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• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  downright dangerous, especially for a woman travelling solo. Luckily I didn ... help per week, this can vary a lot. Oftentimes, for me, hosts were ... /tourist attractions, so while you can trek it on a bus for the weekend, your weekdays

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  waiting for the elevator. ("phew, I'm not late.") 11:55 AM: Class dismissed ... for 18.03. 11:03 PM: Some friends from 18.03 arrive, discussed some ... students here had dwindled down to single digits. I logged on to take a short

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  will do this for you anyway. :-) My advising seminar, 1.A24, has proved to be a worthy contender for most intriguing class this term. We meet for an hour and a half every Monday afternoon to nibble on biscuits and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  MIT – Problem Sets = IAP! Today marks the beginning of IAP 2007.

  

  : Hopefully I’ll get some cool experiments done and begin writing a paper for publication! - Writing a module for the soon-to-be-launched OpenLabWare website ... stands for Independent Activities Period. From January 8th to February 2nd

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  have opinions, in the area I decide to research. In A Guide for the Young ... will not stop"]set a calendar event for August 5th[/annotation] to remove ... . Math camp, for incoming economics PhD students, is a crash course

  • by Phi A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  ) for an interview. By the end of the week, I had a UROP at Choi Lab. It ... coming true. in fact, way back when, i made a wish at 11:11 to become a ... , which is a story for another time—i managed to snag seven tickets for some

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  's giving was even featured on the MIT homepage for today, which is how you know something is Really Important: Now, MIT has hosted a pretty ... hosted the infamous Ollie Smoot '62 (for a lecture about Smoot's Ear

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  always enjoy a good laugh, March 15th was definitely not a laughing day for ... be attending MIT next year prefrosh! Get ready for a wild ride!). As such, It's time for me to shift my writing a bit. You'll notice fewer and

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  chronicle of a snowstorm foretold only a week late ;-;

  

  ="300"] cookies from 2^n cookies, a traditional event for my dorm (east ... be around 0.90 inches, corresponding to a snowfall of around 14 inches ... snow from Monday 06z to Tuesday 06z... — pset submission for my class (12

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • February 4, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Brief Taste of Orgo Basically, Sam Maurer is a prophet.

  

  : Outline for Today's Lecture Oxidation Reactions of Alkenes ... were curious, ozonolysis is actually a lot more straightforward than the Wikipedia article would let on. Basically, you take a double bond and some

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  go for MIT interview?" Eric responded that it would be a good idea to ... something entirely different from what they write here. It simply adds a bit ... - remember that we have no quotas for majors, which is why you apply to MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  congratulations is in order for Zahir Dossa, who I profiled in my first blog. A ... Sorry for being MIA -- these past few weeks have been exceptionally ... ://web.mit.edu/mitir/! -- Forum on American Progress will be releasing a booklet, America in the

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  were eleven would probably be a cherished fantasy for each of them ... undergrad senior first applying for grad schools, I knew a grad student — I ... . "Collegiality" is not particularly important but is nevertheless a factor — if you

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  ; however, we have a few upperclassmen spots that are open for the fall, and if you feel you can make a compelling case for your inclusion among ... images into your posts to make them interesting. To be considered for a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  ? Let's go on a tour! High School Yearbook For those nostalgic moments ... . SolidWorks! A bunch of books and guides for SolidWorks, my favorite ... During first semester I published a nice little entry about my

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  day for a few months, and the night i got deferred, i just stopped ... and pay application fees, for many schools and not just one, in but just a few days. the night i found out i was deferred, i wrote: Watch me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  scenes. For each paragraph break, I added a short description of what I ... time I've actually had a clear vision and path for my narrative. 2 ... actually purchased a vlogging camera for this class. I purchased a Sony ZV-1

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  on a Wednesday for NO REASON—it was so good lol walking to 7/11 late ... through our fridges for spoilt food. it became a whole *thing* and was tons ... table pretty much every night for a month and got so tired of it that most

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  for me to read. I found it was a good way to check in with myself ... before I go into it. In short, I worked for a STEM nonprofit and the Biden ... my gap concluded, I finally brought myself to make a video of it. For

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] Many of my readers know by now that if you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer, you'll find a pretty heavy ... try out for their annual competition, Mic-Check. If a student had a poem

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008