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• Blog / IAP

  My Entirely Unexciting IAP see title

  

  reason for doing so, you see. In a little bit more than 48 hours, I will be ... opportunities (like what I did in my last two IAPs), to work on projects (both ... three different IAPs in three different countries. I think it'll have to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 28, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  Happy Holidays everyone! I can't believe another semester's done and ... semester. Early in the school year, I kept getting emails about spending IAP  all-expenses paid in Korea, teaching kids science/English. I never gave

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  sort of decide to send in a supplementary essay can i do that via email ... as you can often see in movies but i'm a steady person. I'm not a guy ... senior staff (i.e. not me) so I can't give you an exact answer, but you

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  'm getting a far better grade in 7.05 than 5.12) - but I'm seriously struggling in orgo. Argh! < begins long rant on organic chemistry > (I ... , when I first took Calc BC in sophomore year, Calc was just a huge

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  branches/paths I can take with certain majors. Such as specializations in ... compensation, newfound freedom in class selection For many weeks, I couldn ... can be attributed to how course selection in college is a double

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  .[/caption] Thursday Busyyy day! We lifted in our Varsity Weight Room and got SWOLE. I still can’t lift legs because of my foot, but you better believe I've been ... — 4 of which were the past week. I’m going to take you along for the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  them in more detail than I will if you’re interested in learning more ... whether I want to double major in math or be a 6-2 instead of a 6-3, and 18 ... status early), which basically means that if I do bad in the class, it won

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  quickly tested. It started about 1am that night.  I had been getting in and ... , there was a knock at my door.  I am a Medlink in East Campus, and I ... the door and let her in.  She sat on my floor, and I sat with her.  She

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  same time, I was in school studying math and computer science. I am more interested in the math side of things, how physical systems make order. But I ... the first pieces I designed and thought, "Hey, if Jessica can do this, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  Experimental Study Group (ESG) offers instruction in the core first ... -based classes designed for students who are interested in taking an active role in their education. Instruction takes place in a 14-room suite on the top
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  In 10th grade, I read a book by the biologist Edward O. Wilson and ... , in my graduation speech, with strangers I met at conferences. After I ... -wrapped dates, while various professors trickled in; I recognized a Medievalist, a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  ’t tell my colleagues in other departments I said that) department at MIT ... aside, I can’t resist noting that both Cambridge, England and Cambridge ... ? Given the interest in and demand for interdisciplinary careers, how can

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / IAP

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

  

  , or I won't go on the June degree list!) And so, in my last IAP, with ... ), watching movies in the lounge with my friends... maybe I'll even do some of ... month. I'm not kidding), competing in 6.370 Jomar '06: Working at his new

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

  All the 2023 i3 videos megapost

  

   (alongside tours!). I’ve embedded all the 2023 i3 videos below in case you would ... Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  obtained to relieve me of the MIT firehose-induced famine. In truth, I ... Verde's ridiculous prices in the student center. I told Geza to set the pace, that I would follow. I can imagine how strange this would look like to the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  knowledge) and major in it. I know it's nice to think that "you can do ... mood has done a total 180 since then, so I feel I'm justified in talking ... shook my hand and said (I am not even making this up), "I saw in your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  most of these t-shirt bearing tech companies in this reality. Instead, I ... I'm not going to paraphrase all of that in text. But I think the most ... , pens, cupcakes, etc.) you can acquire from hundreds of companies set up

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  Stu, Matt, Nance, Daniel and I are all down in NYC for the College ... being in Boston or Cambridge. Sortof surreal to experience that in Manhattan, but I'm not complaining. That's one of the things I love about New

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  🎶Jauntily Sauntering Ambling Shambler🎶 Yes, those are actual lyrics from the musical I was just in

  

  that I would play one of THE characters in THE chorus line. It was a ... saw myself smiling in the mirror during the jazz combo, or I would share ... shared passion for the stage. I was in bad shape, but I wouldn’t want to be

  • by Powers '23
  • December 20, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  world and consider how I'm taking steps (however small) in the right ... you never end up participating in the program, I hope you remember not ... , and all I felt was overwhelming gratitude in the form of tears coming

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018