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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  I ate sardines for a whole day Right before Juno hit, I went to Star ... some sesame oil for good measure. It was barely palatable. Not one to ... ://www.yelp.com/biz/shabu-and-mein-cambridge-3 Last year, as I was perusing the internet for interesting things to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  meaningless art. Trying to make personal art required a lot of thinking and ... NYC is making me want to make personal art again. Of course, this doesn ... conventional 9-5 job is valid as something to want for yourself. It’s an option

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  for being somewhat spammy and prone to flame wars) thread that got ... other ec-people, so make sure to leave room for that. " "this class [18 ... for me (stressing about missing class to attend events or sickness and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  decided, would have to be easier. I had a twelve-week internship secured for ... House. I did get some time to do things solely for myself though, which ... blogger, I was [annotation note="REX stands for Residence EXploration, where

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  collaborative problem-solving happens is that one person figures out how to solve the problem and then teaches the other person. To actually solve a ... time to develop the deep, genuine trust needed to take a person through

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  missing out, but I'm really not interesting enough for anyone to miss out on ... applied to Teach for America in October, and I received the book as a gift ... - take, for example, everything related to 18.02 ever - but if I fail at

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Reflections

  

  blogs, for example. But with that said, it definitely was cool to meet ... situation where a piece of information had to be kept hidden from Allan for ... interactions for a secret to be kept that long or even at all. 6) Studying by

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  I went to 9-to-5 life in downtown Manhattan. Some of you might have ... waking up at 7:30am on weekdays (this is hard for a college student. really!) and busting my butt off at my JOB. I chose to get an internship in

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  designed to help the admissions committee get to know you as a full person ... significant enough to merit a platform of its own. For those students, our ... that fits the parameters for each portfolio type, I encourage you to

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  I've officially been on my gap year for a week! To begin my gap year ... -control of my life again. If I took leave, I wouldn't have to wait for MIT ... for internships. I got lucky and managed to quickly get a few offers for

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  's good to go away for the weekend.  To feel the crunch of snow under the ... your browser to be the first to sign up for a trip (2) your facebook ... funhogging: to take more than one's fair share of fun When I was a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  with little time to learn the material and finish the psets for my other ... friends to support you in person! Hang in there, everybody... ... about not succumbing to stress as the semester gets progressively harder

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  ), but I personally accepted it because I want to get 18.03 (Differential ... .03 happens to be a requirement for both of those options, so hopefully it ... Tuesday morning and learn the material for the week, then go to lab hours in

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

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  application and wants to get to know you in person. I'll be meeting this weekend ... Well, I'm packing tonight for my interview at UCLA's ACCESS biology ... morning at 6:45 AM. (My postdoc at the lab told me I don't have to come in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  ’m going to share my experience with applying early, and for anyone applying ... just listed things I liked to do/did for my community. It was incredibly ... also have to finish a Wikipedia article for next Tuesday (which I haven

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  for application to MIT. That is OK. There are more important things to ... The MIT Early Action application deadline has been extended to November 6th, 11:59 PM, for SOME students affected by this weekend's nor

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SpringFest 2014! Just a quick post about the 2014 SpringFest Concert featuring Capital Cities and Flosstradamus!

  

  saving activities.  But my personal favorite event was SpringFest's annual ... Scavenger Hunt, and they were really awesome! I got to test out my new camera ... the first three songs, I had some down time to go around and see some

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 27, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  go to the first person to unwrap this mystery. ... -time mathematician. John is my neighbor, and for the last few weeks he has been ... applications and I promise you that no one will be harmed! Take a moment to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  easy for awhile. Spend some time with your parents, go out to a movie ... First of all, Welcome to the MIT Family! (click to see full ... statistics. It's always interesting to see how you fared (especially since this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  and two blogger alums) met earlier today and had to deliberate for hours ... not personal if you weren't selected - we had an 11% "admit rate" for ... front-runner for his major. He's excited to find a UROP, join Assassin

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007