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• Blog / IAP

  small changes feeling big my winter in Armenia

  

  gremlin in me that's always eager to experience new places. Access to global experiences is one of the reasons I chose this MIT, especially because I didn't have access to them growing up. I dreamt of seeing worlds beyond my own

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 17, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  warmth. The world felt anew, like we were in the first episode of a new ... rounded app square on my iPhone. At the corners of each square, there was ... , yet felt open to rotations of new art. As we headed out back to the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  sitting at one of the desks and then one farther away up against the wall ... in here. Not a day goes by when I am not absorbed by a mass of tourists with cameras, taking pictures of the most random, well, crap, that I

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  sketched lots of ideas. We shared many laughs. We made new friends ... . Sounds legit right? At this point, you might be curious as to how we ... -aided design program. After Banks, one of my teammates, spent an incredible

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  A few Fridays ago, I sat down (as I normally do at the end of a long ... inability to see what they had learned from it. At the end of the dialogue ... was a good-old three hours of minimal brain activity and the occasional

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  sharp and soft featuring: my favorite naruto moment

  

  of the confusion at the time i thought going from spiky to soft also ... in my favorite naruto scene, a samurai and a ninja charge at each ... says something along the lines of: people are their blades! bluntness

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 21, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music, Photography, and Two.js i am proficient at two (2) of these things.

  

  milk, and at the moment it strikes the surface of the table, flash the ... (basically just a gathering of a bunch of people with really nice synthesizers ... ton of time writing music lately - MIT is definitely an inspiring place

  • by Joe B. '18
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  , but I'm sure at least a few of you will have the same difficult choice ... . At some point in this time period, rumors of what MIT's fall plans ... campus, and their explorations in finding new places to live. Today, I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  large enough to take over a whole row of tables at meals. -- Like at ... really just sit in front of a computer for 8 hours a day? Do you work on ... years of my career. Well, this reporter’s got the inside scoop, having

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  -7). 1 Corinthians = 7th book of the new testament. 13th chapter =7 + (5 ... language. And it’s the only language that all of us in the world understand. it’s key elements are one of my favorite things–numbers. Having that

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Finals Blog but not the final blog unless something terrible happens to me in the next 48…

  

  waking up. At 7:30, I frowzily rolled out of bed, realized that this isn ... healthy, refreshing four-hours of extra-lite sleep the night before, so at 7 ... Today I sprinted down Massachusetts Avenue in a noontime spritz of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the sands of Lake Michigan or small lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan. Living ... ocean is only a short train ride or drive away. In fact, many of

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Your Campus Wheels Say About You skrt skrt

  

  the shuttle and when it will pick you up. You spend a lot of time at the ... . That’s what’s up. At the end of the day, just remember folks: “It ... wake up at 8:50 am and frantically dash from my dorm to class. Nothing

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  when they threw yet another curveball at me, this time in the form of a fancy new piece of equipment – a so-called pineapple mould. [caption id ... ancient art form. One heavily-emphasized aspect of the class was “safety

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The Deep Breath Before the Plunge THIS IS . . . wait, this isn't Sparta. Wha-? Aw, shoot, I took a…

  

  wished that somehow all of those games were combined into one? A little ... Committee on Student Life is proud to present to you a new initiative ... new armies. You will need to place these armies on a territory your team

  • by Snively '11
  • March 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  glass. And let’s make the pumpkin colourful! Roll the new layer of glass ... glassblowing classes at MIT are about ten times cheaper than similar classes ... " align="alignright" width="300"] Concept art of a glassblowing gremlin

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  having a great time exploring a new city. I felt tired at the end of it all ... to August, and I’m about to start at the Zoom Institute of Technology ... last couple of years in high school, I was in a near-constant state of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  of my time at MIT nearly enough. During the school year, the only ... "]discover[/annotation] new places now. Here are some of my favorites! Brookline Lunch A ... corner of the Porter Exchange building. It's very unassuming at first

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  exciting, good kind of way). Here’s what I’ve got in my final (!) semester at ... I’ve never really understood the appeal of beach vacations. I spend a day relaxing and then have to recover from the effort of recuperation

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  1 Month, 0 Classes IAP tomorrow and an opportunity to mystery hunt!

  

  ...well only if I choose to. Tomorrow marks the beginning of IAP (Independent Activities Period)...It's one of my favorite times of the year ... . During January, a lot of people do externships, some go to Zambia, some

  • by Bryan
  • January 7, 2007