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• Blog / IAP

  Sunrise If a picture is worth a thousand words (minus inflation), that makes this post much…

  

  IAP, for those who are just tuning in, is one of the greatest times ... have a test over in 5 hours". IAP in fact stands for "It's Awesome. Period". Anyway, my sleep schedule is still experiencing a phase shift

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  seemingly only a science in a purely semantical sense, is a hidden gem here at the Institute. More importantly, in ways, it's a bit of an art, too ... Sloan's Wong AuditoriumSome of you might be wondering what Model UN is in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Where We’ve Been And Where We’re Going A brief history of the blogs and MyMIT.

  

  didn't have much of an audience in those first months, so blogging wasn ... can immerse themselves in MIT culture via a variety of 'portlets ... features. Oh, I learned so much in the months that followed. First, I

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  yourself into. As an expert in what he is and is not currently in, I'd be ... estimate how much time it would take. 1 ... , but the only ones that end in "2" and "5" This went on for a while

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  that is going to have to take a back seat in order for me to document to ... freshmen in my suite about how the story behind my accident is really lame ... into this, because the actual story is way less cool. In fact, it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  found funny without knowing why. Learn how to print from a non ... (and by extension, you) is paying a gazillion dollars to have a top ... . Do a UROP -- Undergraduate research is kind of the thing to do around

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving season blue blue blue

  

  into the homeliness that seems impossible to find in ten days. a few ... really because every time, you think there is still a lot to get done ... Memorial Drive. and a moisture hung in the air that kept me company. getting

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  't embarrass him by telling you all how old he is =), but I will tell you the story of how my friends and I unleashed a birthday explosion in his office. So in case you didn't know, I should probably tell you that Ben is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  pretty much ask anybody how to get to the Student Center (which is where ... "starter child" (pre-frosh) for CPW? Is it a personality match or just random ... one here for you. At the moment, it is actually snowing in the 02139

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  I’m still learning in college is how to spend my limited time and ... involved I could be was how much time and effort I was willing to put in. 3 ... ) involves a wide range of skills and is in charge of the majority of non

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  would need to do it in a satisfying way.. ..which is okay! Because ... , including how much I don’t know and what I really, really want to learn. So ... this moment about what my aspiration is in life, I would tell you

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

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  , in a car, in your stereotypical scary movie setting. An intersection in ... responded with much glee, mostly because I wanted to use a cheesy pun (double ... I think that the three-dimensional you, quirks and all, is a lot more

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  are into the humanities in French House!" This is Elizabeth, a freshman ... team last year, is now doing EMS as a third rider, and UROPs in the ... could have them in pure mixtures. So right now my project is a way to do

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  ’m taking 16.343. The main assignment in 16.343 is a very open-ended sensor ... much harder problem. At a very high level, BeaverCube is difficult to ... ’m claiming this spring as a “research semester.” This is mostly an aspirational

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  write your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much ... will respect their time. So whether your application deadline is about a ... , and how you see yourself as a match for each place. Teachers often find

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  , someone always interrupts me because there is a class scheduled in there ... get a B- in 8.01. I have no clue how that happened; I am guessing that it is due to homework. There is so much going on a MIT that I cannot

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  prefrosh (sorry that this quiz is so late lol). I dormspammed the survey in ... store as what they can't live without. Random is a cook-for-yourself dorm ... 's attractions is being one of two dorms with built-in AC. 83.3% — Random, also

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  commute again and email is a thing. Step 9: Attach said signature to your ... actually happening right now and go in person to the class (which is almost ... = A WHOLE 2 DAYS OF WAITING IN LIMBO ~2 days pass~ Step 17: Go yet

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hip-Pop – Konnecting Souls Part of the MIT series "Hip-Pop in French: Contemporary Theater, Film, Dance, Comics and Graphic…

  

  Technologies: A Talk and Demonstration Part of the series Hip-Pop in French ... Cultural Services of the Consulate General of France in Boston A choreographer and composer, Franck II Louise is a pioneer of the French hip

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  . Trevor is a fantastic web designer with really good taste in music (whose ... conversation: ME: But you think this is a good idea? HIM: As in, doing it? ME ... mean that it's pretty much my life...) in FFA. Is there anything at MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007