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• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  described by its given name. 6. Tokyo is full of crows. Perhaps the residents ... it. >"< Last IAP, we had 3 hours of class everyday in the ... arranged by MIT. This IAP, I decided to follow the same format and seek out a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  try to go to grocery stores as rarely as possible. By the end of the ... drawback of the meal plan is the often poor food quality that varies by the ... on the presence or absence of dining (unless cost is an important

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  about now, right? How about forcefully regulating your heart rate by ... since you’re physically exhausted, you can’t mentally exhaust yourself by ... schedule for the remainder of your week, to take advantage of the adrenaline

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Design in Boston [By Doug '14] Events that showcase the creative capital in and around Boston.

  

  [By Doug Sanchez '14] After taking 2.97 (Design for People) I ... though of how everything around us was “designed.” I took 2.97 during IAP of 2011. I am currently more and more involved with classes that

  • by ARTalk
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  how you guys are doing by calling all 390 of the early admits (sometimes ... - there were periods of time when we'd have to wait to call some people back ... perspective of a current student.. yes, there are girls here..") So I was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  Today was the first day of academic year 2005-2006 at old Tech! (I ... of this afternoon and evening sitting around the lounge, eating pizza ... , begun. Some of the freshmen even started doing problem sets. They're so

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  at a distance staying in contact with friends from home

  

  A [annotation note="at the time of writing"]few days ago,[/annotation] one of my best friends from home, Ariana, posted a picture with a ... think about just how disconnected I am from people at home—some of the

  • by Victor D. '27
  • November 20, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  , crossed the street, descended into the foliage by the Charles, and sat on a large rock. Bodies of water have an unwritten contract: if you look at ... scintillations on the surface of the river.  I was tired. This is unsurprising; it

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  about some of the things I did to avoid thinking about decisions. Hopefully some of these help take your mind off of college, even if just for a ... 't hold any of these quizzes to have any merit or influence in my life, but

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  Recently, one of my friends relayed that she grew up in an ... . It’s a story I’ve heard from plenty of people. I needed to be careful, because I was surrounded by people who wanted to see me fail. This dynamic

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  Killian court with my East Campus compatriots by my side. I’m smiling, I’m laughing, I’m relishing a new, intoxicating sense of freedom that I’ve never ... new MIT frosh go to a bunch of events and check out all the different

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  ’s why I’ve called at least half of my professors by their first names, and ... time, checking out of the room, walking the stage to shake hands with ... and lacks the permanent feeling of a full-time job offer. Right now, I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  of the city where I was born. I felt the calling. Actually, I also ... high school. I take the free bus down to the other end of 16th Street ... to the ticket window. I give people the benefit of the doubt, but I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  I am the type of person that occasionally gets carried away with what ... . Among other things.” “Sure, I’ll help you eat that whole pan of brownies ... semesters, I’m cooling my heels wondering if I should bake a batch of cookies

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  suddenly revealed itself to me by comparison. Of course, there are things I ... friends. I am excited for some of the classes I'll be taking, but with ... , which is always sad. So here it is, my attempt at some sort of summary of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  for the last four years. I came in as a premed, somewhat intimidated by the idea of an engineering school, and unsure what I wanted to major in ... -on stuff, outside of a lab, was scary), or any math beyond the General

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  Neurobiology, one of three lab courses offered by the Brain and Cognitive ... 'd fill you guys in on some of the nuts and bolts of a life in science ... looks like in the sciences, but in reality most people are sort of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  failing miserably very fast. By 3:14 on that day, the combination of numbers ... 0 expectations of getting in (again) and was really shook by it all ... found myself being pretty well described by [annotation note="this is the

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  mother, and was badly chastised by Rational Part Of Brain. For good reason ... that by "doesn't do a lot of singing" my boyfriend actually meant "one of ... At the end of January (our Independent Activities Period) I made a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  note="Definitely did not sit in front of a computer for hours, feeling ... would typically just dub, ignore, let sink into the crumbling abyss of my ... -40 hours per week. But getting a glimpse of the 360 Photography Class on the

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021