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• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  I've been trying to pick up a martial art for quite some time - there ... , I had Orientation at the Broad Institute for my UROP there - which ... on writing!) to compare a bunch of genetic sequences. For three hours

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  paper or musical staffs, so that you can actually use them for something, instead of just killing trees. They're also useful for clothing, as Ruth ... header page for scap paper and thrown it into the recycling bin earlier

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  About the interview... For students applying for early action, the ... 's contact info, and make the call today! Now, what if you're applying for ... yourself. What do you like to do for fun? Why are you interested in applying

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  school by its interviewer. I did keep up with Mr. Neighbours for a few ... Now that it's high season for interviews (especially for you early ... same values, was quite different from the MIT I would come to know (for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  ) for just these reasons and here I thought I would give you a brief description of each FLC and 21 Reasons YOU should join ESG! (Source for all FLC ... .'s Blog Post for more information. Media Arts and Sciences (MAS) is similar

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  Quarantine and Social Life trying to maintain some connection

  

  catch up for a bit. I also interviewed three other people for another ... enthusiastically, and we set up a time for that weekend. I was so nervous about the ... and our majors, colleges, and years. We ended up talking for two hours

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  was dealing with things. I originally signed up for [annotation note ... "]Maplestory.[/annotation] I still signed up for 18.01A, though, thinking that since I had a ... semester—I didn't have too much late work to make up for and I finished

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  excited for everything that I have lined up! This sort of breaks down into three parts. Classes I'm super excited for my classes this semester (and for the rest of my MIT career, honestly) because I'm finally done with

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Embarrassing One Minute everything that can go wrong...will find a worse way to manifest itself

  

  heart of the class. Teams of four, or three in my case, come up with a problem they want to solve, the users for which that problem exists, and ... problem. Zero hand-holding exists. We come up with the problem, users and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  getting back in the groove 🎵groovy groovy🎵

  

  for 10B. You're done with the GIRs and starting classes specifically for ... is having! This will be nothing too crazy, but it is for sure something ... story short I was gonna ASE this class and then missed the sign-up

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 3, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  i have no less than three different drafts for blog posts stewing ... up to a truly unbearable amount, but there would be gaps to breathe between all the work. this semester, i think i've become a grown up kind of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  -- but wow, did it end up setting the bar high for every school I went to ... friends I made at CPW came up and talked to me, for which I am eternally ... Students' Weekend. Admitted high school seniors flood MIT for 3.14 days and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  would hold it up for his inspection, and attempt to balance the plane on ... studying for a 5.60 exam coming up and my friend Nolan Kruse said we should ... sometimes say that I judge people for a living. While I had no formal

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  learning how to cook and bake [cause i signed up for only cook for yourself ... me? How are you gonna tell me I'm just going to need to be an adult for ... store for me. This Saturday, I officially move to New York City. I have

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  expressly intended to be published on the internet for thousands of people to ... and I actually think they stand up better than my MIT application essays, but I guess that's not saying much :P Some bloggers end up putting up

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  opinions about how music “should” sound, you end up spending a large number ... from composing for 21m.301 and from arranging for ohms, is that i’m a ... for the sake of complexity or theoretical significance simply doesn

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  ’ve done a pretty bang-up job. We’ve got TONS of fun and interesting events filled with all kinds of MIT students in the line up! I think I can speak for the MIT community when I say this: I really hope we do right by all

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  for all my friendships has been staying up to talk until 7am (helps that ... hits all seniors at different times: seeing friends for maybe the last ... adult. For now, my life hasn’t changed. I have a summer job at MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  leads the vision for the production. During the initial prod meetings, I had to advocate my vision for the play and inspire the other designers ... Gwendolyn’s hair be up or down? Does each actor fully understand their

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  restaurant hangout for the students at Lima High School. I am here to say that ... where advising groups often meet for dinner; it’s where we’ve had a few ... order pizza, but then ask for a bag of those famous pizza dough rolls to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012