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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  in Political Science. Two and a half years ago, after graduating again ... time due to mental health issues, but I’m thriving, and I’m a health ... recap of what I did between graduating and becoming a full-time artist (in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  IAP trip to the natural history museum! turns out nature's history is pretty cool

  

  answers to, so a docent would've been nice; and in contrast to the glass ... choice for several trips I took to Boston in high school, and we never got ... was a semi-sullen teenager, who was maybe not exactly thrilled to be on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  a read, because I give an in-depth account of how I managed to ... application than to sit in a classroom for 3 hours on a Saturday and pay someone ... important points in there. A common question I get a lot was articulated by

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  campus to discover there's been a hack in Lobby 10! The hack is two giant ... to choose, but almost all of our students choose a major and find ... 't know if MIT has a wind tunnel, but if they do, I want to put bikes in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  reevaluating everything we had done in high school to try to find that *one ... comparing ourselves to others we knew of that got in. We just thought a lot ... up to only a small sample of MIT experiences, painted a beautifully

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  manage your time, certainly, that crucial skill you can show off in a job ... 't be surprised to hear that writing an essay or studying for a midterm ... taken up already, you'll be surprised to find that without time you, and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  'm just getting a stick figure to "walk", but we in the research world like ... allows undergraduates to work with professors and in research labs to ... really valuable and people find the best ways for them to spend their time

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  .[/annotation] In the end, I think there is more to crochet than stitches. It's a ... appealing pieces and a better life. You'll know how to gauge for success in ... store in Cambridge?[/annotation] To whom will I bestow crocheted gifts

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  sticker stories adorned on my water bottles

  

  did manage to find the bottle in the corners of old photos! Pardon the ... still in the luggage area, submitted item retrieval paperwork to the ... . I've made it a point to never buy a sticker for my bottles. I just use

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  more. I was fortunate that my family decided to take a vacation in New ... Counselor on-hand or schedule a 20-minute appointment to speak one-on-one with ... :30 am A panel of current MIT parents will be on hand to share their

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  is designing a skintight spacesuit akin to the one in the movie. I ... folder of resumes in the hopes of getting a dream job. There are always ... weekend, a group of hall residents went to see The Martian. It was awesome

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

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

  

  very incorrect. We went to a camp in the middle of the desert that was ... Summer guest post series* A few dozen children stand fidgeting in lines ... ’s a myriad of expressions on their different faces that I’m trying to

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

  an infinite nine year old and the infinite nineteen year old he became

  

  Ethiopia to the United States a few years before I was born, so their entire ... professor at a college in Dallas—had a conference in a city far north from our ... bags (I think I was still young enough to share a suitcase with Raiye

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  find someone who lived nearby to stash it so that I'd be able to get in ... dessert in the North End, which is Boston's Italian district. We went to a ... my camera to the concert (which was held in our gym). It turns out that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  is a somewhat privileged position to be in (and given some of those ... . Though in general, it’s a good idea to keep taking HASS classes, at least ... class. This is due to a few reasons: Firstly, I have never had a semester

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  , but I miraculously passed and am now a teeny bit closer to graduating ... International Development Network, a community network developed to promote and ... Development Lab (D-Lab), whose trips to other countries in January (reread) are

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  There are two books in my backpack right now. The first is a little ... class here at MIT, because I have always wanted to travel to a Spanish speaking country, perhaps for a MISTI or a GTL over IAP. It’s one thing to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  time, I didn’t really know what it meant to have a job in robotics. I ... most familiar with or have a Bachelors in, does not necessarily have to ... ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ1DaQgg3lE[/embed] I tend to be in a strange spot — mechanical and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  't being spent taking a minicourse, going to a country in Africa, or becoming ... the most part, I'm about to find out just what there is to do in this ... walked to 7-11 in the biting cold like only a crazy person should. With

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  a fire alarm and have everyone in my dorm freeze to death in the ... scarves arriving in a box that literally said “CHEMICAL TEXTILE” in big bold ... little arguing I could do to change her mind. Clearly, I needed a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025