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• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  with my friend (who goes to Brown University) as all the cars began to ... of video. I was definitely busy, filling up most hours of my days with ... feelings tend to sneak into my experiences at MIT, but I think I've found

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  and willing. As regards me and my decision to be premed, I had few ... . But I didn't want to be the guy who was estimating my position in the class, relative to how other friends were doing on exams and p-sets. I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  governing factors to guide my list-making besides "I'm just going to list a ... come up with my Elizabeth's Totally Objective Song Summerness Equation ... " by Beirut: This is by far my favorite song that I've been listening to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  my friend Megan B.’s ’12 excitement (she is one of the few ... It’s hard to believe that I am now in the latter half of my college ... copious amounts of work I have to complete. I am thoroughly enjoying my

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  and boy are my arms tired." (rim shot) But seriously, I have been on the ... that my seat could be used as a floatation device even though the entire ... Tucson native inhabitant; the rattlesnake. There I am in the middle of my

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  all your responses to the lynn/lonn/line poll. My high school math ... its throat, but I never got that opportunity. I had a friend named Lynn ... , yeah? I'm Lynn. What's your name?" Sam: "Oh, nice to meet you. My name

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  (although in my hometown bedroom community of NYC, people were buying pallets ... house to buy in my new town, go on a big adventurous trip to Asia, and ... getting lots of responses to my applications, did several phone interviews

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  . My friend (and one of my favorite people) Caroline M. '18 wrote the ... importance of taking time periodically to think about my vision of the ideal ... .” My roommate Olga said this to me in our room after my rendition of

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  subjects, and that will help inform your decision. One of my friends, for ... 't offered at my school. Does that eliminate my chances of being accepted to ... . Will you edit my application essays? - A HS sophomore asked

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  waterjetting sheet metal to make precise, elegant parts; thanks to my friend Emma ... awesome shop guys (particularly Bill and Tasker). I built my first gearbox ... receiver on it.  It's not pretty, but it drives. At the end of lab, my

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  both so difficult and very effective. Then, below, you can read my more ... manage, or work with friends and piece together your bits of knowledge ... calculus and talking about summations. In my experience, a lot of the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  platform, and I met a lot of my friends here at MIT through SSP. The ... . computer science, my old friend. i haven't seen you in ages [caption id ... where I feel like a lot of my STEM background amounted to nothing, since

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  fraternities, I'm basing everything primarily on my fraternity. The two dozen ... how much my opinion matters or would apply to future students, but here ... 't mean you're "paying for friends," nor does not getting a bid during Rush

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  the winter of my sophomore year, LaVerde's permanently closed its doors ... Concord Market. I thought my on-campus grocery store dreams were over: no ... on test day, no more yummy snacks to gift my soccer teammates. I had

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final projects from the fall three coding projects and an alien in disguise

  

  ratings were high, but it ended up being one of my favorite classes that I ... ="attachment_108640" align="aligncenter" width="550"] My favorite pset was about ... presentation Nora (one of my roommates from freshman year) and I teamed up to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Events

  dogg number there is no one better to be than myself!

  

  among my friends for the past year, mostly because when I found it, I was ... 'm hunched over my computer trying to finish my work as I mumble, sounding half-dead, "I get better every single day..." My roommates and I decided to join

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 20, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  ’s overused, I think, to the point of meaninglessness. I don’t want my friendships to be beautiful, I don’t even know what that means. I want my friendships to thrive on mutual compassion, trust, honesty; my best friend from

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  been one of my favorite Christmas songs. You can read the lyrics here ... . Mario Kart? I have five friends whom I've never beaten. Heck, even yoyos ... 's worth doing, no matter how good or bad you are at it. And that's my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  intentional change, those of which I’m currently facing in my own life.  I ... the person they were taught to be by their family, their friends, their ... that conflicted with everything I’d ever believed about me and my

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  , this is my dream. I watched the first To All The Boys I've Loved Before ... off my 6.009, 6.08, and CMS.100 work JUST TO TALK ABOUT THIS MOVIE ... my seat, kicked out my legs, bawled, sobbed, screamed, laughed, and so

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020