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• Blog / IAP

  IAP trip to the natural history museum! turns out nature's history is pretty cool

  

  "sure, why not?" In fact, I was labouring under the very mistaken ... choice for several trips I took to Boston in high school, and we never got ... plants, frozen in time. The last time I saw the glass flowers, I think I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2022
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  . I felt a bit like Ashton Kutcher in his new commercial for Axe, except ... Melis just blogged about Senior Ball so I figured that it'd be a good ... , free, and a bunch of friends were going, I decided that I could suck it

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Rainbow Lounge Where the LGBT kids hang out.

  

  Back in the day (TM) when I was a prefrosh participating in the awesomeness that is Campus Preview Weekend, I noticed an event in my 500 page ... room is in the basement and doesn't have the greatest lighting- so I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 23, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  improvising 5-minute classes on these topics, I would love to know what ... Over one weekend in the fall (Splash!) and one weekend in the spring ... a whirlwind of learning. I've blogged about teaching at these events

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  Saturday) in teams of four. It's a good deal: five evenings a week, I have a ... . Elizabeth plays the violin in MITSO (the Symphony Orchestra), and would like ... (Chemistry and Math), and minoring in 7 (Biology). I advise you not to ask

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  , one in science. If you haven't yet fulfilled these requirements, I ... can be doing in the meantime: Making a list, spreadsheet, or Google ... would like to write on your behalf, it is a good idea to have a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  Being organized is fucking incredible. I like limiting stress in my ... journaling, which I took up in my junior year of high school because I was ... to shit; in the beginning, I'd created a beautiful cherry blossom theme

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  : In no particular order: Don't worry. We have your mail. We've been ... 're getting one or two dozen buckets of mail every day. I have built a small igloo of them and am posting from inside it right now in fact. This

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  can definitely say that I learned a lot and improved in both reading ... , that was not exactly the case in practice). I wanted to learn more on the ... conditions of women at MIT. I have personally witnessed a shortage of women in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above

  

  before. It was this: I would ask Lady Gaga to sign something that belonged ... card costs exactly $15. (In case you're curious or vegan, I blocked ... I might as well tell you straight away that this story ends with Lady

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 1, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Call For A Good Time a weekend of coffee shop networking

  

  : Yeah, I put up a letter addressed to stalkers in my public folder, and ... , culminating in skydiving. Needless to say, he had a good time. This story has grown near and dear to my heart in my lifelong quest to become the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  ’s been a big year. Check it out! STARS@MIT: A Year in ReviewWhen I was ... for advice in my small town. That’s why I’m so excited to share what ... question—I never had a college fair in my town, either. The only things I

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  headquarters was located, and started pitching in. For about the next 48 hours, I ... would you do this to me?" "It looks straight...forward." Josiah '09: "I ... mentioned in previous entries, my UROP is in the Langer Lab, where I've been

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  I spent the beginning of this week in the company of a select group ... information session with a primer on our mission, so I think it would be ... inherent value of an educational experience on this campus, I also believe in

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2024!

  

  blogger application." While some days I'm in Cambridge at the MIT Welcome Center, most of my summer is spent in Framingham, where: I go on my ... ’t clear, let me know in the comments or by email, and I'm happy to help!

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  like an annoying process and I would save time by correctly predicting ... advice I'd received in high school about college decisions. I'll give it to you in the form of a short poem I found recently by Piet Hein

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  process, but a short one. I had to apply online, book an appointment, go in ... obvious, but you’d be surprised. In the past, I know I have certainly done a ... 'll need it. We all do.  I hope you found some nuggets of wisdom in there

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  accepted. To my surprise, I got in, and I signed myself up! Best decision so ... corner of MIT’s campus, people I probably would never have spoken to ... startup culture, and I thought I would share a few aspects that are specific

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  a day, Monday through Friday, I'm taking 6.189 - a crash course in ... A couple of days ago, I was working on an entry talking about all the things I was planning on doing during IAP...and then I got distracted by

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Food, Folks, and Fun…..but definitely not mcdonald’s Quinton makes friends at the Muslim Student Association

  

  friends from the MSA Nour and Iman! Finally, I would like to thank Paul ... this entry. I think that I am in business now! ... As far as admissions counselors go, I am relatively new to the MIT

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 1, 2008