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• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  , but it is slightly different. It's the Independent Activity Period. I ... it hard to quite put the feeling of IAP into words. But soon, i ... I went home for about two weeks before IAP started. I went to all the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  . There can be restrictions on what you can carry so it is best to plan ... . Regardless of that, it will be useful to have some money on you before you are ... -regularly for updates on deadlines and use it to get your questions answered. Your

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  not just because it took two buses, the T, and an hour to get there). I ... stupid thought that came to my head, and I kid you not, was, “Why is it ... me to recover, but I did shut my mouth and head to class as quickly as

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  sign might take 10 minutes to figure out. I might be using the same ... starting to get a little idea of what being a scientist feels like.  You can ... . p.s. I think even my iPhone is getting used to our new relationship

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exhibitions@MIT [by Leah Brunetto '12] Something different amidst displays of scientific progress.

  

  summer before I came here, but the notion behind it has come to be a sort ... involvement in the arts, MIT has a lot to offer. Aside from the numerous student ... -registration, you can even exhibit your work on the MIT campus! My name is Li, and I

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  ? It's always a good idea to contact the coach for your sport if you are ... (research, play an instrument, community service, etc...) it can help your ... to colleges... is this still "official" in the sense you need it? Yes

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  of its construction plans in order to obtain Cambridge building permits ... the last decade or so we've been doing it. But it can't be helped. At ... , and you can be damn sure there's going to be an epic roller coaster next

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Conclusion Rock the vote!

  

  've been waiting to tell your friends, family, or family pets to vote, do it now! You can vote by clicking here. You can also use multiple computers, iPhones, Treos, whatever.. just be sure to do it before the deadline

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 27, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  potential energy is lowest. This can be used to predict how far apart atoms ... ."]Physicks[/annotation] How to actually use polar vectors! Basically this is the same thing as ... basically means perpendicular to r. Then you can describe velocity and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  dorms because unless you've lived there, you can't describe it. Sure, I ... . This isn't to say I won't tell you if you ask, but I'll avoid typing it ... stored the file away figuring it would be useful for something one day

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  , I realized that it would probably be in my best interest to take the ... -challenged person (read: I can still get lost with Google Maps), I wouldn't trust ... path. And somehow I made it to the other side of campus. Somehow. But

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Impossible Design Project See what it's like to be a Course VI student.

  

  Engineering. It has lots of different components to it - so far we've talked ... of other things. It moves quickly through different topics, all of ... to try to solve it. This year, we have to create a controller for a

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  never going to end. It seemed like all my midterms were clustering on the ... hours, independent time devoted to studying, that is really at the student ... material. It is, in the big picture to me, a tradeoff. In comparison to last

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  Chicago. That is, of course, if everything goes to plan. By the looks of it ... . We will have to see exactly how it goes, but I suspect that this trip ... ’ve brought everything I need to entertain me: more books than I can imagine

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC’s Q&A with Dean Kelley of Pixar’s Coco (he also worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Monsters University, and The Incredibles 2)

  

  ’m so used to it now, but like yeah, shoes? Weird. When you look at the ... up in Boston. It’s great to come back to Boston, especially a smart ... if it was something I really wanted to move to get to. I mean I loved

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  to college. But now the payoff has come, and it is time to make the ... will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest ... know that it's good for you to do the same. It’s the best way for them to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  going back to school after a long absence. It is hard -- not the level of ... real people too, and try to be as true to yourself as you can. Don ... construction and event planning. It is used for such things as the base of a sign

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2012! how is blog formed

  

  . To be considered for a blogger position, you must email it to me (chris ... people who can communicate in a compelling fashion to our large and active ... . Send us some of your writing. It could be a link to (or select entries

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  djent is not a djenre or is it?

  

  pretty uncultured when it came to music though, so I didn’t press any ... independently spun to two other Halsey songs (“Castle” and “Gasoline”) -- but ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lunt-2mwfc It’s not a huge departure from what I usually spin to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 22, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Senior Fall Classes Better late than never

  

  place was just to work our way up to this class. And after taking it, we can confidently say that the struggle was very worth it! This class ... -ended final project where you can choose to focus on any computer graphics

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 25, 2020