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• Blog / IAP

  IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.

  

  events tomorrow catch my eye. They are: The History of the Universe in One ... opportunity to ask them! HIV/AIDS in Africa: An Open Dialog About the Needs in ... adequately respond to the health issues in Africa range from financial

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  operated Wallace Observatory in Westford, MA. Once at the observatory, they ... 'm told is currently a super hot topic in astronomy! The goal of the ... systems are found in binary star systems, so they looked for eclipsing

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vivek Venkatachalam- Constructing a Very Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope Vivek Venkatachalam worked with researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT's…

  

  Researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab ... scanning tunneling microscope that operates at very low temperatures and in ... surface of high-temperature superconductors in an attempt to understand how

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They’re not just regular artists… ...they're Artists in Residence.

  

  ...they're Artists in Residence. Each year, MIT brings exciting and ... Artists in Residence, and has been bringing artists to Cambridge for more than 40 years. Some of the previous Artists in Residence have included

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Images of Rush preparation

  

  Every year, the campus is engulfed by frenetic activity in the week ... the activity in my neck of the woods. But first, a pic of my hallmate ... it up, as in this message left by Phife '04 when I was a freshman

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Chasing Roots, Part One During an overnight stay in Milan, I traversed several generations to explore musical history in…

  

  and Emilia-Romagna regions. Interestingly enough, a deep foundation in ... s, Arrigo Boito, my great-great uncle, was involved heavily in opera. During my overnight stay in Milan, I travelled the roads of time to meet

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  The burning question in my in-box is "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Will you look at my app and tell me what I did wrong? Why was I ... app and tell you individually why you didn't get in? Unfortunately, no

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In ... finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description ... Friday, January 14, at 12 noon in Lobby 7 (the "main entrance" to MIT). It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  reading carefully every sheet of paper in your folder and summarizing the case on that summary card. Then, in a month, we'll bring all of the cases ... in the mail; you'll wait for your decision in the good old US Mail. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / Community Projects

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  Not only the blogs' birthday—in trying to decide what to write, I ... annual event which changes in shape and size every year, in part because it ... arcane things in spreadsheets, and not sleeping very much. There are other

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  Part 1: (literal) There are no ceilings. For some reason, in a lot ... :  (metaphorical) There are no ceilings. When I was in high school, I knew (in some ... for me, regardless of where I ended up. In hindsight this was true, and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  I’ve mentioned a few times in the past about being unsure as to whether I should pursue a PhD program right after graduation or work in the industry for a bit first. My intention has been to work in the industry first

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  many pink dresses come to 2.009 :D

  

  There are four pink dresses in my room. Presentations for MIT's most ... several weeks building them in lab. We're so excited to launch (and to finally sleep after the launch). Tune in to our presentation!!! I'm one of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 5, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

  

  this summer, i’m living in a small, cozy house out in the medieval ... (the one in the United Kingdom, not in the United States where MIT is located). in fact, it’s so small that it usually appears on the 2nd page of

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  considered me a friend taking time to check in on me. Another common thing I seem to hear alongside these check-ins are "I don't know a Cami without ... last night's blogger check-in that I literally broke the November rule

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  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 ... those who make up campus are no longer physically present. One night in

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Black Panther 2 Plot (Totally Real) (Not Clickbait) (Please Click Anyway Though) Not a fanfiction about Black Panther (because I am not a fan)

  

  happen in the film. That’s right – after running several concurrent ... a few seconds in my brain), I deduced the entire plot of the film ... clips and hearing rumours from my friends). In particular: Simmons (my

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  magicians trying to learn magic

  

  in april my friend recommended the excellent article becoming a ... , in fact, is my definition of magic – competence so much more advanced ... they asked me what i would want to become a magician in, and for a while

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  amongst the stars a comic

  

  in NYC.  In an attempt to get back part of my soul after what ... and am currently languishing in isolation. While I suddenly have so much free time, I don't feel like doing anything other than admire the art in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  my fall schedule. Of course, for me, all of this was happening in ... be. We recognize your unique place in our collective transition to ... in common is a feeling of disappointment. So many voices – peers

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020