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• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

  for mystery hunt, i can’t wait for it to happen, a lot of people are ... , where i ate dinner with two friends. and then we walked to bso to watch a ... eruptions bring to mind the old tales passed down from our elders. i’m from

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing ... pushed submit. A week before the EA deadline. It felt good. But then, I ... cause me to be instantly rejected from MIT, I calmed down slightly, went

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  #WeAreMIT SMASH helped jumpstart an intense conversation between students and administration

  

  Training Coordinator. I'm also designing a booklet for the information, and I ... SMASH stands for Students At MIT Allied for Student Health. I am on the SMASH board as a representative from the MedLinks executive board

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  gratitude happy thanksgiving

  

  somebody can feel like shoving a gift in their face that they didn’t ask for ... summaries at three a.m., since I am much too soft-hearted to watch horror for ... I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about gratitude. That’s not to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  . But I don’t beat myself up for not being a professional basketball ... not being a professional basketball player, I don’t beat myself up for ... or or… the list goes on. “I’m not as smart as them” can be a refrain

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  internship I got settled into where I’d be living, ready for my first day of ... worked most days, was about 10 ft away from this ladder! I lived in a ... of using words to describe my project, here is a video I made! But for

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  before hand. I'm as scheduled as I possibly can be (which is not a lot ... , sleep,) is a pretty big deal also. There have been many nights where I ... Stata Center. I definitely need to up the contrast a bit for the next

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: I’ll be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend and so will other people from MIT

  

  , where I'm giving a talk about maker portfolios in our admissions process ... I blog a lot of retrospective trip reports (see, e.g., ISEF 2016, IOI ... I arrive somewhere to give a talk. Someone emailed to suggest this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  to see fizzing water. They can drink soda for that. Feeling a little guilty for bringing such a lame demonstration, I filled up a film canister ... imagination. On Sundays, I volunteer on a pediatrics floor for infants and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For great justice…

  

  you don't have time for that, you can read the summary report, which is ... . Unfortunately I don't know the sections of the dorm for the New House and Next ... Senator from East Campus) Anna '07 (Sorority resident disaffiliated for

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Video games I’ve played this semester trimps, mother 3, hades, and vampire survivors

  

  , I can appreciate a good family story when I see one. So this is one of ... Slay the Spire Bundle for Palestinian Aid I'm the kind of person who likes playing games that I can play over and over. When I made the Slay

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  A Place happy thoughts on East Campus

  

  I know now), they glow with a sense of MIT, and particularly East Campus, which I can grasp for but never quite reach.  I’m trying to reach ... The last week and some are a blur, a long, joyous drink of EC. When I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  freshmen can make a more educated choice about where they want to live. Of ... downloadable video. If you can't find the video for a particular residence ... So, being an incoming frosh, there's really not much I can talk about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  ’t think such a word exists. I’d felt that MIT was a place for me. The ... friends, how much I respected my professors for taking time from their ... 'm working on getting a better camera so apologies  ahed of time)"   I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  of Moroccan Arabic, which I've learned has a word for everything as ... trajectory isn't headed toward linguistics, I can still do research with a ... to do with linguistics, but I suppose MIT does offer a club for

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  were: Introduction to Art History, Rhetoric (a different version from the ... this semester I would have completed my HASS requirements for graduation ... at length about each class, although I do want to write about a few

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  I made a commitment with one of my friends--each week, we meet for an ... friend who's at the gym waiting for me--well, I can't just not show up, can I? I love my friends. Where would I be without them? As a side

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Guest Post] A Day in the Life of a Clown College Student by Joy X. Clown College ‘29

  

  CPW where I will actually be a juggling homeless person in The Guy Who ... not too hard), so I had a bit of time to warm up my voice for my ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0CyOAO8y0 It’s a special day for me, because on the same day last

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2026
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  you to someone who can)! That's part of why I'm here! He also asked ... of my blog is, in fact, part of a quote from Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods. For the day's entertainment, I introduce you to the conecpt

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Ready for CPW Are you?

  

  , unfortunately, I wasn't assigned a prefrosh this year. :( By the way, Mikey just ... up with concerned grumblings and surprise. I wouldn't expect a whole lot of attention from your host if you get here tomorrow, there are A

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2010