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• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  , do you want a fail proof way to know which bread and drink are yours ... IAP without learning a little bit, at least. Let's hop in the TechnoTime Machine and jump back 9 years to when I was in 6th grade, every weekend, I

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  read more about our application and admissions process in the Freshman Application section of the site. I am happy to answer your questions (that ... Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. As you know, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  Class of 2011 deferred to spend a year in Israel, others to do intensive ... Preview Weekend, but to start your academic and life voyage as a freshman ... haunts in a last bid to say goodbye. But what if you held off on all that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  culture. If you’re in the market for somewhere to be from, I give Hawaii a ... needles or a soccer ball in years. But hey, I was about to become an MIT ... . “Oh no! How dare they ask a simple get-to-know-you question instead of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lace, Gourmet Candy and Dorothy an inside look into the most fabulous internship in san francisco

  

  things left to do during the next two weeks. I came in with a list of goals ... . Come to me, preciouussssss... And finally, in a desperate attempt to ... this IAP?" "Oh, you know. I'm working at a startup in San Francisco

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  gonna need a lot of help to get to where you ought to be." It was more ... things to do, doing well in them, getting leadership activities, volunteer ... when I don't - and when my brain refuses to get any more work done at a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  really need them and don't have them, your counselor can expect to get a ... the two? Would you ever toss a coin to decide, in this case?" I get ... replied, "A.M.C., they might not know you by your pseudonym. It's easier to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  @MIT Fly-In, take a moment to read about the program from Vaneeza ... played a game of “Rural Students Bingo,” in which we try to fill a bingo ... got a chance to really sit down and get to know each other; I learned

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  the runaround a star-studded event twenty years in the making.

  

  opportunity ever to participate in a mystery hunt runaround. A few pictures ... Symphony Hall, so if you were to use your free College Card courtesy of Arts@MIT, you could grab a bite to eat before the performance begins. After

  • by Bryan
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  second major. Also, if you stay a 5th year to get your M.Eng. degree in ... in living in a frat, and a big part of his going to CPW is to get to ... is across the bridge in Boston: he's coming a long way to get the feel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  commitments - in addition to blogging. Not to mention I had just joined a fraternity, so I spent a lot of time at our house, getting to know my brothers ... going to gain a better and better understanding of how to prepare for your

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  side, I had the option to work at a startup in Cambridge called Geo ... Steve Jobs, take a moment to think if that's your best choice. The goal is to get your rational mind with your emotional mind working together to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  treadmill... You're only human after all. Eventually a routine sets in. You ... . Enjoy the little things in life. Whether that be getting to the T stop ... . Make a difference. Class of 2016, you're in for the journey of a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  mit x caltech rivals to lovers another comic shitpost

  

  i made this in a day and sacrificed a pset youre welcome

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  ,000+ applications in a small space, so the filing can get a little crowded! When your ... agencies. These will be directly uploaded into your file in plenty of time to ... get it that way. Admissions Officers get locked in a dungeon and cannot

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  making space in my schedule to go to the maker space and 100 other things I was bad at this semester

  

  , making it impossible to get out. We spent a lot of time troubleshooting, to ... excellent introduction to maker culture and allows you to get dirty in hands ... not had the energy to do so this semester! Let's get right into it

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  this EA decision. It may not feel like it if you get in, and you're not ... career decision, or any one email. Try to be present in your current life ... you have. If you get accepted to MIT, while it will probably give you a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  classes, passing classes, to get A's, to get C's (P/NR FTW!), to be ... 2.006 test (which was likely to be VERY hard). All of a sudden, in ... poker is a wonderful medium in which to draw analogy. Sitting with a J♠ J

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi, I’m Lulu ...a different kind of blogger; I take pictures.

  

  there in a valley between the mountains, moved to the outskirts of DC when ... applications. I write some, I take pictures a lot. I'm going to concentrate in ... took one more physics class I'd get a degree in physics as well. So

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things

  

  late for my work-study bookbinding job, but managed to get there a little ... remember today for the people who didn't get to have a phone call like mine ... feel sick, and a need to be normal somehow. I pulled out my supplies and

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 11, 2013