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• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  IAP stands for Independent Activities Period. For the month of ... [annotation note="UROP stands for Undergraduate Research Opportunities. this ... really valuable and people find the best ways for them to spend their time

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can a family member contact MIT Admissions on my behalf, or ask questions about the content or status of my application?

  for the MIT application portal.
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  steps for deferred students here.

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  intelligence, which means that I'm signing myself up for a ton of math. It ... requirements this semester, breaking the record for the most number of math classes I've ever taken at once. 6.1200 - Mathematics for Computer Science

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  events put on by cultural clubs.  plan ahead for free food events I ... early to volunteer. I froze a handful of meals to save for later. Rating ... , which I paid for. lunch: I was in the IDC and there were wraps on trays

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  CourseWare']OCW[/annotation] to prepare for my [annotation note='Single Variable Calculus']18 ... credit for some of the introductory classes"]ASE.[/annotation] When ... warmly accompanied me as I waited for everyone to come back. I would bump

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  papers for [annotation note="seminar in advanced undergraduate research"]6 ... floor in despair and baking cookies for my [annotation note ... credit for free every year, and each page is 10 cents. we can refill it if

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  and they’re going to better places lessons learned from a hard summer

  

  playlist; tw: suicide mention briefly Today, I interviewed for a ... far I've strayed from that this summer. Work has been hard for me. I'm a loud, outspoken individual. For the most part at MIT, my character

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  a day in my life as a MISTI student ft. research and friends

  

  support to live and work abroad for a summer or a semester, without worrying ... for your enjoyment. 6:30 AM I wake up at an ungodly early hour ... ??"]month[/annotation] since I’ve arrived at the institute. It’s entirely on me for

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Mailings & Comms

  Be a Blogger 2022!

  

  time for those of you who might want to be bloggers to share your garbage ... advise creative projects in the office and serve as a touchstone for student culture. We pay you for this work. It's a pretty good gig, to be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  up dropping my UROP--a story for another time--I started cooking. A lot ... default meal when I was too busy or tired for other things. But even though ... ignore the rest of the world for a little bit and, as I peruse the aisles

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Everything Everywhere All At Once a free early screening from lsc and a q&a with the directors

  

  to watch the movie! As for the movie itself, I sobbed like a little ... movie since I think everyone should see it for themselves but this movie truly felt like it came at the right time for me. Everything Everywhere

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 29, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  seeing the way that this person took the heat for their weight made me ... scale, but I digress. For the most part, my family was pretty heavy. Filipino food is not really known for its healthiness -- we douse food in oil

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  this blogger does not exist join me in the uncanny valley

  

  generate blogger avatars, just for the fun of it. also there are different ... up my alley in terms of what I do for my UROP, so I gave it a shot this IAP. For context, CycleGAN is a conditional image-to-image translation

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  been stagnant in that position since that blog. Things settled for quite ... be pretty rough for me. To take the classes I wanted, I sort of had to ... .001. For classes, I don’t generally get too much from lectures, so I spend

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  ,[/annotation] so be on the look out for that. In meantime, enjoy the moment and

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  because I was looking for sympathy, kind words, or anything like that. I ... created for myself had collapsed. Oh, and remember that void I was talking ... chapter of The Prophet when I first read it. I held on to it for a future

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  to be true. Some truths are easy. For example, the addition of peanut ... be best to eat Oreos upon waking up for class. But if you slather ... ? Easy. On the other hand, some truths are difficult. For example, MIT is

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  would be helpful for us to know about your circumstances, you are welcome
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  and for all. For the last several summers, I’ve floundered in a soup of ... research. Some of it provided clarity for what I didn’t want to do—my destiny ... responsibilities or commitments. This summer, I decided I would make up for my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021