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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  given advice can be digested by the recipient regardless of whether or not ... attempting to understand language by lysing the words and fractionating the ... see"). That's how I feel about advice: it's something that's by nature

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  IAP is a wonderful time here at MIT, where the month of January is transformed into a mix of adventures, innovation, and learning.  I am spending ... as I can in my training to become an EMT.  Here are some of my friends

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  doesn’t make you feel like you’re sinking, and by telling you all of this ... one of my labmates has a friend from elementary school who was on the latest season of love on the spectrum. another labmate watched it and told

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  . 1 trending series on Netflix right now, garnered a lot of attention ... they deserve. I was, of course, hyped to watch it since I've never seen a ... obviously a huge step for Indians in Hollywood, but...yeah, it has a lot of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of '09, which ... honest, I won't be offended by anti-Jersey jokes at all. I understand and embrace that my state is one of the most-often bashed states in the country

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• 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 / 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 / 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