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• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  have to do it independently! Looking back, going the entire month without ... note="independent activities period! four weeks in January to do whatever ... the spring semester, so I decided to change it up this year. In this

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  sort as a high schooler, it's kind of crazy to be fiercely passionate ... suited to an online platform, so it's a great means of bringing students ... /lectures we have planned and know that I'm going to learn a lot through it! Work

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  is one of the largest public parks in Madrid. According to its tourism ... ", which doesn't sound like the best metaphor to me, but oh well, I guess it ... puppet that occasionally turned its creepy mannequin-esque head side-to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  when it comes to something as important as finances. Caroline asked, "Can ... in their freshman year and goes on to graduate. You can do it. And how ... 't recieved my financial aid package yet. Can you e-mail it to me? Thank you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  talking about in the morning, and I managed to catch a glimpse of it on my ... bother you, but can I please borrow your window for a moment to take a ... a quick photo of the Boston skyline, which happened to look rather

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  On Monday, I went to an afternoon tea sponsored by Course 21L: Literature. The event (which occurs weekly!) is open to everyone, so even if ... , which she just read... in German. She and Sam '07 should discuss its major

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  books on the topic, and used to be the head of the MIT AI Lab (before it ... : The general purpose fundamentals of electronics class. This used to be required of all Course VIers, but it's going to be phased out in the next few

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  things that make noises for those lost

  

  pleasant. if your eyes need to pee, it's okay to use the bathroom too.   ... see and things to do, but probably also in a pile of emotions you can ... AAAAAAAAAAAAA. it's the constant screeching noise in the back of your head you can

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 15, 2023
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  , because of how unique it is to an MIT education. I wanted to update my spiel ... but can't because I'm home reading your applications. (It's okay, you ... have the chance to learn dating etiquette (Should you use that pick up

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  the past. A bunch of people in our hall told me to get the shot. It’s ... talked to me throughout so that I was distracted, they said. It’s not that bad. Well, it really wasn’t. During my lunch break, I went to Walker

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  melting spoon. I didn’t get the opportunity to use it very much. I made one ... talk about it on the blogs, but when I actually sit down to write it, I find that I’m trying to channel a me who’s not really me anymore. It’s

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  get into MIT, but really had no idea what it was like. I looked to a ... from actually loving it enough to achieve mastery. Playing the violin in an orchestra paled in comparison to playing guitar with friends. It

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  for a few seconds, as if to convince me it was real, and not a spark of ... , it introduced me to astrophysics, a field I adore and that I’ve been ... independence, responsibility, and skill needed to thrive in a place as fast

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  Edgerton Center staff. If you want to use the Edgerton Center, you can sign ... guarantee you can find access to some awesome power tools to get it done ... there lots of CNCs? Is it okay to use the shop in the wee hours of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  ready to give it his all so he can pursue a career in robotics. Studying ... dozen Boston Latin School graduates each year head to Harvard. "It would ... material - not just getting the right answer, but understanding how to do it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  your way to campus, I thought I’d share a few words on my experience at CPW last year in your shoes. Well, I had never been to Boston before, so ... , so I wouldn’t have to go up to strangers and say, “Hey are you the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  . Apparently you can add it to lots of other things too. Was it good? Yes ... . Was that the right ratio? Who knows, but it was convenient to use the ... . Some other ideas: You can cook your rice in broth. It doesn't have to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  formed the modern MIT education. And that's what it uses to explain what ... very long time. It will be unsurprising to longtime readers, therefore, that my to the question of what we look for is the kind of thing you can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  supplies. Kirsten plans to major in 2 and 20 to make robots that can gently ... ;   She can move her ears independently of the other and she ... front of him sang the song he was going to sing (he didn't make it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  and it makes coming to practice each day something I look forward to ... -athlete: “Being a student athlete at MIT is definitely worthwhile. It’s nice to be ... can talk to for help.” Squash student-athlete: “Being a student athlete

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024