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• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  of this whole trip. Basically, it answers why and how we did it. Now ... , really long tunnel. It felt endless. After a groggy night of half ... long it would take us to get from A to B. Even if we practiced biking

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  exactly how many tests I failed freshman year. I know it was at least three ... , this page will show a list of HASS-Ds with open seats. Although it does ... class, it gets recorded on your transcript merely as a "P". If you get a D

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tour of Phonology, Part 1 fənɛtɪks ɪz fʌn!

  

  vocal cords vibrate when producing it. A consonant is unvoiced if the vocal cords do not vibrate when producing it. Here is a diagram that might ... describe, the best way to think of it is further back behind the alveolar

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 12, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  introduction CJ: Gods, how did this start again? Alan: Are we really ... other way we know how to write a joint post. Alan: …ok. So, anyways, what ... knowledge of MIT’s campus and all its many quirks. Their blog also has a lot

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  a message board for an irrationally long time, it’s probably me ... , “Grass. I lied about the wheels. Ha!” It’s the epitome of the anti ... . How could I resist the intersection of my two loves, biology and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  . Whatever. It ain't the same. For those of you who don't remember me: hi ... of the Sport Death shirt that at this point it's probably cheaper to just turn myself into a giant skull. Long story short, I loved living

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  , it's not...that great. But I digress. I actually wrote the bulk of ... objects and the ones that make it into our eyes are the ones that comprise ... 'd waste a lot of computation because most photons wouldn't end up making it

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  , you will do well, as long as you put your mind to it. ♥ As Anjali '12 ... didn't get in: I have a story for you! And hopefully, it'll make you feel ... . Rejection hurts - there's no doubt about it. But it hurts less if you take a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  It's October. Cambridge is cozily snuggled into the cusp of a cold ... (in My Shattered Nerves)” and “8.012 Took My Soul (and Graded It and Gave It Back to Me on Tuesday)”. You guessed it: MIT just dumped its

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  cavorting days as a young'n, and not like how I half think I'll be back in ... . Mostly, it's that it's entirely centered around getting that 5. Maybe that ... expensive prep classes. The supposed reward of credit was long forgotten

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year in Review blogs, bhangra, and a baby monkey

  

  I love the holiday season, but not for its parties and food, its celebration and decorations, or its gift-giving and well wishing. I love it more for its signal of the year coming to an end and the promise of the new

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  , though, I know how hard it can be to clean up and take care of yourself ... long way, and it's definitely made this summer a lot smoother than I ... same apartment as the Massachusetts home.  Everyone tells you it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  "]two other people,[/annotation] and I’m really excited to see how it’ll turn ... Activities Period—this glorious month of fun classes and activities. It’s kind ... things during it. Some of my friends chose to have an extended winter break

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  a hard-ass (which, to a certain extent, is true). It took me a long ... months ago. But I don’t think it’ll feel real until May, when, by some ... come out of me. Lol.” How do I distill the last 15 years into one

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  have heard of a liberal arts school down the road. It’s got buildings of ... bear its name are sold everywhere from the airport to Boston Commons ... variety of humanities classes.  Don’t get me wrong, MIT has its share of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Revolution Some really cool things are happening in Boston

  

  love the American Revolution. I find it so inspiring that the colonists ... Residential Exploration, but it should really stand for Rambunctious Exhibition because it pretty much entails every dorm trying to show off its culture in

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 12, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  just had was to write something along these lines and send it to the CEO ... our customer," and MEAN it this time. I could tell you a story about a ... . No, it's not possible. I don't care if they say it needs to be done. I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  Delivery, from its initial conception to its pandemic cancellation to its ... attend because of my gap year. But first, some history: MIT began its ... as a rite of passage. It's a celebration of reaching the halfway point

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  own feel for how you will do at MIT.  Sure, it's nice to maybe meet up ... .  I made some of my best friends during CPW, and I'M SO EXCITED THAT IT ... that makes us happy :)  It is helping us get through this tough week, and

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

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  before. What was my fault was the fact that it took me so long to figure ... a long time, wondering whether "open it" was the wrong answer. I went ... with my editing, probably, since a lot of it had taken place in the early

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010