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• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  applications and students had less than a month to send in applications. At the ... time to travel away from MIT to a restaurant in Cambridge or Boston ... IAP for short. It's an excellent chance to do whatever you want! If you

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  exists to get people in a circle? I believe in the power of human ... This week was surreal, like turning pages in a book of moving ... 'm qualified to be here because I am a black man in America, and that does not

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  've gone through Rush enough to get a bid, you probably already know ... heuristic get to you. MIT fraternities are very different from fraternities in ... I didn't include a lot of biographical detail in my biography

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  coach before I apply to MIT or just (if i get in) show up for tryouts? And ... ? It's always a good idea to contact the coach for your sport if you are ... schools." Is this still a valid/official way to send scores, just in case I

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  is really like. You’ll get to stay in a college dorm, go to college ... in 4 months as a real, live MIT student. As a high school senior, I ... assigned to Next House (I still run into my host, and I ended up living in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  Netflix to brush up on my Spanish, googled instructions for how to make a 3 ... , to be comparing your school to a home. Cue eye-roll. I have been ... to class. Goodnight brass rat that spends most of its time in a box in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  applying to us for Regular Action, but we presume you're getting a lot of ... your application in any way.  What if I can’t get my financial aid ... in your student portal. If after 15 working days (give it a few extra

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  through in your essays and your interview. A really important thing to ... how to manage your time efficiently. Beat up anyone who gets in your way ... prodding, as long as he gets to bite back. Aside from class, there's a huge

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  't get to walk in 2021 for my SB, I did get to walk in 2023 for my SM ... plunges through the atmosphere of a planet to slow itself down, in order to ... a stack of papers to read in my sleeping bag at night

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  the labs creating craziness in general, there really seemed to be a ... in a way that was outside classes really drew me to the program. Why ... . Maggie: It’s the first time I look forward to working in a group. Everyone

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  of MIT to set up. I understand that a lot of people get a lot out of ... you decide to use your IAP to just exist, you feel like a stupid, weak ... Short Stories just for me. I want to write more in the future, and it

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  in my opinion a bit absurd it is okay to make mistakes like getting ... you had committed your foolish acts in order to spare your son from ... son to be a good person by forcing it upon him, and lets him go in peace

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  that rotting in bed alone is a privilege, not a right. So to distract ... probably connected to a lot of deeper things than this blog can go into ... my time to strike. But naturally, as both a good person and someone

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  't get this up now, I will probably lose the motivation in a couple of days ... corner of their heart a little bit from time to time, well, here's my ... element of surprise, alas, but I'll try to make up for it in thoroughness

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  they met with her. They weren't offering money to get in; they and their ... morning, a car pulled up and four young men dressed in black jumped out ... it was all a joke. Mr. Lazar decided to attend Cornell University this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  competing against 10,000 other people for spots in a class of 1000 tends to ... How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker, who used to be a professor here in ... this is going. Yes, I applied to MIT just to see if I could get in, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  home is where the whiteboard is a tradition, continued untraditionally

  

  's not a big deal, but sometimes you're talking in an important meeting and ... , I just think it's pretty cool how I get to live with a whole bunch of ... 's like a house google doc, but better :) G - To-Buy List This was a bit

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  're willing to work with your individual circumstances, whatever they may be. Get in touch with us when the time is right for you and we'll be happy to work with you and accommodate your situation as much as we can. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  you need to get any medicine!! 4) Anyone at MIT In all honestly, if I ... .  Still, I love it here.  This weekend, I played with cats, took a trip to Costco, made pizzas, dressed like a princess, went to the incredible

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  We made a website this is a filler post

  

  input the melody to a song, and then it automatically generates a harmony. Clicking the Compose button links you to a page where you can record a piece ... having a reason to look stuff up and learn things in the first place. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 31, 2020