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• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  back to the office to read applications for a while until 4:45pm or so ... picture two below. I ran out of MASLab down to room 10-250 to check out a ... .370 Robocraft competition); I think he wanted to find out how he could join the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a walk down memory lane in the form of albums

  

  that really captured my attention as a naive 5 year old. 6th Grade to 8 ... listened to a lot during this phase: Sugar High - Approaching Nirvana ... 7k can't remember.) As expected, here's the bands I listened to. A lot

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus According to Joel '10 from New House, we eat your babies.

  

  decided to do you one better and give you a bit of a dorm tour! So here are a few glimpses of the Haus. (The Haus/House spelling used to be an ... moved to a more central area of the building. Want a picture with a view

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  anecdotes. Find a reliable proofreader. Revise, revise, revise. Try not to ... to convince an admissions committee that you are a good fit for their ... . Fortunately, to make your life easier, MIT published a page about what it values

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  responding to the rare complaint from a listener"]programming co ... some media to glue together in the event that a virtual CPW [annotation ... admissions blogger alum Jackie M. '20 joined to provide a tour of the station

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  adjusting to my new schedule and new classes (also more on that in a later ... up in the Z Center. Here's a throwback to last year's career fair ... don't think I'll ever come close to grabbing more than 33 t-shirts in a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT campus lost power! Updates from a blacked-out physics colloquium.

  

  I happened to find myself looking at - OH, WAIT! He just brought up ... from other talks. It's a nice way to learn about miscellaneous topics ... energy into their cavity on their way through, corresponding to a specific

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  . They need to find a way to bring students in who otherwise would be ... to out-of-state private universities. These stories, I think, give a ... a trail for other students and earned a scholarship to a prestigious

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…

  

  a few weeks ago, and asked us to apply some of the concepts we learned ... last thing I want after a week of lectures is a lecture on “how to be a ... should give me a well-rounded introduction to engineering leadership.

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  ="Sort of. I'm probably sticking around a little longer to get a master ... surprised to find that most of that weird feeling lasted about 12 hours or ... 'm cataloguing them all for a blog post, but it's not ready yet; I want to collect

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  -control to only let the emotional floodgates open a little. I apologize in ... burnout. They seem to lose their motivation and desire after a few years in ... to a sense of motionlessness, that progress for women in the workplace

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  months. As this week comes to a close, so does MIT's week of finals. This ... they felt. Next semester, when the freshman class switches over to A ... friends from high school to catch up over a solid In-N-Out burger, because

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  announcements. But where to add value? Right now we're in a strange time. A time ... to decisions, can be answered by two things: having a little zen, and a ... , you will find a strong correlation. You will not be making a mistake

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  I try to attend at least one guest speaker talk a week (many of them ... reimburse us for taking a faculty member out to dinner, since they want to ... to the class the following email: Dear All: We’re hosting a very

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Deferred Applicants Q & A Have a question about your MIT EA deferral? Read on...

  

  working hard!) as well as a text box for any other updates you'd like to ... application. The Midyear Updates form is a simple text box, similar to an essay ... application was already strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  would be hard-pressed to find a piece of technology as varied in usability ... standardized American can to shame. It's a totally different cultural experience ... accustomed to all sorts of odd situations in lab, but it took a while to get

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  to take notes on and Café 4 for coffee. I find a seat in the back row ... am working on my novel, or making a sad attempt to work on my novel ... to multitask, which is almost never a good idea, and check my email

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  hurt a lot. I love love love finding sneaky ways to put in cardio and fun ... this class since it's a class I'm obligated to take rather than one I'd like to take. That being said, I did originally apply to MIT as a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  to get party hats, but I couldn't find any at the store, alas. Dorm choice I get the feeling that a lot of people find MIT's dorm choice ... temporary room. Don't unpack. (A good strategy is to pack a suitcase with a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I decided to write MIT a poem. It ... through lecture halls’ doors Proclaiming that they have a message of love to ... why You mean so much to me. Poor soul, poor soul You’re often scorned

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012