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• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  the first day of classes is Tuesday, YIKES! But I didn't get through ... Etiquette Badge. Another snapshot as to why today was also very important, a snapshot of the dinner table (me, my mom, and my three younger

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  what does the end of high school mean, for you? the days pass so slow; the months pass so fast

  

  down. you’ve never had lunch there, even though most of your friends have, but you suppose it’s too late to change that now. all of your friends ... and undiluted of its vernal glimmer). perhaps it’s the delirium of one

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • June 10, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  ="exactly 2 years ago to this day. i am the master of eerie timing"]month into ... promptly thrown into a slew of new experiences; they have to learn how to ... relationship early into the semester is a very convenient means of hindering your

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  celebrate everyone’s hard work and the end of class, we all dig into a catered ... walk into the room. This is my third instance of free food today, but I ... . 3:09 AM – As I crawl into bed, I don’t think the finality of it all

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  anticipated it being difficult to get back into the swing of things but was ... then all of a sudden they all went into the classroom and locked us out ... Yesterday marked the beginning of classes, but today marked my first

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  carbon dioxide into oxygen in much higher quantities than plants of the ... walls of the offices, letting walls "breathe" carbon dioxide into oxygen ... front wheel of any bike with theirs to turn your bike into an electric

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  HAS A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF CAPITALS AND EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!   VERY IMPORTANT INFO: First, you should have already been contacted by ... students, so it's best for everyone if logistics are handled ahead of time

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  , the company I'm working for in my UROP got into Discover Magazine again this month. How sweet is that? Anything Into Oil By Brad Lemley ... -scale method of dismantling prions, the proteins that cause mad cow disease

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  matters of life and bedtime. Anyway: this translated into making dumplings ... into, and weekends soak up the copious amounts of grease that drip from ... Thanksgiving morning was a groggy smear of coffee, subway, and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  importance of diversity and cultural exchange. "We should make sure the design ... This week was surreal, like turning pages in a book of moving ... Body of the State    Thursday afternoon, Thomas DeFrantz, a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  into one week, and again, just like any other place, there isn't a lot of ... . That's right, two and a half years of high school math condensed into 4 ... rest overcome the benefits of studying? A number of factors come into

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  . then, we headed into the main street of Chatham in search of a pizza shop ... suggested that we spice up our orders by asking for four of what the person in the car in front of us ordered. while passing the menu, we noticed a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  of marching bands and crowded cheering. A large marshmallowy Boeing ... seems to be some sort of parade or festival every other week. And they ... cannon blast and the faint smell of gunpowder. Because in Seattle, these

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Infinite] Quarter Mile quarters + packing tape + sore knees == help cure MS

  

  The Infinite Corridor at MIT is the pulsing spine of central campus. As the artery which connects most of the main academic and ... site of random tomfoolery. For example, MITHenge, which, according to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  repeat that for emphasis. Conflicts. With. Lunch, the refuge of covert slackers since time immemorial, an oasis of idle leisure amidst the ... of the American K-12 education system, besides the fostering of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  , the latter of which he considers an appropriate and important scientific ... academics in general. In the descriptions of 6.00 and 17.803, I talk about MIT ... classes can be directly applicable to important current issues. WGS.151 and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  -Per-Day bandwagon and pinwheeled into a rut of intense, hardcore* Googling. Or, to cast the situation in the linguistic frame of an 8 year-old, the auto ... popularity of “how to get into medical school with a low gpa” makes me want to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  likely demoralize you until your stash of motivation is entirely depleted ... ’ve been a junkie for the kinds of dusty old works of revolutionary politics that continue to organize small modern factions of alternative thought

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  puzzling at the end of eighth grade, but as high school dug its claws into me ... I know a lot of you are stressed. You have busy brains with rodent ... think about the marshmallow in front of her, or how you’re not thinking

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  One year ago, in the mush of schoolless boredom known as Spring Break of junior year, I got into MIT. “Got into” is here used idiomatically ... , correcting each other, plowing yourselves into deeper, subtler levels of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009