I have a brand new batch of internship origami for your

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  over a crowded audience. Then, moments later, for the first time in three ... ="lovingly known as FWACC, pronounced fff-whack."]Family Weekend A Cappella Concert[/annotation] in the only way they know how: a group song. The last time FWACC

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  For the last few years, I've been living off-campus in a house full ... , short for Women's Independent Living Group. Last summer, there was a fire ... ="aligncenter" width="1000"] a news headline about what happened[/caption] I wasn

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  i’ve known for a while that i’m a pretty awful conversationalist. my ... ask me questions i often pause for a while to think before giving a ... factor might be that the presence of other people forces me to think at a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  . but in a group of three, it gives the impression of a triangle overlaid ... perceive a triangle. this is a gestalt effect. we can then imagine the ... , invisible form emerging when it doesn't exist, a shape that clearly exists isn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  is not a particularly interesting age, and the past year itself has also been a little barren, devoid of many of the experiences that a year ... calling myself a writer, and that I've become much more interested in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  , you know, i've already spent two and a half semesters divorced from a normal mit, and i didn't want to spend one and a half more. it was a tough decision, but for some reason i feel like i already knew

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  One of the groups we are a part of is Arts Scholars. This is a group ... events and is a great way to join an artistic community at MIT!  One of ... difficult to describe, but essentially it was a very moving, for lack of a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  work // life trying to figure out the balance

  

  interns wait for someone to pick us up and take us to a welcome and orientation meeting in a conference room somewhere. we watch a prerecorded video clip of godaddy's CEO sincerely welcoming us. then a real person goes

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 17, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  . Maybe your experiences were similar to mine; probably a lot of them were, tbh, since I followed a very typical path. In middle school and freshman year, I joined some clubs, learned a lot, and had fun; sophomore and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  A 21st birthday has significant significance in the U.S. because you ... available to everyone in most other countries since they were a preteen. I ... ’ve acquired on the way to becoming a full-fledged adult (in no particular order

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  Last week was MIT in Hard mode. Psets, a midterm, papers, interviews ... calendar was a solid block of commitments from ~8-8, and the remaining hours ... adventure to see all. of. the. pretty. trees. Through a combination of biking

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Hello Summer! Finally done with finals

  

  Finally the year is over. After a week of relaxing, I can finally ... lazy to finish up this week. Spending a whole year at MIT really changed ... classes in a few months. However, the break from the constant demand of

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  , I want to spotlight a few of them because they are just. that. cool ... implementation of curriculum, addressing the needs of a diversity of students ... well. A guest lecture from Harvard Professor Daniel Koretz provided the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018