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• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  , eight hours in an office sort of fly by if you're enjoying what you're ... laser printer from the late '70s in a glass display case in the cafeteria ... 's been very friendly and generous, going out of their way to include me in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  See me, feel me, milq me, heal me Picture entry! Don't read if you're on dialup! DON'T DO IT! Sorry, but it's for…

  

  , remember in the summer when you used to get nice, well-cropped color pictures ... of what you're going to get is going to be camera-phone pictures. I ... '07 and I went out to dinner at the Porter Exchange in Cambridge with a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  exhilarating and utterly terrifying days I’ve had in a long time. Especially ... like 1+1 is starting to seem like a challenge. Day 1 of September rang in a new milestone for me. It was the first day of[annotation note

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• 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 / Academics & Research

  Final projects from the fall three coding projects and an alien in disguise

  

  Hollywood actor so he could get rich enough to buy a spaceship and return to ... 've taken. We learned how to create image-editing effects in C++ that would normally take much longer to replicate manually in Photoshop. [caption id

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2025
• 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 / 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 / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  majority judgment. (in case you're interested, he's a fan of the Cordorcet ... 's Knowledge Theorem: if you want to learn more about any topic, there's a world ... substantive about Iran on stage is like expecting a monkey to type Hamlet. So

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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