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• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  to organize, sponsor and participate in a wide variety of personal and ... in the big, wacky, comfortable chair called IAP. Sandwiched between the ... almost any form, from how-to sessions, forums, lecture series and films, to
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break A week in Iceland.

  

  a glacier lagoon and returned to Vík to stay in a cabin on the beach ... I spent spring break in Iceland, mostly in the backseat of a white ... a glacier and in a cabin on the black sand beaches of Vík.  Here's a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Weeks of Freedom What I'm doing for my last 4 weeks in the US!

  

  music I listened to was painfully narrow and my goal in these four weeks ... for vacationing in Europe, learn some .NET, and put these four weeks to ... a flight to the U.K and embark on the second half of my college

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 2, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Fancy Feast & Happy People an accumulation of details

  

  to the class, and a guy at pika read aloud in its entirety to an eager ... walked to Kendall Square Cinema to see Happy People: A Year in the Taiga ... Chapter 1: A Formal Account of a Fancy Feast in February. Location

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  moving out i'm leaving for a bit

  

  . Friends wandered in at odd times; sometimes to say hi, sometimes to share a hug, sometimes to tool in the comfort of silent company. I spent many ... It will be a while before I return to MIT. Following in the footsteps

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 12, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  swimming in the back of my mind as I scootered across the bridge to my test ... learned in the previous units. After I finished the test, I wandered to ... to the one I was sitting in, dissecting literature, composing essays

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  even a literal game to conquer, in a pressing effort to desensitize ... responded. Several essays I wrote in application to a particular early ... application to be a volunteer member of an advisory group in my city, and never

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  bit of butter. With this in mind, I set out to find a tortilleria or in ... being the first in your family to go to college. Sigue leyendo. The ... my transition from pueblerina to big city girl. A year and a half has

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.

  

  experiences of characters in "Sex and the City" are generalizable to people of ... seminar will be required to actively participate in class discussion and to ... required to participate in the seminar. Both men and women are welcome and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  revealing about our culture that these events stand out in tandem to me, but ... square with only a few hours of daylight left which I hoped not to spend in ... post, in the voice of last Friday. Where were you a year ago today? Ed

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  a little self control to not literally gasp. I will stress that in my ... . The case of Patagonia is also in stark contrast to the United States ... my FIRST Robotics Team. “Why do you want to spend your birthday in a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  flattened, we naturally decided to indulge in a little Twilight bashing ... inevitably tore in half, relegating us to the simple luxuries of book ... tendency to sit fascinated for hours by the refraction of light through pens

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  opted to stay another year in order to finish up and graduate. One day ... was an MIT student who didn't have quite enough credits to graduate ... on the dorm's e-mail list between this senior and an undergraduate in

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Admissions Decisions Available Online Visit decisions.mit.edu to find out your decision.

  

  ://decisions.mit.edu. You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log ... sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to ... mail, as we do not plan to send out admissions decisions in this way this

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  -checked all my saved strains of yeast, handed my notebook to my post-doc, had a ... sense of finality, of completion - of fulfillment. Today, I head back to ... ...relax, unwind - get ready for the hustle and bustle of fall 2008. It's been an

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three ... large ballroom in the Marriott Copley Place hotel to drink in his words ... worth it to be in the presence of so many bright and thoughtful people on

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  't be returning to my beloved 254 suite in Burton-Conner, hanging out with ... democratization and governance in China. Given that I'm a twig, it never ceases to ... , and that list will doubtless expand rapidly in the years to come. With

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  that the world is a very big place, and in order to change the world, we ... and different ties to groups in need. Do you know what that means to me ... … We have to put ourselves in the shoes of the people for whom we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  Earlier this summer I sent out an email to the office asking if anyone who doesn't blog would like to be interviewed for the blogs. A few ... have received something that she's made in the mail. Holly is a Senior

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... If you’re applying to MIT through QuestBridge College Match, simply ... forwarded to us for review, and we will contact you about filling out our