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• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  understand the value of learning about all the biochemical mechanisms that keep ... Worldbuilding i.e. Junot Diaz reveals the lifeblood of stories and gives us the ... bloggers) have said this is one of the best classes they've taken at MIT

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  complete in 12 hours. here's a list of all the fun things i'm doing / have ... , and maybe even start running studies by the beginning of next semester ... every weekend starting on the 25th, and practice every day of the week

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  , let's just say that the day was spent in a weird state of being ... replied to any of her texts in the past 12 hours or so. In terms of communication, I've practically fallen off of the face of the planet. "You know

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  again. I spent the two whole weeks of break just complaining about ... promises in the beginning of the year that I have not kept. I said I would ... here and there, like the stray rodent of Loop kitchen that vacuums trash

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  incredible excited for a lot of these classes, but mostly just the prospect of ... instead of being cooped up in my room. But really the whole point of this ... people moved into the house and I've gotten to know a lot of people in it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  Towards the end of any semester, emails start flooding into our inboxes advertising last-minute events, study breaks (the best of which have ... semester, and I jumped at the chance of signing up (as did Chel R. ‘15, who

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  the endless noise of constant motion that comes with living in a house of seven people. I read over the problems again, eyes moving to and from the class notes open on the other half of the screen. Nothing sticks

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  's pretty much the same then at this time of the year. Although I can ... .) Psets stand for Problem Sets, and they are the equivalent of the "homework ... . * They are comprised of mainly critical thinking problems, and the number

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  back in high school had emailed me out of the blue and offered to catch ... kids at the playground, and a trio of middle school boys in neon orange ... words, a quick laugh in the hallway. Having them notice you seems to be of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  several offers to, um, join a tour of certain lesser-known parts of the ... offer you 50 Reflections. Here goes... The years I spent at MIT were among the best -- and, at the same time, the hardest -- years of my life

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  I am graduating (at the time of this being posted, graduated), I ... I go to them every day, but some of the further away buildings and ... I guess I satisfied the “or two” part of this prompt. Ace a test ✅ I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  've been playing a lot of in the last two weeks is Slay the Spire, a ... deckbuilder, you'd draw cards from your deck at the beginning of your turn, have ... , and then all of the cards go to a discard pile. You add When the discard

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  , that I would need to pare down my focus or I'd drown in the torrent of activities. I remember the form I had to fill out to accept my offer of ... going?[/caption] One I remember the dozens of things people told me about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  high schools, highway miles, and an MIT story waiting in rural ohio ft. Max B. '24

  

  talking with a group of teachers while setting up for the college fair ... intro out of the way: my name is Max Burns, and I majored in course 2A ... . For most of my life the prospect of going to a “fancy” out-of

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 30, 2026
• Blog / Events

  Women’s Week 2005 Learn about both the mission and events associated with this year's week-long promotion.

  

  's Women's Week. Check out the variety of events that are going on. Women ... incorporates and embraces the properties of intelligence, competence,and ambition ... to share ideas, air frustrations, and advance the leadership role of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  such bill working its way through both houses of the Congress right now ... Bill 968, the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) are corresponding versions of a bill ... latest battle in a war which began when the Internet began an age of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  bible of all the classes offered at MIT in the fall. personally, i've got ... for lack of better things to do. michael from 2E is part of the dev team ... for sure that i'll be using some of these sites in the next couple days

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  - on both sides of the equation. I apologize to those of you who think ... . That makes me sad, but I can live with it, thanks to the rest of you ... . Thank you for saying that. At the end of my junior year of high school one

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Advice

  Two Years and how it's changed me

  

  clear cool night, talking about life beneath the stars - a little piece of ... background, so I always have this feeling that I'm behind. One of the reasons I ... MIT, and it's inspiring. It gives me hope in a state of the world whose

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  officer in the month of April, naturally, I was at still at work. I was ... for a living. And yes, turning down applications is a huge part of the job. However, when I think of the colleagues I work with on a daily

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019