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• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything what i did this IAP!

  

  Actually read books! Ones I hadn't read before! Coded for fun, in languages I already knew and languages I didn't (and also coded not-for-fun, aka ... family. Then I flew back to campus for three weeks of IAP, which I filled

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  mocks West Campus for being "normal." Good fun all around, and I really ... is the most fun topic. I was so, so excited to get the i3 video. i3 stands for "Interactive Introduction to the Institute," and it showcases

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  gently down the stream whitewater rafting might be easier than driving on mass ave

  

  , since we had Monday off for holiday. We get four-ish breaks this semester ... countryside to escape the Boston bubble for a few days. I’m in a club called ... to be really calming, so I immediately volunteered as chauffeur for the

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • October 16, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  this is great for MITers, but it seems rather arcane to the outside world ... , "undesignated" sort of means "same degree, fewer classes" -- many people, for ... per week, so a typical 48-unit schedule is designed to take up almost 50

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  us to Boston. I talked to the boy for a moment, running through the ... to Nashville for the flight), where he was living (Simmons, the same as ... before (fast, especially for the South, speckled with laughter). He sat a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  have opinions, in the area I decide to research. In A Guide for the Young Economist (intended for PhD students), William Thomson writes: There is ... has been formally and fully endorsed, your advisor prefers that the best

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  attended for four years), it was always tradition to play this song. Luckily ... are good for you). Also, before I get to the list, a disclaimer: R ... judging from the radio play of "The Lazy Song," "Last Friday Night" and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  Pain for a post-On The Air engineer training (me)/post-radio show (her ... instead. But I can email them for you!" In response, I said this: "At this ... smell - on my floor, it's poo! I miss Senior Haus, yo.) I'm an RA for 12

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  more serious about college, I tried searching for answers on my own. My ... college life, particularly here at MIT. I’ve only been on campus for a a little over a month and attended classes for three weeks, but here are a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  of granola flatbread, studied experimental bacon physics for six finger-scalding hours in preparation for an all-bacon dinner for 40 people, packed two ... summer that curves just short of preparations for the impending semester

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  ALBUM: i like it when you sleep for you are so beautiful yet so ... SONG: days and days - fun home WALK: memorial drive > harvard bridge ... bridge > memorial drive WORK: the mediacloud team @ the center for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  ; And for those of you in FRC -- have fun with Stronghold! It's the first ... before about FIRST, which was a transformational experience for me as a ... Woodie started teaching at MIT in the early 1970s. For decades, 2.007 has

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  . Last weekend I went again just for fun. The smell of fish was strong ... startup founders, rode an UberCHOPPER for free, and got into the TechCrunch afterparty. But my main reason for being there was to get more into virtual

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  lab to the tennis courts on the other side of campus to play a quick ... Building's prodigious heights makes it useful not only for photography but also for other things, such as Course 12 experiments and the MIT Radio

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Soymilk 豆浆

  

  -bought kind, served hot, the best for cold days. As I stood there reminiscing ... Ethiopian way, without any meat or dairy other than fish for 40 days. But this year I didn’t fully since I cook for myself with my dorm mates and it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 7, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Live Kernel Patching System An MIT alum and graduate student just released a system for applying Linux kernel updates…

  

  This is partially a plug for a friend of mine, but it's also a really cool system that I think some of you might like. Ksplice is system for ... systems administration for high-reliability systems. But...don't take it

  • by Evan B. '10
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  you shoot for the moon, you miss, but that doesn't discount the bravery it took to try. The comments on this post are an open forum for those ... . We ask that you converse civilly and with the best of intentions, even

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us ... want to talk to us in the comments below, we’re here for you. We ask that you converse civilly and with the best of intentions, even though this

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk, shake it off, and remember you will survive, even ... be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you converse in the

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW and other acronyms C.Y.G.W.T.S.F? I.F.C,I.B.Y.C!

  

  be setting foot on campus, many of you for the first time, to ... down. One thing you should know for sure is that the much acclaimed weather machine is up and running in order to give you all some of the best

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 16, 2009