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• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  a 360 degree view of the sunset. Someone was playing the violin nearby ... going to write the bulk of this blog, but he’s no longer blogging ... , onto the latter half of our jaunt... January 23rd-24th: Milan

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  . ^^;; )" Call me Matt! Thanks for coming to the session. For those of you who have ... (KVPY) conducted by the Government of India, IIT Bobaby and IISc ... . How do the 2 programs (RSI and KVPY) compare in terms of chances for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  surprisingly large part in my conception of self over the past two years. I ... luckiest sophomore in the world when my piece of paper is pulled and I get ... be the exact colors of my room in East Campus. At 11 pm we get another

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  workings of the black-box tools we took for granted in 6.2050. For example ... ones we used in 6.2050. Surprisingly, most of the code we write in 6.S ... first time that Joe is offering 6.S965. It’s admittedly not the most

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  degrees and the skies are probably going to be blue for the next three ... people are ready to take it on without the training wheels. Both of my ... (Independent Activities Period--in essence, MIT gives us the month of January to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  undergrad degree with the rest of my class in Spring 2026 then with my MEng in ... my horizons and get out of my comfort zone. Over the past three years at MIT, I chased all sorts of side adventures, determined to make the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  , my date of birth, and the words 'supplemental materials.' " Fabrice ... of the items in MyMIT means that someone has alredy read that part of ... a T ride away. And with the abundance of ethnic food in the area, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  .701 became a way for me to start learning pure mathematics to the degree that i ... 'd do it again. in my preparation for this class, i read one of the ... were utterly confused, now makes sense. and at the end of every semester

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  -to-make recipes with the rest of the world. If you're interested in learning to cook ... mourning the loss of the Stata produce market for the past few months ... pause my hectic day to lug home armfuls of groceries. Alas, the produce

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  ’s Women’s Soccer team! I was the first in my family of four kids (who all ... hopefully some of the overall principles and advice can still apply! My ... end of [annotation note="This was the right timeline for soccer if you

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  ;insert your own> degree of seriousness? In my personal opinion, the MIT ... of the freshly admitted candidates for the class of 2016. We all stayed ... of vicarious prefrosh cheer through the next few voicemails in a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  Towards the end of any semester, emails start flooding into our inboxes advertising last-minute events, study breaks (the best of which have ... semester, and I jumped at the chance of signing up (as did Chel R. ‘15, who

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  course offerings. In the meantime, feel free to poke around the websites of ... wonderful end-of-week meal at the appropriately named TGIFriday's. Friday's is ... 's chill and didn't care anyway, plus she got a free meal out of the deal

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  don't think I have to detail the personal benefit of travelling, but I can assure you that it is much greater than the sum of the complementary ... 've been a firm practitioner of estaloam and have had the opportunity to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  - the King of the Internet, Chris Peterson, fresh from a master's degree ... * This is a Goodbye Post * I've always liked the 4th of July. I ... representation of warfare.) I like fried chicken, hot dogs, the sun - and an

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  This is where my decisions have taken me perspectives from grad school

  

  be prescient enough to solve for the best combination of choices. Once ... , outlining the pros and cons of some decision. I guess my anxiety gave away my ... school in astronomy. As a result, the contents of the binders on my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  you guys is the two months of illness and a phat bundle of electric ... . Quadrant one is like the “Omg my quality of life is so freaking good” section ... .   Okay, so here are some of the hallmark experiences of my

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  efforts to document all of them, I split the entry into 2 parts. Unfortunately, I still don't have all of the photos I would like, but honestly, if ... you can use your imagination, and I'll just describe some of the other

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  him reevaluate his life reminded me of the times when i, too, had a ... an engineer or scientist like so many of my peers. i feel the years ... trunk, one inside the next - as cisneros describes it - than a stack of

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  cloud of the 7.03 final was fraying my nerves. I’m sure the actual weather ... settled into the comfort of a familiar bed (cuddling cat named Stoopy included). Even though winter break itself ended on the 4th of January, I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015