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• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  to how UROP works at MIT, and how I found mine. In about two weeks I ... little bit. In the past semester or so, I've realized that being an MIT ... course numbers: “18.02, 5.112, 7.012, and 8.012.” So I know I'm not in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  format for blogs, and that I would resort to them often.  The reason I like ... the cover, the pad of post-it's I carry with me at all times in case I ... /early fall. cooking: Although I lived in a cook-for-yourself dorm this

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month or a few at a time. I specifically sought out a summer internship in ... , on the ferry to San Juan island.[/caption] I can't express how tragic

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  philosophy and strategy behind how we communicate to prospective students (i ... projects, how Loren and I started working together (and how we work with the ... hibernation, but for being buried in applications instead of snow). So here is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  Someday I must tell you how I did it. Whoo! It's been a while, hasn ... graduate I.M. Pei, is built in the shape of a 30-60-90 right triangle ... been much more interesting than that in the past week; it's just that I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition These are the kind of people that you will go to school with.

  

  modest person so I don't want to embarass him by saying how FREAKING ... As an alum, people often ask me what I liked the most about being at MIT.  The honest answer?  THE PEOPLE!  So I'm going to tell you stories

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  '15 is in Au Bon Pain right as I'm walking outside from my interview ... the kind of person she is. We discuss how our senior years are going. I ... good food, and ask questions about how to become a real person in the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  complete internships or study abroad in some cases, I spent my first IAP here ... my breakfast in my pajamas. 9-ish - I start to head back upstairs to ... first classroom is in a decently sized lecture hall, so I spend that time

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  about that. Gerthy cares about that. I care about that." I blogged in a ... From the article "Engineering changes for the better in Haiti: Local ... . ''Usually a degree in engineering means you'll eventually be working on cars

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  weekend. You have no idea how excited I am to meet you all. See you soon! ... Campus Preview Weekend starts TOMORROW! Are you pumped? I know I am! If you're not, well, to quote Phyo '10, "GET PUMPED!" I didn't get to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  knocks.”  “Wow!” I replied in joking indignation, but swiveled past him ... Multivariable Calculus exam. I filled in the solutions, turned in the sheets, and ... ’s moving into Alpha Delta Phi this fall, and I’ll remain in Random, while

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  should be doing in January. I worry about how much energy I’ll have next ... 'll usually respond, in my experience, no matter how famous"]acclaimed author ... started. Now, it feels more like I'm in a sprint, going through my classes

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  forwarded me this in the meantime and I had to share. ---------- Forwarded ... On any given day, you'll totally forget how awesome it is that you ... automatically assume that you're some crazy child genius and an expert in anything

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  Though born in Massachusetts, I grew up in the wintry hinterlands of Vermont and New Hampshire. In Vermont, for instance, I lived in the ... other people are freezing I'm basking in the comparative mildness of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  hour in Boston is awful. I should have just taken the T. I might even ... at 12:45pm the following day, and realize I left my pencil case in my ... potential ways to solve the problems. I take a nap, and I’m in Hartford in 2

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  and walking, I traveled through God-knows-where in Cambridge and Boston ... . More leaves spotted in a park along the river. I'd already seen some ... yellow. I'm still unclear how I ended up at Harvard, but there I was

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  AP Computer Science, i didn’t do any coding in high school ... this semester, in which we learn about what's taught at Sloan and how it ... dancing alone in my room in 30-second spurts whenever i wanted, but now i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  in designing the class ring (and plan Ring Delivery, but first things first). There's an extensive entry on Wikipedia; I would link to all the ... semester. It's one of the most recognizable rings in the world, based on

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  more. I was fortunate that my family decided to take a vacation in New ... why I loved it so much here. CPW has been designed with the students in ... a handful of the events created with you in mind for CPW and I hope

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  wedding, and the advising, and the teaching (I really did) - but in my ... stuff, so I schedule it in. Essentially: there are no empty calendar days ... : white. I could wake up in the morning and think: "what do I feel like doing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012