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• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  is kind of hard, especially in high school, because a lot of the time ... (we only have to pay for the cost of our book this year, while EMT classes at other campuses can cost several hundreds of dollars and take much

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  my undergrad experience. One of my close friends from high school goes ... remember the three of us scoffing at the idea of schools closing and virtual ... I’ve kept an extensive weekly journal since early February as part of

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  Make a Lamp! and cart the pieces of it from IDM to IDC, the forge, Metropolis, and back…

  

  most of the processes. The class seems to be designed for business and ... learned about all types of making, from woodworking to 3-D printing. I was ... ourselves. The head lecturer, Andy MacInnis, had a lot of woodworking

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  stuff, the jobful and the seeking return to MIT and I get to see some of ... actually goes to school here. Adventures!— Union Square Donuts Union Square Donuts is one of our favorite places in general: it is my and Cory

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  see my breath misting in front of me. when i looked up at the sky, it was bright but unforgiving. i’ve been wearing a lot of red, sort of ... dyed over it with red and of course, that’s refused to wash out for the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  bay area parties well, two of them

  

  school? and the dreaded what are you doing in sf? or if it's that kind of ... title of the event was "sf party" and the description of the event said it ... with friends. i had a particular idea of what parties could look like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  blissful summer. here are a couple of things that are making me very happy ... (quarter) slices of pizza from a place called Ernesto's on the same street ... game changers, y'all. i've spent a lot of time biking through the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  busy with school and trying to balance other real life commitments, but ... recently for the class of 2024, and i swear all the sophomores were dropping ... wednesday of april, i could almost feel covid looming threateningly over me

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  of lifetime miles. Fact 3: I’ve been in an awful lot of airports ... be (of course, I’m not generalizing across airlines – some carriers are ... alternative was to come back early from Taiwan to do it next weekend, but of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  of really interesting classes that were being offered. I finally chose ... * for lack of a better title, I have taken the liberty of using the title of the word file Dora sent me. thanks for this awesome blog! :) by

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  adjacent to beauty, but beauty does not give others the feeling of an elastic ... about the kind of beauty that arose from symmetry, from clear skin or a ... ’s overused, I think, to the point of meaninglessness. I don’t want my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Transporting In & Around MIT Everything you need to know about how easy it is to get around MIT.

  

  the City of Boston has to offer). This short route is shown below ... the only method I am fully capable of doing after years of training in ... , freshman Me walking across the Harvard Bridge in the dead of winter. More

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  proud of me.  First generation Latino and the first from my school to be ... do is guess which of the three things I'm about to say is a lie: 1. I ... .  Welcome to the party. I fell out of my parents' nest in New Jersey and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  will be "Pulsars"...Please confirm acceptance of this offer by 5:00 PM ... offer you an appointment to The NRAO Summer Student Research Assistantship ... than that, and spent all of Thursday grinning like a crazy person. The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  This year well over 18,000 students applied to MIT, the most in our history.  Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  During our Independent Activities Period (IAP), essentially most of ... semester -- numerous for-credit classes are on offer. The full first semester of several language classes is available in condensed form: three hours

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• FAQ / Visit

  How do I sign up for an info session and/or campus tour?

  We look forward to showing you what makes MIT so special! We offer in ... MIT! There are many ways to enjoy our campus from the comfort of your ... -created version of MIT in Minecraft!
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  seem very nice; the lady offered me one of her crackers. We're flying ... , listening to the Prince of Egypt soundtrack (Hans Zimmer AND Stephen Schwartz ... of Mountains In The Continental United States, so I stopped a random

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  and junior years of high school) working in the Center for Engineering ... 5.0 G.P.A. Rhodes Scholar One of Glamour Magazine's Top 10 College Women in 2007 Member of the 2008 All-USA College Academic First Team

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  For the the first time ever, we spent a prolonged period of time ... about our classes!)"]spending-most-of-the-hours-of-the-day-apart[/annotation] but rather spending-all-of-IAP-on-opposite-coasts-apart! Here’s what

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019