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• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  dishes, I’d be head chef of a Michelin-starred restaurant (or at least I’d like to think so). Unfortunately, at MIT, most of my computational power ... friends stayed to chat and poke at the fire. Ian offered to buy free boba

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  One of my sophomore advisees asked me about MIT summer opportunities ... the educational and life experiences of students through leadership and service opportunities" and offers IAP and summer fellowships a) Focus

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  SoOoOoOOooooo it’s the most wonderful time of the year: IAP! That time of year where every MIT student can choose to do whatever they ... the crushing guilt that comes with not using every moment of your free

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  didn’t erode my confidence, but it’s still there, nagging at the back of ... of good experiences as a Tech Caller, good calls with good people who ... small subset of the whole—have no qualms about telling us exactly what is

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and nothing else 🧄

  

  in around half of the bottle at first, but could barely taste the spice ... Mathcamp this year. At the beginning of camp, we bought a lot of garlic for ... ’t taste weird at all because of the condensed milk we added. Condensed milk

  • by Joy X. '29
  • September 18, 2026
• Blog / Uncategorized

  I made an AI write most of this post because I forgot I needed to post this week

  

  ! Reason #6: School cafeterias now offer a variety of hay options to ... . If you haven't heard of GPT-3, it's a language model that uses deep ... topic for the rest of this post and the points listed underneath are all

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  , so this is a nice change. i blink at the brightness of my room -- my ... , but fortunately, it's one of those tests that you can take at any point ... ; friday, november 17 my alarm goes off at 7:30 but i actually get out of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 22, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  later, I am now pursuing a minor in Theatre Arts at MIT. I, like many ... . And even more-so, so many of the skills in GEL ... practice & growth opportunity. This fall I am directing The Importance of

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  Phantom of the Opera by my a cappella group, the MIT Ohms (I solo at 2 ... MIT? At the first fencing meet of this year, I started off very strong ... of 50ish people going into single elimination. At some point in my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  One Day at a Time or, springing into junior year, part 2: electric boogaloo

  

  of normalcy and keep up my routine of waking up at the same time every ... like the hosts of a party trying to get people out at 3am: You don’t have ... blinds and a cup of water handy. My sister informed me that my parents at

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  . Welcome to my dorm's implementation of CPW! MAC.0001: Introduction to Mac ... because that aesthetic was chic in 1970 when MacG was built. It consists of ... in F entry (my home). About half of us are on the meal plan, while the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  chapter of the python natural language processing textbook. then i hung out ... 'm doing good work that i can be proud of, and like i'm contributing a ... 's reflection on John Perry Barlow's 1996 Declaration of the Independence of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  , I still had a blast; so, regardless of weather, get ready for the most jam-packed days you'll have until you come for Orientation of course ;-) Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule #0

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  look at one of them— I have no idea what happened next. The world ... burst into tears at once, frightened, certain of impending death ... the several phrases I identify with, but thankfully, at MIT, the bulk of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  . Here on the blogs we try to give you a sense of what life is like at MIT ... . At least not at first. Instead, what's there is this:   So ... such bill working its way through both houses of the Congress right now

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  are kind of spread out (at least enough to be annoying). It feels weird ... about it in the comments. The gist of it is that many FSILGs offer dining ... This is another one of those entries that's going to make admissions

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  last first day of my undergraduate studies at MIT. It is the kind of ... . 10:04 AM: I am at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Amherst Alley ... , I also need to get into at least one, and some of the classes have

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  significant is this number? Does a ratio of 5:1 mean a lot when you can have a freshman lecture size of 400? One of the quintessential features of American ... imagined college in high school, I imagined being in one of these huge halls

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  feel at home. A large group of strangers might wander into your suite and ... don’t know how long my body can sustain this level of non-activity. I do ... thing being a big part of the change. There are amazing places to eat all

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  fact that it’s possible, that you didn’t need a company and dozens of weeks, that a couple of undergrads working together could cobble one up. This year, for REX, one of the things being built was a fort

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019