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  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  a weird time. A lot of people say IAP is one of MIT's best offerings ... purgatory in which you are your own god. You have choices. You can make IAP as ... . Yet, most people do neither. They stay in purgatory and do some

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  . Not only did the TA – a grad student in Political Science – offer ... public policy class (in my major), an accounting class (in Sloan), and a ... Kissick, who conduct the course in a discussion format. As moderators, they

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  from MIT have been filled with some great experiences. In the end though ... an around the world experience, but in the end, I just couldn’t stay ... Grad Student”. I start my second year of a dual degree program in

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  During a layover in the London Heathrow Airport I yanked Mariam (my friend, travel buddy and a literal queen) around with me in search of a journal. I anticipated that the next ten days in the epicenter of AIDs would

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  their numbers are growing. When you come on campus, in fact, it's almost ... combating poverty, improving healthcare in Third World countries, or anything in between, MIT is pushing international development forward on pretty

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  to rigorous AP or university-level classes in our Junction and Delve ... thus far. Here's a brief recap of what I did/what I have plans for in the ... (because my classes started so late), haha, but I went to sleep earlier in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  things to look out for in a university, and they're all great. But there ... machines? How many are there? How much do they cost? At MIT, at least in ... can draw your own conclusions on culture at Stanford and MIT. Anyway, in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  [annotation note="More on this in a follow-up post!"]signed my return offer ... — changed."   I ran into a friend who I hadn't seen in over a year or two. We were in the same project group for DEECS, the former Course 6

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  I don’t believe in quantum physics. Yes, I know that all the math ...  real. I simply refuse to believe in such strange, unintuitive physics that I ... mechanical). And I suppose every chemical reaction in my body keeping me alive

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  of sheep An om of the universe…   But that om stands still in my ... Poetry Workshop class this semester, where each week you come in with a ... somewhat crowding the stage. In highschool actually, the professors I liked

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  that I need to put in this work now for when I apply to schools this ... . This is high school. --- Four years later at MIT, and here I am, in the ... Laboratory in Mathematics 18.966: Geometry of Manifolds II 24

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  exhilarating and utterly terrifying days I’ve had in a long time. Especially ... in a new milestone for me. It was the first day of[annotation note ... exercise I did before for the program I participated in last summer. A little

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  , but the project has been limping along in the summer haze. It’s looking ... pride that I had a fantastic time devouring four enormous cups of boba in ... apartment that she was to live in for the next three months. It’s nothing like

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  like stars glimpsed in an expanding universe. I watch the light reach me ... mercifully scarce in a job that regularly involves glorifying the trivialities ... wish: to pluck the wings of a fleeting moment, spread it out in the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  I. Flying back home to MIT from home in South Bend (not a typo), I ... River and the bay glittered like uncut gems in the light. It took me but a ... building in Cambridge, marking - claiming - MIT's place in the vast cityscape

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  wanted job in the universe next year) -being bright-eyed and bushy ... experience in all the labs on campus. It's one of the many things that make MIT unlike any other school in the world. As a freshman, you can work in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  in the universe, death, taxes, and MIT students complaining about how much work they have to do. I guarantee you that one day will not go by in ... something therapeutic about complaining. So in keeping with MIT tradition I am

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  graduated high school a year early, and had a few friends at MIT who came in ... successful college/MIT student? I'll be happy to answer any questions left in the comments about this -- or any other topic -- in my next Questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  Zoom University. On top of setting stuff up in my apartment (unpacking ... love with the way the universe works in Cambridge—how you're probably ... I landed in Boston on a cloudy day about a week ago, and...it sure

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  wherever you go, there you are alive internet theory

  

  magically change? Sometimes I feel like Esau. In the bible, Esau was the ... back from hunting, he was extremely hungry, and his brother offered him a bowl of stew in exchange for the birthright that Esau would get from

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 30, 2025