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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  wanted to get into it, too, but honestly wasn’t sure how much time I’d have ... feeling it will start to get more detailed as the week gets closer. Some ... to get local restaurants to either donate food or give us discounts

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• 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 / Personal Projects

  loftblogging 2: acoustic boogaloo turns out that at mit, even the non-academics are incredibly hard and deeply rewarding

  

  getting carpal tunnel"]orbital sander[/annotation]to veeeeeeery carefully ... , over and over, trying to get it right and figure out what the relative ... midnight, trying to varnish the wood, getting dust in it and wiping it off

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  .9000/intro to linguistics. I wasn't really thinking specifically about getting ... semester, I get to work with the Language Acquisition Lab. The Lab looks at ... data, I also get to help a grad student complete the next step in her

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• 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 / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  , thanks anyway!" Sam's Mom had taught me well not to get into bicycle taxis ... needs to get into Burton-Conner. 3. Restock paper in the dorm printer ... rooms, or when they get significant others who want to live with them. Don

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  ’re doing is trying to do is get through it. Survive, focus on your studies ... the audience I am directly talking to is meant to be members of the MIT ... stereotypically like rules. They provide formal systems with which to navigate the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  ankles, and all of us getting oddly competitive, it was time for me to grab ... my pleasure to welcome you to Japan: the country of neon-lit karaoke ... Japan-based company in Tokyo who attempted to be the first private company

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  hussling it took to get out of the house. Everything worked out fine. I ... Fear Of Missing Out or FOMO. I think that's the best way to describe ... goes by so quickly. However, I've felt inspired to maximize my remaining

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to Life, Back to Reality Did you know that you can make an equation out of anything?

  

  " Needless to say with all those tests and psets, I'm having a math overload similar to my organic chemistry overload last year. **FLASHBACK** Last ... FORWARD TO TIME PRESENT** So this week, it wasn't organic chemistry as much

  • by Bryan
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To RFID or not to RFID? That's not really the question, but it's kind of a cool title, no?

  

  So I just happened to come across two articles this week related to MIT, both involving RFID technology (for those who aren't that tech savvy (like me), here's the wikipedia article on RFID). One of which is

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  checkpoint to get home when we have the modern tech known as RFID cards and ... is strange in a different way; living in EC, you get to see so many ... group art or construction projects, or to get money, support, and feedback

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Caring for the body health, am i right?

  

  can take long walks, but I don't even have to walk much to get around ... 've never found that a convincing reason to get more exercise, because I keep ... get more exercise. Drugs. When it comes to vices, well. I drink alcohol

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

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

  

  , and he was able to get a really great vantage point to take photos the ... best measure would be to get some sleep and just watch the fireworks from ... to go down and get as many free tickets as possible for anybody

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  curve. This curve will be what Gabe uses to decide whether he should get ... Gabe '08 got one today, but I didn't end up getting one for myself. In 14 ... (decreased odds that I'll get sick) in a way for which I do not compensate him

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  week (more on that soon) and am here to spotlight an incredible project a ... country from San Francisco to Washington D.C., stopping at high schools to ... Plants” and “Eyewire: A Game to Map the Brain”) Images from the Spokes

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  ? It's the thing you do if you major in life sciences and want to get a ... 's an attempt to get my smarter peers interested in it so that they might ... college. While they pushed me to pursue college, I did not get much guidance

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] A Journey to the W I D E by Wide Tim (Margaret Z. ‘23, MEng ‘24)

  

  in  IAP?”, “do I also get to Dance in a lion, or a kaleidoscope ... ’s hard to go through the semester without seeing him, from a poster in the hall to a post somewhere on Instagram. I even have a little sticker of

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 13, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  get used to. Eventually, I made the decision to attend MIT—how could I ... and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... prodding my siblings ever-so-often to end their summer vacation and return to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  time to do stupid things at the canonical school of smart people with ... weekend of absolute tomfoolery. With that said, I proudly present to you ... was probably the one event I was most excited to go to. There were a lot

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025