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• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  classes earn a Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctoral degree in Charm. When I ... mentioned by expatmom in the comments) After checking out the Fair, I headed ... , of course, they were experts in probability and statistics (I'm sure

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  if I can really pinpoint where it first started but I definitely have a ... out, I was aware of my flesh body and form. In elementary school, I ... that has lasted until now. In middle school, I developed crushes on

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  in a few hours than I have in a few months (I'll blame writer's block ... whatsoever about your love life. However, I do hope someone out there can ... -lighted many times, I was still definitely in love with him because I could still

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  then I moved to Boston, where it wasn't 100 degrees from 8 am til dusk ... to be tough but because I was lazy. The funny thing is, I can ... , where they recommended some specialists I didn't go to. I took a week off

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  the hardest I've ever worked in a long, long time, but I'm really proud ... .704 I had a group project where we had to create a 7-9 minute video on ... Sulmona, a really tasty brunch spot in Central. After Sulmona, I headed to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  A week told through food warning: lots of food pictures

  

  made some breadsticks rolled around in crushed corn flakes. I eat that ... it. I spend the rest of the afternoon working in the Stud before ... these in stock from when I did a Costco run a couple weeks back. I eat it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 18, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  because I feel like I am Good at math, but because I can feel small ways in ... find moments of happiness when and where I can. To ignore such moments of ... ’m hurting my career in moments where I focus on my mental health. In moments

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard and I still don't know what I'm doing

  

  where I will sit in class and stare blankly at the board and wonder why I ... class whose lectures and recitations I regularly attend, at this point in the semester, is 8.033 – relativity. And yet, sitting in lecture, I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 12, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  I had a breakthrough the other day. I was sitting in my favorite ... .T.E. In a busy week, I’m there at least once a day: The prices are reasonable, I can order on my phone, all the food is vegetarian, and it’s one

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  could the past eight weeks have gone by so quickly? I can still remember how I felt when my plane first landed in Boston - when I walked onto ... clarify a point or answer a question I had. I remember turning in my first

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  IAP is in full swing, and I am having a blast! At MIT, the second ... 's honestly a bonus (living in EC means I really don't get much unintentional ... finishes in January. It's the realest class of all the classes I'm in, which

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero it's me! hi! i'm [the problem?], it's me

  

  I are similar in that manner, where we both entered our four season ... old self couldn't. I can be loud and cringey in the dining hall, talk ... where i am Since the beginning of the fall semester of my senior

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  report where I derived equations about the natural oscillation, center of mass of the frustum, etc. I can't even begin to describe what joy it ... As the semester begins to wind down, it comes time to turn in

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  time of year where every MIT student can choose to do whatever they ... time to do something you can tell an employer about).  I’ve had this ... ? That’s fantastic! I can relax, travel, take some classes, get an

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  the low 80's, so I got to hike the Baldface Circle Trail in New ... . I assume this is where we were going... otherwise, why did I take a ... hiked from here all the way to the second peak you can see in the back

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  , existential crises, and everything in-between, I know I can go back to a group ... undergraduates are in a greek organization. And no matter where you go to school, I ... many questions about making friends in college that I even wrote a blog

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  in the big, wacky, comfortable chair called IAP. Sandwiched between the ... to organize, sponsor and participate in a wide variety of personal and ... : BioHab Mycotecture: the coming (r)evolution in regenerative food and
• Blog / Classes

  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

  away, where  to come out is to stay in  your arms   i want my ... how, until I realize that this is the same world where  “the waitress ... out in an office where everyone else is a man, including one who “loves

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  ; this is a case where I can take whichever classes I want and see what ... “What will you major in?” asked one of my senior year teachers. “I ... seventeen-year-old. “I’ll just take classes I like and major in whatever I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  last three weeks, since I'm pretty sure I won't get up in the morning unless I'm being paid to do so. When my alarm clock goes off in the morning ... voice in my head says, "I'll pay you $9.25 if you get out of bed right now

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009