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• Blog / IAP

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

  

  , Javascript, AJAX, server-side scripting, databases, SQL, and how to put them ... week starts on Monday, December 17. There are two standard responses to a stressful situation like this: fight or flight. The alternative is to combine

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  about the students' choices. With all respect to these students, I ... with the results. You decide where to apply and, ultimately, where to enroll. Colleges do decide whom to accept, but if you are smart about where

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  Tuesday, but it's dedicated to Tuesday, because on Tuesday morning I pulled ... prisoner was taken to the priest. The priest would watch in the night sky for the star of fire to reach the zenith. Once it did, the priest would

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  't tell you how happy I am that I don't have to do it, but walking two miles ... This entry was inspired by a Washington Post article about how the ... ready to clean months of caked-on food. I abhor washing dishes in our tiny

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a bachelor of science and a master of engineering. In which I make a Voltaire reference and the soup is a metaphor but luckily…

  

  minutes.   Let the soup cool enough that it is safe to handle. Food process ... cream. Stir the soup, bring it back to a boil, and season to taste

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 21, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  A Continuing Experiment in Cooperative Eating or, every food picture I have ever posted from pika

  

  , strange instrument concerts, and sitting in a dark room listening to music ... of the week's events; read/watch this if you want to know more about ... pancake I made to look like a turkey   lemon zest shortbreadá la

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  In my last entry, I left you with this teaser: "I will reveal the #1 place to watch the fireworks in my next entry." Without further ado... 1 ... awesomeness that make me glad to be at MIT (not to mention projects like this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  engineering and how many different people it takes to create a complete and ... , I'm trying to get better. We'll see how I do. ... entirely, I'm taking this time to recap what I did for the past several

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  the process, breaking it down to how it works, and how to do it to get ... aftercare. Her article goes by the catchy name 'How to dye your hair like an ... stories from anyone willing to share them. Cheers to everyone who

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  : "How does anyone know if you've visited a school before? Do you have to ... eligible for fee waiver.I didn't know how to solve it so I created another ... Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  to deliver someone a fatal blow. How could I possibly enjoy 1500 pages ... the invaders gestured for her to come out to the aisle. They crowded ... , they sprinted out of the room to thunderous applause. These charming men

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  efforts to understand how we can best evaluate academic readiness for all ... admission protocols should attend to how social class is...encoded in non ... diversity statement: "How much diversity is necessary to achieve our goals

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  immediately came to mind. the next step was figuring out how to get permission ... ceiling. the development process was uncertain; Karyn had no idea how to put together scaffolding or how to suspend 80 pound tanks, whether she

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Little Rectangles Thoughts from Junior spring

  

  were going at any given time. You just wanted to know how far you had run ... hit me how sad the whole situation was. The pset took me all night to ... How smart am I? I feel like I’ve asked myself this question a

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  the thoughtful gift. I say this to show how biased I was against Kaur ... writer.  How to be an Antiracist by Ibrahim Kendi: This book was ... .   The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help by

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  . Tally up how much you make in a month, subtract out anything you HAVE to ... Hard to believe July is nearly gone eh? Yup in just a few short ... fledged frosh and other alliterations! Want to eat ice cream on toast for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  in our lives—in this case, how to communicate more effectively via ... startups and how to make them work, especially the writings of Paul Graham ... most of the issues I run into aren't about how to solve a problem, but

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  work at MIT Admissions!? The kid who used to complain about how much you ... Last June, I returned to my former high school to present an ... 's not wrong. If you rewinded back to high school, a younger me (still just

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  They say that the best way to get something important done is to do ... room as a last resort to putting off psets, I buy groceries whenever I’m desperate to avoid blogging, and I blog whenever I should be studying. At the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  I often feel inspired when I least expect to. When I do feel ... for now, I’d like to share three pieces of advice. These three pieces of ... amazing mother repeated this to me almost every night as she tucked me in. I

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012