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• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  If you think MIT is all work and no play, let us take you for a spin in the big, wacky, comfortable chair called IAP. Sandwiched between the spring and fall semesters, the Independent Activities Period is a special
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Admissions Update Updates about application numbers, application tracking, and more.

  

  something? First, do not worry. We do not assign blame on why we don't have it, we just know that we have not processed it. We will not look at ... , please keep retrying your fax until it goes through (we do not have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Stuff that happened on Pi Day (besides decisions) pastries and pie-ings from around the institute

  

  . Pie Kits from Clover To celebrate all the hard work done by the whole ... mailing list culture I really appreciate that I work at a place where

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 16, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  . Whenever I get stuck on my work, I like to find a new place to study. The change of scenery is refreshing and jumpstarts my mind to continue working

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  projects, how Loren and I started working together (and how we work with the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Tim Is So Beautiful to me

  

  Earlier this month we launched one of our new admissions videos called MIT Imagination. A lot of work went into that video. Elizabeth and ... Rodrigo is an MIT senior. He worked in the same office as me for a summer or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Everyday I’m Trufflin’ But not really since it takes 4 hours

  

  IAP stands for many things. For those people just chilling on campus, It's A Party. For those people taking 2 classes, UROPing, and working ... ? It requires some work, but is generally relaxing and fun. Additionally

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Intense Procrastination There's a difference between procrastination and INTENSE PROCRASTINATION!

  

  Today I had a ton of work to do. To be fair, I did accomplish some of it. I finished half of my 2.671 homework, half of 2.008, and half of 2 ... , and poetry. These are things I could have worked on tonight. Instead

  • by Snively '11
  • September 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  sacrifice, right? I'm working on designing something that makes ... work at MIT ... But what we could use are facts. Do you know how Zambian

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  back to work. :) Remembering Honduras makes me happy... so does company. Let me know if you're out there working too!

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  lab -- how exciting! I've also been working on assignments for my other ... 've found some people to work with on some of the classes. Late nights always

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some summer pictures

  

  I've been promising for a while that I would post some pictures from Switzerland, so I'll be doing that gradually (I have lots of pictures), mixed in with my other entries. I spent the summer working as a research intern

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  to get to work today. And that included stopping at Laverde's for Froot ... unremovable window screens. (Engineers. I love them.) But our window unit works

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Devices and I worked in the Manufacturing Engineering Lab. So, see that ... tweezers, which work using the forces of radiation pressure, where radiation

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  extensions while financial matters are being worked out. Ultimately, my sincere ... them, with financial concerns being worked out, peer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  Today's tie: See for yourself below! An eventful day! Today, my subcommittee was Ben and another student, a great team. The three of us worked ... . Tonight, I took a break from the work I'm continuing to do with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  family had been completely normal. I felt immense guilt for not checking in ... extensions on my work wasn't difficult in the slightest. my experience with the ... changed so fast. I hated myself for not playing with her more when I had the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  you are a hiker, you'll know that that's quite hard. If you're not a ... extra effort not to fall, because the trail itself is a four foot wide ... appreciate the view that I had worked so hard for. But I didn't feel the sense

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  (Apologies for not posting lately, life has been spitting in my face ... miss. Working his way through the crowd was Tron Guy in full costume. He ... anybody else. They even premiered some brand new videos they made, not yet

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  home. The printer never worked jammed too much, I walked in on all of my supervisors playing Solitaire at some point, and the work I was doing was ... it and chances are someone would redo the work later on down the line

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013