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• 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

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  currently wrestling - is the freedom to work in my underpants. I'm living the high life, man. But despite the fact that I am totally in denial about ... introduction, unless of course you've never heard of him before, in which case I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  My time in Germany sadly came to an end two Sundays ago, when I ... , and attempting to imitate British accents as best I can. All the ... transportation, and what they do for jobs in order to see if MIT students can

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  and a mf pandemic??? ANYways. as i've talked about in previous posts ... . living in a dorm last year was wonderful because I could have all sorts of ... blasting 2010's bops in our basement—I danced so hard and screamed so loud

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  taught in a field I was interested in. Seminars, he said, were ideal, since ... perfect department. That being said- and I promise this'll make sense in a ... : 1) I learned the Latin word "vincimus", which means "We conquer" and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  MIT.   After CPW, I knew that I was going to MIT. If you can't go to ... that you attend. I'm involved in: Campus Tours - If this is your ... Saturday, and I hope that I can give you a good idea of what it’s like to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  I'm in Phoenix for the International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF). I got in yesterday, and last night I decided to take in the ... , coming up in just a few weeks (can you believe it?). The weekend of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  , which we'll come back to in a followup piece, suppose I gave you a list of numbers in some random order (say 3, 19, 2, 17, 14, 4) and I wanted you to ... often inter-connected. At first, I was a bit worried about how I’d fare in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  relief, I see ;) You see, I wanted to drop in and, you know, tell you a ... you that in the world that I come from -- and you'll get to experience ... -- you'll thank me in 2016 :) So what was I going to say? Oh, you don

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  in the math community. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to ... entire AoPS crew are doing. I hope that if you're interested in and excited ... plurality of whom where students in grades 6-10. I spoke briefly to the group

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  difficult to leave my job in admissions since I have really enjoyed working ... also don’t get to randomly see students I know in the hall. I also miss ... life and in this process there isn’t much they can do to help beyond

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  Kesem 2010 is over and I'm back in the Real World - which sadly doesn ... that I would soon have a six-year-old in my arms, crying about how hard ... so hard that I would lie awake in my bed at 1 a.m. the night camp ended

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty hours later mystery hunt, mystery hunt! puzzles puzzles puzzles!

  

  ="attachment_50445" align="aligncenter" width="600"] i can make diagrams in paint ... solve puzzles and have fun. In a sense, then, Mystery Hunt can function as ... . Epsilon Theta has ET Phone In Answer, which I don’t know much about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  -recently-visited-by-Quentin-McArthur emailed me a laundry list of excellent questions that I could answer in less ... in a while! See you on the Internet sometime,” and then I figured that ... . After one month, I started to think in MATLAB instead of in English, but

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  January Scholars insider's tours around certain "quartiers" in Paris. I ... sheller (this device can shell peanuts, shea nuts, coffee in large ... do MIT students do with one month of freedom? I’ll be working on my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  Mass Ave, practically in view of home...and then I got distracted by the ... Mia. Oh well, how can I resist? ... Right now, I am sitting and blogging live from Boston's amazing new

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  I asked in a rambly 10-minute-long video tour of my MacGregor single ... to a video you posted last year about your room.  I can offer you some rare feedback on questions you raised in your video. I was one of the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  updates and discuss what you’ll do in the coming week. I’ve been fortunate ... . I loved spending time in lab, learning more about the design process ... had I asked a TA. I didn’t know anyone else in the class and I wasn

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to be Tim The Beaver anyone can wear the mask.

  

  mask. You can wear the mask. If you didn't know that before, I hope you ... popped up on my phone, I knew I was born for this moment. So for everyone ... deep in your bones. You don't choose the Suit. The Suit chooses you. 2

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Me: A Video Tour of Campus in which you get to hang out with my friends and walk around MIT through…

  

  to spend your next 21 minutes, then you're in luck. Boy, oh boy, do I ... I made a video-thing! During the second snow day of the semester, I ... wonderful readers out there. I followed them around campus while they talked

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 23, 2017