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• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  competitions and going to Charm School. Some of my friends are doing/running 6 ... in high school; the class goes from the beginning of first semester ... developed the strange habit of reading all the back issues of the Tech online

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  main buildings that made up our school. One end of the hall had a large ... of the few times everyone could see everyone else in the school ... school half of us tried to flirt with). Outside of this, not much happened

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  a hack! For those of you just tuning in, a "hack" at MIT is clever, elegant, and anonymous prank, designed to amuse and catch the attention of ... 'd expect, hacking is one of MIT's most celebrated traditions, and the actual

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  Yesterday was the first day of classes at MIT. I remember the ... like this: Some version of calculus Some version of physics Some version of chemistry A humanities, arts and social science (HASS) elective

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  This Entry is Really Long. And my pictures won't upload :(Edit: Actually, they finally did! Yay!

  

  time of my life – outside in perfect 75-degree weather, the one jacket I ... graders celebrate the end of the year by pulling a prank on the school and ... completion of high school. Partyyy Speaking of celebrations: following the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  arguably been the most exciting part of this school year for me ... I love pretty much every other aspect of theatre — lighting design ... curtain drop and other aspects of set design. There were some expectedly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  degree for free. However, the purpose of the visit today wasn’t for a class ... have obtained the degree. It would have made a world of difference for ... where I was. A group of women trudged past me. I looked around wonderingly

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  of us will be teaching at various schools all over Germany, using ... two words of the language native to the country you'll be traveling to ... number of mistakes that were pointed out to me...) I've also been spending

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  school, so I didn't realize that anything was really out of the ordinary ... four mute Japanese girls, who I pay to model my own line of designer ... DID YOU KNOW? The name of the "avocado" comes from the Spanish

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  without a car. Isn't there a delivery-to-door option offered by some of the ... I have to admit that I don't have fifty pieces of advice for anybody, but I do have a couple of things to say about starting college

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  of this design: the doors underneath originally wouldn't open due to ... -shirt weather spurts in February and March, it seems like this streak of sunshine and relative warmth is here to stay. In this final quarter of my time

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  the most general sort of advice I can offer. If you (mostly juniors, but ... in terms of general advice, let's see. There are no specific activities ... traditionally-thought-of-as-MIT-ish things like science fairs or math competitions

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  , because of how unique it is to an MIT education. I wanted to update my spiel ... office to catch up on non-reading work and meetings and I spied a bunch of class offerings that are really interesting: Heavy Metal 101 is turning

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  're enrolling this fall (Yay! Welcome officially to the MIT Class of 2014!), that you're declining our offer of admission (it's okay, we know you ... graduate of MIT who majored in Biology and Brain & Cognitive Sciences. Mollie

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  -or-break moment- the last chance you have to make use of your CPT before you ... return offer after you graduate, and hopefully sponsor your H1B visa. All ... .031 as much as I do, even though it’s slowly draining the life out of me

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  graduate students of the School of Management, undergraduates are offered the ... words of wisdom for survival at MIT. MIT offers many workshops, programs ... schools students to teach motivated high school students the real meaning of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  undergrad experience. A lot of you probably have class rings from high school ... year and high school's symbol on one side, and a custom design on the ... of the sophomore year designing the ring, which is unveiled at an event

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  other highly selective schools. Each university's yield (the percentage of students who accept their offer of admission) is predicted to decrease ... . Congrats to all of you who got your applications in on time. :-) And being a

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  TLM The Land of MIT. It's a planet.

  

  magnet high school in NYC. This is a planet of it's own. It's called TLM ... one of them had, by the end of high school, built a rocket out of their ... Back when I was about seven I dreamed of being an astronaut. Of

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So, uh… help me pick classes I have no classes.

  

  the forms and structures of argumentation, including organization of ideas, awareness of audience, methods of persuasion, evidence, factual vs. emotional argument, figures of speech, and historical forms and uses of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 2, 2008