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• Blog / IAP

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

  

  ’ve brought everything I need to entertain me: more books than I can imagine ... …it’s certainly a lot. Not much to talk about at the moment, since we’re still in ... Berkshires. To be honest, I don’t know that much about the Berkshires; I only

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  how property can come to be originally acquired and transferred to ... seizing people’s property and transferring it to others is morally on par ... gradually become clear and solid to me. The argument Firstly: What does the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  dedicated a few hours to poring over everything that I needed to know. For me ... spending much later at an ungodly hour of the night. To me, this also ... I'm not new to the blogs (though we do have some wicked bloggers up

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  venturing down to Symphony Hall seems like a bit much, MITSO, MIT's own ... - you'll just need to pick up tickets in advance. Software and hardware ... as they are in certain directories, for free. If you need to host

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  I figured I was paying too much money to be unhappy. So I transferred ... As April ends, and admitted students everywhere decide where to enroll, I wanted to take a few moments to speak directly to the Class of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  interface. I need to tell you a story, prospective students and fellow MIT ... much time; at midnight, a blogger moratorium kicks in. To respect the ... my friends needed to add up six big numbers and divide by four (don

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  high school and I want to be the best here!” energy, as well as give ... many branches break when there is so much to be done here, safer on the ... life in a fiery blaze. Only then does Walton choose to do something more

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  and think, do i really need to list out everything going wrong to feel ... entitled to sadness as to happiness. there is no justification needed. i can ... ’ phase of life is pushed past everything that ‘needs to be done,’ it might

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  lookin’ at the blur of this semester and ahead at the next one!

  

  music → I enjoyed doing this once and now want to find even more! Friend ... energy industry → read The Tech, listen to 1-2 episodes of a recommended ... times. These are some of the things I loved and would like to repeat, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  two minors. Beyond major requirements, you will need to take a certain ... -H/CI-HW - Communication Intensive HASS courses, you'll need to take two of these ... you need to register for the wait list and attend the first class. Good

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  with so much energy before.    the show went by in the blink of an ... together.   yeah, i need to fix this lmao   i also spent some ... day went to setting up decorations, doing some last-minute rehearsal

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My first real internship

  

  would require constant energy being put into the machine to maintain the ... Quick, what does an atom bomb, the plural form of a famous Texas battle, and hiking have to do with each other? hmmm... If you guessed

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Home, not just a Haus fighting the good fight

  

  music that was once playing in my ears turned into an ugly, burning dull ... ever needed to hear. All I had ever wanted to feel was some validation ... is no doubt that this dorm means so much to its residents and house

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  double is depends on several factors. 1. How much AP/transfer credit you had when you came to MIT. 2. What the majors are and how much they ... many credits do you have? What would you need to do to double? Is it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  University of Texas at Arlington, Pelkins transferred to MIT his sophomore year ... rush, the ideas didn’t “stick” very well. Pelkins realized he needed to ... important. He needed to formally, professionally seek out an important problem

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  really would not be much of an issue to take an additional english course ... /supervisor. 2. Sometimes, it does make sense to lump similar activities into a ... . Often, the story of your research involvement is much more interesting to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the School of Science like?

  questions: What is the nature of dark matter and dark energy, which make up 95% of the content of our universe? How does our brain—a complex system of interconnected neurons, give rise to our mind—our consciousness and ability to
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  needed to learn welding as a prerequisite for the IAP class where you build ... metal to stick them together. Most burns don't happen during the actual ... to burn themselves when they take off their gloves to [annotation note

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interphase This entry has nothing to do with cell division

  

  your undying love for trashy TV!) 2) How much does going to Interphase ... ! Just so you don’t have to :-) 1) How long does Interphase last ... ’s called). Basically, you use those units in case you need them to complete

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  on without needing to rely on subtitles. I felt like I was in on some ... lethargic all the time and found it difficult to complete the things I needed ... studying has been rough and i dont have the energy to keep up with my friends

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021