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• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  , full of promise and mystery and challenges that I'm not prepared for but ... accessible in the liminal space between semesters. I remember starting every ... the fall semester, barely able to believe that I passed and do not in

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I do too much stuff at MIT 1)My mom doesn't have a problem with it.

  

  anything to blog about, just a lack of time in which I can do so. (I am ... Near the end of winter break, I was sitting in an uncomfortable ... the latest issue of Blender magazine (Bright Eyes and Rilo Kiley in the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  This semester, I'm taking a graduate class in General Relativity that ... creativity and free-thinking, is the venerated observance of Lunchtime in the ... tag). Never, in a dozen years of pre-college schooling, was the sin of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  knowledge) and major in it. I know it's nice to think that "you can do ... mood has done a total 180 since then, so I feel I'm justified in talking ... , the process can seem sort of random. It's not like that interviewing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next

  

  as we reconsider their cases in Regular Action (RA). I've had a number of deferred students write in with questions so I wanted to post a ... experiences. Can I call / email / owl in to find out why I was deferred? No. We

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings

  

  Hi! I’m Brenna Heintz, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT. Now that I’ve finally emerged from my first season of reading applications, I’m excited to start meeting all of you! Kim was kind enough to let

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  , Kendall '07, and I got a picture in front of the very popular United States ... event. One other thing that you can see in Berlin is two-hundred-something bears, each one decorated by one of the countries in the United Nations

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC’s Q&A with Dean Kelley of Pixar’s Coco (he also worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Monsters University, and The Incredibles 2)

  

  A couple of Fridays ago I had the opportunity to sit in on an LSC ... Rhode Island School of Design. I majored in Illustration and I knew I ... this big jump.” So I kind of did this baby step, dip-your-toes-in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  I think I get my need for notes from my mom. Every day of my childhood was a festival of notes. I'd wake up to a note on my bedside ... under a snowbank of mom's making. But I'm a modern man, so instead I just

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  happier starting my own project. And he was right. I can’t think of anywhere ... . I asked Kevin to share some of his thoughts on his MIT journey: how it ... specifically, what fascinated me about MIT. So, I came to MIT in April 2007 for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  admission letters to your hearts in a sleepless fervor of joy, I've been ... jazzy with an alto sax. Somewhere in the middle of all this, I spent 8 ... concept. With this in mind, I ended up translating a lot of this:  

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Up With The Mail?!? Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. But I'll tell you everything I know.

  

  while people in Cambridge have not. I can't explain this, other than to ... factors, I can confidently say that as of this morning, not every admit has ... . I know that many of you haven't heard yet, and that it's enormously

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  I'm hoping to make a habit out of occasionally interviewing members ... that you may find useful. At least in the beginning, I'll focus on ... process. (You guys know how I feel about the thousands of vendors who

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  before us, their eyes squinting in the glare of the merciless sun. There’s a myriad of expressions on their different faces that I’m trying to ... out of the bus that had brought us from our hotel in Amman. As our shoes

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  nights that turned into early mornings. It marks two.. whole… years… I can ... gather in a big fancy place, eat fancy food, dance, and take a bunch of ... fancy. But in my case, I mostly ran around and took pictures (as displayed

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  -tasking! Weaving in and out of the constantly refreshing feed of life. I closed my ... days, I can't watch TV (a real TV) without internet on my lap. I can ... once in a while. OK I may be an Internet addict, but I am not alone

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Can you patch me through to the blimp? "Can you patch me through to the blimp?"

  

  So I can't take an ounce of credit for this artistic endeavor, but I ... calling our local Fox channel. I really wanted a live person to answer the phone so I could say, "Could you patch me through to the blimp

  • by Bryan
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  condensed it to a 8-page report? Where can I add it in the MIT application? Can I add it in Section 13 of the MIT Application ?(where they ask you ... .e. can I get credit fo EPGY courses and will they figure in the Admission

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  few things I can think of.. Things To Do While Waiting For College ... about your future. Then write a song about it. Preferably in the style of ... , Sunmi, if you're American in - Me: I'M IN THE SHOWER! GET OUT!

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  So I live in Burton Conner, like some other people, but I happen to ... one floor anywhere, or just the highest concentration of Jews in general ... a lot of them. I didn’t even know what being Kosher entailed besides

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008