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• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  adventures, I feel more at home overseas and traveling abroad than at home ... -up to a course I took last term called 4.S10 – Delhi and Jaisalmer: An ... country is most famous for – and so registering for 4S.10 was a no

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  i have fridays off this semester here's what i did with my first one

  

  your schedule for the semester and noticing that, for the first time, you have absolutely zero reason to be on campus on Fridays. And so when ... window and decide to sleep for another hour. And when that hour is up, you

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 6, 2026
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  As it gets colder and colder in Boston, things are heating up on the court and in the pool as MIT Winter sports continue to ramp up. Here are four student-athletes, from the Swimming, Diving, Squash, and Men

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  , non-profit organizations, or academic course offerings in and around MIT ... MIT-France program offers both internships and study in France ... , but I miraculously passed and am now a teeny bit closer to graduating

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Shall We Dance? having two left feet is a thing of the past.

  

  mine and I decided to take advantage of free dance lessons offered at MIT ... , the Ballroom Dance Club offered lessons in Mambo. My friend Jackie and I ... information. One ballroom dance website had the lessons listed on Mondays and

  • by Bryan
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  . There’s so much to do over IAP, so many offerings, and that’s really cool ... please, from literally everything (and potentially find themselves burnt out before the semester even starts) to absolutely nothing (and suffer

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

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  Institute offers. I'd primarily recommend a class in your (prospective) major ... Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation ... Galaxy Well, I'm not your mother (thank you Captain Obvious) and you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  environment, and I’ve been trying to soak in as much of it as I possibly can. So ... college apps. Mentally, I had long since left high school behind and my ... college. I focused on my academics and used my free time productively

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  . Here, life is beautiful. (and warm too!! It's around 80 degrees in ... families and speaking Spanish almost 24/7! 28. 21F.782 covers the entire ... every day (from 10 AM to 1 PM) and at least one test every day of class

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  today. Mitra mentioned that on Monday, we have registration day, and then ... Time Machine and jump back 9 years to when I was in 6th grade, every weekend, I ... , a snapshot of the dinner table (me, my mom, and my three younger

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The best picture we took in Paris Slightly delayed for some slightly successful attempts at photo editing.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? MIT's original Course 20, "Food Technology, Nutrition Science, and Applied Biological Sciences", existed in the MIT Course ... . Regardless of what it looks like, this is a tribute to our institute, not a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2009 note #2

  

  Many of you have already received it, but for those of you anxiously awaiting your Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) video ... funding for the very first i3 project, and several of my very close friends

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Letters Are In The Mail You are an incredible group of people, both academically and personally.

  

  academically and personally. You are the best of the best. I wish we had enough room in the Institute for all of you, I really do. I'm off to enjoy a

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2004
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I’ve completed more than 2.5 years of college?

  Students who at the time of entry to MIT will have completed more than two and a half years (five terms) of college may not be eligible ... considered a semester at your institution, we will consider it a semester. We
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  calorimeter was actually a pretty good analogy for my life, and then I decided I ... avoid thinking about the other things I need to do but have not done and ... semblance of order instead of confusion-despair-and-fear, and suddenly my

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21E our major in a diagram!

  

  humanities field (21), and any engineering field (E). We were recently messaged about the requirements of 21E, and were inspired to make a diagram, sine ... 've taken to meet the req's! Legend GIR = General Institute Requirements

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  January -- the intermediate period between winter break and the spring semester -- numerous for-credit classes are on offer. The full first semester ... ! These classes are limited-enrollment and available by special lottery only

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Blog Graveyard skeletons in my google docs

  

  about transition states and enzyme reactions, as all I can think of are ... "]finally crossing the Boston University Bridge[/annotation] and returning to my ... —little, dedicated spaces for my sentences and paragraphs that don’t make the final cut

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 12, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

   One of my 2020 resolutions was reading 10 books, and I just ... , and I’ll probably read another book after finals. For now, here are the 10 books I’ve read so far~~   the sun and her flowers by Rupi Kaur

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply as a permanent resident?

  a U.S. citizen if you currently hold a United States permanent ... , you may notify MIT and send a copy of your green card via the application portal, fax (617.687.9184), or email and your status will be updated