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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  factors in the mysterious element of wind chill.  I was graciously accepted ... ! Students can apply to up to three externships in the middle of Fall semester ... to the Midwest, so I was expecting the Windy City to greet me like this

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• 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 (i.e., five terms) of college may not be eligible because of our residency requirements. If you have been enrolled in
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  . Round two came around 11pm in the form of steak tips. I can’t tell you ... sleeping marathons. Per tradition, I partook in the first of the three, as ... , Mexico, Naples, Vienna, Belfast, and Lisbon are all names of towns in the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  , programming, and video games. I can't wait to see what they do in the future ... every single concept we taught over the course of CodeIt. I remember in ... roommates or buying Hades, this was the peak of my semester. I had such a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  ?!? 8. Lastly, taking in the beauty of Boston On one of my many runs, I ... Fear Of Missing Out or FOMO. I think that's the best way to describe ... breaking my screen... At that point, I literally stormed out of my house

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  in transit where do i go from here?

  

  , wishing I could constantly be in the in-between of here and not quite there ... to do. I doze off in class dreaming of endless T rides. Of sitting on ... 've always liked just sitting in whatever vehicle it may be. I loved being in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 6, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  intermarriage." I can't say that I sat through all 3.5 hours of the movie ... to get back to one of my favorite hobbies, movies. Just as I got ready ... opposite armies. The consequences of the War in their lives are shown in

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  , restoring fear in the hearts and minds of children. I didn’t even think I ... Stephen Colbert. More important, though, given I live just outside the city ... for the record that this is the first time in my four years I’ve been

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  sixth year of German, whereas I'm in my sixth week of German. He had a very pleasant and fluent conversation with Frau Bittner of which I ... me, not that he took my exam and then handed it in. Of course, that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  all of my professors in a different way. I don't know, call it Stockholm ... of the internship If things fall in place nicely on both sides, I would ... comments, which I will respond to in an untimely fashion. I'll let you know

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  city planning movements like New Urbanism. I think this is one of those ... constraints (needing to get all my units in so I can graduate)!! Some stats ... "]careening series of events[/annotation], I took an ill-advised courseload of 8

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  consider {insert town name I have never heard of} a small town in their ... the inherent strengths of this experience. So this is where I come in ... lived experience. However, I can help you think about place and how it

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  of me. I'm sure my mom said some encouraging words, like she always ... 's kind of assuring to think of it like this. It's a yes or a no. And I ... "You're good to submit!". I was kind of doubtful seeing as how quickly I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  one of those rare UROPs in the humanities. I am helping design a new ... for the dorm, I'm on call in case of emergency, and I get free housing ... (Course 20, of Simmons): "This summer, I’m participating in a new Thai

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  peppering of apple orchards across this region. I buy all fruit from grocery ... Back in the sepia-toned pages of my high school years, Personal ... .) Although I eschewed practical arts completely from the piddly grid of my high

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aisumasen, Yoko San Aisumasen (Apologetics).

  

  Hello out there in TV Land. I'm Sam Maurer. You might remember me ... Hampshire to discover that my laptop, where I store one bazillion pictures of ... excruciating pain I've ever experienced in my mortal life Anyway, that's my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

    i want to weave the threads of cloud  into an infinity scarf that can ... it out aloud during class for a round of feedback. And that was it! I ... rest of the day off,  because I have a bad stomach ache, or so i say “i

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  I've been working with Daniel on advising a group of freshmen this year, and in exchange, I get to tag along on group outings. On Friday, ten of us went for dinner, dessert, and an off-Broadway show in downtown

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Six Recent Life-Changing Thoughts on Food There's six lessons (and a recipe) somewhere in there.

  

  seven bowls of cereal in one day. I've also eaten cereal that my roommate ... city-wide dance party on the busiest street in Cambridge- i.e., a ... I. Emergency Dinner Sunday afternoon catches me cooking for 30+ in a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 21, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  past Nisha, and to all of you, that I can, in fact, continue to say that. ... in Palo Alto, marveling at the beauty of Stanford campus as I biked ... "]Rains[/annotation]; my partner spent the rest in the city. My best friend and I had a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025