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• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  activities and still maintain As in their coursework, and I wonder how the heck ... , "Wow, I've been in America for three months." To be honest, these three ... things I think about coming to college is complete freedom in learning to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  Back in the fall, I wasn't really sure if I made the right choice ... really weird when you get home in the evening. Close the door – I live in ... ziplock bag. Back in my room, I put one card on a shelf near my radiator. My

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maine, Episode III: Ain’t No Mountain The one with more pictures than text.

  

  On the third day there was abundant sunshine and temperatures were in the low 80's, so I got to hike the Baldface Circle Trail in New ... after I packed two right sneakers in haste: ...here's photographic

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  This year, Jeremy, Nikki, and I were in charge of the Admitted ... figure out the things I wanted to take part in. As I mentioned, my ... , Theta Chi, during the pandemic, and now I was living in a house I hadn

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  the international students group!) Await Financial Aid Info: I know many ... ! It will be in the mail on Wednesday, and in your mailboxes soon after ... wise: if you're flying in, book your plane tickets early (You may want to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  of the year they'll know more about it than anyone else; I like how it ... Want a Warhol in your dorm room? This is exhibition week of the ... artwork from MIT's collection. Artists represented in the collection include

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  . Exactly how good is MIT's music? Well, I've performed in the Concert Choir ... out that somehow along the line I managed to answer them all in the ... 't see the genius in that one yet). Anyway, how is the music department at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This one goes out to the parent Fire! (she's comin' down on her own, now)

  

  KNOW IF I GOT IN TO MIT!! MAYBE THEY SPONTANEOUSLY DECIDED TO POST THEIR ... /news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1114446307 I will see you in class on Monday, have a good ... and die. I had this rule that I would write a blog entry before I would

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  element of surprise, alas, but I'll try to make up for it in thoroughness. Seeing as how I have two weeks of free time between now and graduation, and I've broken many, many promises of various entries on this and that in

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  's Worcester. I'm going to teach you how to pronounce it now, you ready? Pretend ... . Very few people actually know how to pronounce "Stata." I've had just as ... actually know how to pronounce it. The nice compromise I've come up with is

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Blog: Humanitarian Work At MIT My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian…

  

  tell you a bit about me... I'm a senior in Management and Political ... thinking.   It was in the process of doing so that I discovered my true ... with which I'm involved center on politics in one way or another. I

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  article, it would probably be better not to rank... I just got a visit ... email and phone calls. On Monday, I finally returned a call I had been ... ! Rats, foiled again! I also hope to catch up on blog questions as soon as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  soon, I just moved in.   As part of Orientation each fall, MIT ... wanted to try an experiment in Soylent, a meal replacement shake. I first ... and that improved the taste. I would bring one around campus and sip it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  thus far. Here's a brief recap of what I did/what I have plans for in the ... (because my classes started so late), haha, but I went to sleep earlier in ... a whole summer! =D During the last week of my stay in Taiwan, I went

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  about four years old, my family and I got into a car accident in India. As ... sofas. But more or less, I had this confidence in my own wellness. And ... personal illusion went down the drain when I casually tripped over a curb in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  [Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24

  

  back side over and over again in a routine that might resemble love. i ... traffic, just the crackle of my wheels on asphalt. And when I go in the ... everything that is usually in shadow; I once saw an old man holding a bouquet

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Odds and Ends It's what's left

  

  Some friends and I were chatting the other day, marveling at how ... either constantly or frighteningly never. I've been up in long enough ... 's when I graduate!I've been, in a word, miserable. This sort of misery is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 3, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  inside is vibrant, if not necessarily practical. I take pride in biking ... there. But I don't have to live there. And even if I would have drawn it in the housing lottery, REX would have given me the chance to change my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  brain cells. (*In the past two days, I've been taking study breaks to the ... . Tonight, my subconscious is in a recursive mood. I dream that I fell asleep ... this stage in the dream, I immediately wake up in real life, clutching a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  Today, two quick items I've recently seen on the web (more substantial entries to come this week): First, I saw a link on a military blog ... . The course, which recently has focused on the war in Iraq, is described

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006