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• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  For the the first time ever, we spent a prolonged period of time ... semesters, and are doing that this semester (more on this in the next blog about our classes!)"]spending-most-of-the-hours-of-the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  well. Note on Update: this post has been updated with a section on the new Pilot 2021 optional meal kit plan. The appendix also compares it to ... Update: although Pilot 2021 was canceled, I'm leaving the section about it

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Splash. Was. Awesome. I taught: 3 classes, 5 sections, 246 kids.

  

  coffee shop, sipping an Earl Grey/white chocolate infusion and putting the ... their parents in the Infinite Corridor - the former are bouncy and the ... figure out where the heck they're going. Our hallways aren't the easiest to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  In Matt's recent entry about the movie 21, he mentioned that he found ... 't seen the movie yet, but I would find it hard to believe that the ... forgo the opportunity to decorate their room - especially in dorms like

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  These are the decisions you’re looking for. 2022s are happening

  

  log in using the same username and password that you use to sign into ... visit the verify page and enter your username and password. The verify ... on the forgotten username or password links beneath the login box on

  • by Decisions Droid
  • March 7, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Keep your eyes to the skies this Pi Day 2019s are happening

  

  decisions are released, access decisions.mit.edu and login using the same ... will receive a decision online, please visit the verify page and enter your username and password. The verify page is available now for

  • by Decision Drone
  • March 6, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Making A Splash on July 4: The Celebration in Photos July 4th - A Photo Essay

  

  all about the BBQ and fun with friends. I took in the action from Baker ... the day. And also, for more on July 4, check out Matt's Blog. Videos ... experience watching the fireworks and knowing what elements would yield what

  • by Bryan
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  this time we had a thing where the students who write for us, and also students who went to this school in the past and used to write for us, could write only in words besides the words that most people in this place use

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  These are the droids you’re looking for (on Pi Day) beep boop boop BEEEEEP

  

  . When decisions are released, access decisions.mit.edu and login using the ... ensure that you will receive a decision online, please visit the verify page and enter your username and password. The verify page is available

  • by Decisions Droid
  • March 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  My hometown is a real-world manifestation of the phrase "the wrong side of the tracks." In fact, I'm from the wrong side of TWO tracks. In Middletown, NJ, the residents on the south side of Highway 35 look down on the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show! All the way across the world

  

  Sheng Ler Mei. The show is targeted towards college students, and ... ...etc. etc.). Back in May, they invited MIT to appear on the show, and they invited three MIT alums to be the panelists - Berta (Matt's friend, from '00

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  14 years later what I've been up to in the past one-seventh of a century

  

  , and the rise of LLMs like the one writing this blog post, the years 2011 ... I took the path of least cranial activity and applied to physics ... D programs as well as the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  The school year has begun again. I’m glad to report that some things never change: aside from all the frosh complaining about [annotation note="yeah the number system sucks"]why building 26 is bunched between 12 and 36

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  this happens; It’s probably some combination of the pressure to be happy and the painful awareness that you are almost certainly less happy than you ought to be.  For the past few years, birthdays have also just been

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  class and study it. This week, we focused on the importance of names and the power of them, having to write a rap about our chosen rap names ... ?si=2eec3094e95a4346[/embed] I really leaned into Lauryn Hill's The

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  thought this would be a good idea because I enjoy the entire process of ... curated Spotify playlists. I was, however, a bit hesitant about the ... -generated playlists are starting to freak me out[/caption] there also was the issue of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  Hi all! You may have encountered Arcturus, the robo-boat team, at the ... , and to spread the word (and learn more about Arcturus myself), I’m doing a Q&A with the team captain Audrey Chen! All photos by Audrey

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Friday Night, Off-Campus Style come along on our evening of fish and wine

  

  that has assignments [annotation note="truly the worst"]due Friday at midnight,[/annotation] Friday nights bring the freedom of having no impending deadlines. The only struggle is picking something to do. With so many good

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything again & again my senior iap

  

  This is just one in the onslaught of many posts to come about what the bloggers did during their IAP (aka Independent Activities Period ... which I stole the title of this post. Freshman year I was busy taking

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  As the November 1 Early Action deadline approaches, we have been ... , and civil unrest around the globe, just to name a few. This is, alas, not new: as I blogged last year in the wake of Hurricane Michael

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019