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• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  : After my last final on December 20, I flew home to London for winter break. On January 2, I flew to DC for a huge astronomy conference. There, I ... Period? Nope. Believe it or not, I used IAP to go on a three-week vacation

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  scheduled over MIT's spring break to allow current students to be on hand but ... all the events, admitted students should log on to their my ... learned a lot at the spring meeting I attended and had a great chance to get

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection = Finished Wow.

  

  sadness - because we were not able to offer a spot to SO MANY wonderful people. This seems to be the case every year. You'd think I'd get used to ... letters and packages to be mailed. I'll keep you posted. Decisions will

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where have I been for so long?

  

  also taught me how to use the necessary tools), the spacers for the ... Brian and me how to solder, but he is much better at it. Here he is, hard ... hosed this IAP. "But it's IAP," you say, "How can you be hosed?" Well

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  my feelings on where we are and where we need to be going, and why ... . Unfortunately, I didn't get my column in on time, and the next issue of the Tech ... to get involved in student government, because the only student

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  interested in us as students, and I want to get to know them more throughout ... he always has new witty comments to make on our comments on different ... to focus more on my academics. Anyway, now I want to show you pictures

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What happens if I’m not selected as a Match?

  send you an email in early December asking you how you would like to proceed: You may use your QuestBridge application to apply through Early ... .) You may use your QuestBridge application to apply through Regular Action
• Blog / About Decisions

  CPW, making a decision, and saying yes/no The clock to May 1 is ticking.

  

  've made up your mind for sure about whether or not to attend MIT, please let ... to the MIT Class of 2013!), that you're declining our offer of ... help you make your decision? How can we be of assistance?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  had to stay up all night working on that (favorite expletive) p-set." Punts take various shapes, from kittens meowing on Youtube to the entire ... commenters and my occasional check-in to bemoan your exponential progress or

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  student center, to get her new ID card. And now I'm sitting on my bed. In ... Observatory to give talks, mine on pulsars and Raphael's on the exploration of ... longer living in Charlottesville. I said goodbye to the brick house on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  something silly, something weightless, i want my laugh to echo and ... consolation, so here are some poems that i like to go back to every now and then ... . light pollution should have taught me that hope demands hurt to be seen

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger

  

  [annotation note="one of the biggest changes in coming to Boston is how distant ... ’m hoping that my friends and I make more time to get out to the mountains ... quiet mountain, and then realize we had to walk back."]in fall

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  seldom has enough free space for me to actually get work done.  [caption ... ~[/caption] here’s what’s on my desk, from left-to-right, top-to-bottom: my friend ... agent, and I actually got to see her at Boston Book Festival last month

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  An Experiment in Independence: PART TWO.

  

  . And that was to film it. On video. And put it on the internet. Whether ... carried away there. Time flies when you're talking to a camera, I guess ... schedule here, working a nine-to-five job, and learning a lot--I definitely

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  to do lists and have done lists so busy that all I can do is just stare at the wall

  

  : 1 hour. Count hours on timecards to ensure desk workers get paid. To ... paper and meet with someone in the WCC to get feedback on what else to fix ... sleep. Here's a list of the stuff I have to get done, and the amount of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  to us later on, "Sure is a lot of brass in here isn't there?" When I ... Force. I have too many great things going on now for me to worry about ... [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] As he walked up to us and stretched out

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT Goes To Senegal Like Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, except with fewer filibusters and more dancing.

  

  This week in blog entries posted by people who no longer go to MIT, and sometimes go to trivia together, and eat each other's nachos: my ... to still take advantage of the incredible opportunities MIT has to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  deconstructs the psychological nature of hacking, and gets to the inner zen of ... unusual but relevant introduction to MIT, I highly recommend this video on ... Samuel Jay Keyser gave a talk on the history of hacks. In Where the Sun

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.

  

  way to fill this out. Do your best to place things where you think they ... " answers, rather one attempt at sorting. As long as you've done your best to ... -scholastic" has been causing some confusion, based on web comments and phone calls

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are GIRs?

  subjects to help you explore your anticipated major. MIT’s GIRs ensure that ... social sciences to getting rigorous training within their area of ... the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. During your first