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• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  ="84400" /] Out of a mild fear of getting lost or left behind, I attached myself to an old lady who was also getting up to stretch her legs; we had a ... also nice. “We’re going to be passing through a bunch of wonderful

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  Now that I'm a junior in college, I'm supposed to be almost an adult ... apparently, this means I'm going to have to go find a job- also in the real ... mood lately and want to do nothing but lie on a beach reading all day for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  First thing I want to do is apologize for not blogging in a while ... everything I learned from it in a bit. For now I want to start a series a blogs ... very Christian Bale manner.   Trying to Relive My Old Pistol Days (a.k.a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  such thought, I am instead going to erect a shrine to it by documenting ... ! part 1: getting to class 8:50 AM: My first alarm—a primer alarm, just to ... "getting to class exactly on time" down to a science; I can afford to waste a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  ?"   I'm glad you asked!  As a lifelong Californian before I went to ... 'll be well on your way to staying warm on a budget. Maybe you'll even ... winter break for a few days of ice climbing.  Temperatures dropped to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  resources MIT has to offer for a student?" In a word, no. No matter how much ... better or would have liked but never got a chance to meet, and more. The ... . IAP provides a huge number of experiences to take advantage of. Here is

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  referring to free space in a schedule, like a buffer period. but there's a ... wanted to do a big task XYZ. they split it into three tasks, X, Y, and Z ... . in both cases, Y has slack, with or without a buffer. to be clear: the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  piano a satisfaction in being able to play decently well, surprisingly, after years of not having practiced; a continuous panic to try and reduce ... of desperation as you get closer and closer to the end of the day; a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  you choose to go - even if it's not at MIT. I want to share with you a ... years, and he realized that it is time to pick a successor. He gathered ... stone, he attempted to secure a handhold, when suddenly a gust of wind

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  how to collect the glass from the furnace on a pipe or punty (long rod ... taught. In order to get a project off the pipe, you need to make a neckline ... decided to make a snowman. This is the end result: I know what you

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  't have a cohesive campus until 1916, much to the lamentation of some ... be Gastronomical Engineering, a Course dedicated to making and ... positions; but we refuse them all, for we wish to show the Faculty that a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano

  

  play, i noticed a pattern that i was not able to explain at the time ... have been saving up money for a major purchase you’re likely to quickly ... the time you notice a problem, it is often too late to begin acting to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 4, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  gym four times a week I started going to the gym when I came to MIT and ... much progress I can make if I consistently go to the gym for a year! I ... books that read like romcoms? Please. Suggestions. go to a coding

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  how i handle canker sores not professional medical advice

  

  . They last about a week, and can make it painful to eat or speak. Their ... the years, I've tried a lot of remedies to ease the pain. Here is how ... mouth, not the outside, so I couldn't really hold a bags of frozen peas to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  times a day. I miss MIT dearly, but feel so lucky to've experienced even ... democratization and governance in China. Given that I'm a twig, it never ceases to ... take over and impart a fresh perspective. I'm delighted to announce that

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  ." On a final note, if you're in Cambridge and want to see a building that ... built to have a storm-water biofiltration system. ... After a not-so-brief hiatus, I'm back at the Institute! Over the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

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

  

  STARS (Small-Town and Rural Student) Ambassadors, to give you a quick ... have included applying to college as a rural student and what to expect if you decide to go to college far from home or in a big city. The end

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

  Actually Doing Things or not...but actually, really

  

  power plant to build in a town while taking into account how the residents ... Friday: GEL, 7.03, UROP, Clarinet Lesson, find food to eat (my frat has a ... !), risk managing a party, having to take care of myself, running errands

  • by Stanley G.
  • November 20, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  't throw diesel fuel on a fire 5) Don't invite someone to something, even if ... weeks ago, and decided to see how big of a fire he and his step ... bad that I hadn't made any plans to go home since Christmas, so when a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  're gonna need a lot of help to get to where you ought to be." It was more ... and research med schools." I feel a lot more ready for what I want to do ... when I don't - and when my brain refuses to get any more work done at a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013