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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hitting Rewind on 2013 a summary of posts I never ended up writing from IAP till now

  

  Houston. For the next two weeks, all I did was read at Barnes and Noble (I ... . At the beginning of January, I flew back to Boston for a month ...  externship program is a pretty cool opportunity for MIT students to take advantage of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Current State of Mind ewoufbwu iyfh[things I must do]w39478ry3927rhiwf83tr

  

  Verdes, looking for my debit card with which to pay for my peanut-butter cup cookie ... and covered themselves in ink as well. Yay! >.< For the sake of ... , how I'm going to China for a week over the summer, how sometimes I feel

  • by Ana V. '15
  • May 6, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  , humans, and pigs, but it has been more widespread than H1N1 for the past ... got vaccinated! For free! Every year, MIT administers the seasonal flu shots for free to students, employees, and dependents. Last month’s clinic

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  consistently for the past two weeks, and I’ve realized that after 2 years, I finally feel prepared for the rain. I come from a place where rain means that you can wait inside for 10 minutes, and then it will stop. I had

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  , I had Orientation at the Broad Institute for my UROP there - which ... on writing!) to compare a bunch of genetic sequences. For three hours ... Python programming. So far we've gone through functions, conditionals, for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  a hack! For those of you just tuning in, a "hack" at MIT is clever ... interesting physical and logistical challenges for their perpetrators. As you ... , no one really knows for sure who executed the hack, but I figure some

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  paper or musical staffs, so that you can actually use them for something, instead of just killing trees. They're also useful for clothing, as Ruth ... header page for scap paper and thrown it into the recycling bin earlier

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  I've been promising an entry specifically for homeschooled applicants and other interested parties for a long time now; this is an early ... from our applicants. At MIT, we do not have separate requirements for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  Now that it's high season for interviews (especially for you early ... same values, was quite different from the MIT I would come to know (for ... fine place. So perhaps the lesson for this paragraph is, don't judge a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Homestuck Day! and advice about college decisions / cpw

  

  This is your reminder that your reason for choosing a college doesn ... [/caption] April 13 is special for me because it's Homestuck Day, and Homestuck is ... . If you're here for CPW, maybe something that happens today will be part

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  I made an AI write most of this post because I forgot I needed to post this week

  

  I didn't know what to write this week, so I made GPT-3 do it for me ... give it. For example, this is the prompt I gave GPT-3. This is a great idea for a blog post. Unfortunately, I'm in the mood to post about very

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  time. worrying for the sake of worrying. it feels like such an ... over Y will make the people advocating for Y sad or disappointed in me ... get this feature written. you're planning for futures that won't happen

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  on campus taking two classes for credit. Since just about every weekday ... overshot the :35 that I was going for, and I was too impatient to go back and ... cooking for myself this month. I bought a lot of soup. A tad too much most

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Events

  East Campus Rush 2014: RAW SCIENCE There shall be no entertainment or amusement in our courtyard, only roller coasters

  

  banners for most halls in East Campus! As you can see, it is a really exciting time of year for the denizens of East Campus. We are excited for our new prefrosh and about the build

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  I have been at MIT for the past year, and it has been nothing short of an adventure. For instance, I came here straight from the country: had never seen a taxi, had never been on a subway (except for the one at

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  dressed up for the occasion The students have been working on their siege weapons this week in preparation for the pig battle ... majestic setting for the king pig An impressive-looking air cannon, ready

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions available online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  who applied to MIT this year were excellent matches for MIT, and most ... excellent applicants to bring together a class. I know I speak for all of the ... that much harder. Thank you for applying! We'll have more to say about

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  February updates Midyear grades and more.

  

  admissions process. We have received approximately 15,600 applications for ... , it is too late for any supplemental materials to be considered by the ... calling your school to get them. For other students whose grades have been

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Extended to January 3 We have extended the RA deadline. Happy Holidays!

  

  MIT Admissions has extended the deadline for applying for regular ... deadline, the longer it will take our records office to process and for it to ... application materials, please be patient as you wait for it to appear on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for the holidays, I'll try…

  

  With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for ... that January 1 is the submission deadline for students applying for ... deadline, the longer it will take our records office to process and for it to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2008