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  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  ? still don't know?] 3. This major is [big? small? skip this question?] 4 ... . People tend to think Course 6 and Course 2 are big majors, Course 1 and 3

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  things as they come to me. :P I graduated with a 4.7 GPA from MIT, or 3 ... obscure books, okay - but no more than that. 3. Use your resources wisely ... advance, so you can ask your TA if needed (not frantically 3 AM the night

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  you should do this week in 3 easy steps (results not guaranteed, though ... that it is not in my job description to deal with. 3) Read over your

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  you that I probably have about 3.5 years left. (Hopefully.) My lab ... on his office's 3D printer (picture, which does not really do justice

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  came out and the sky cleared around 3:30. (Whew!) We were married at ... 't arrive until about 3:25, the officiant mentioned during the ceremony that I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  of THALIDOMIDE. 3. Fluorine is a TERRIBLE nucleophile. Despite the 59 ... , Sam, come to my office at 3:00. Best, Wayne." Or, worse yet, they use a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  -top programs. You likely need above a 3.0 (although one of my favorite professors ... GPA isn't as important as research experience. Period. I have a 3.5, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  I've been blacksmithing for just shy of a year. This fall, I took 3 ... ="attachment_84090" align="alignnone" width="300"] look at how 3-D the leaf is ... excited by dragon-making, my favorite new skill from 3.096. [caption id

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  this is by dressing up! My living community, 3E in Next House, decided to wear our Danger Third Rail (how 3E is affectionately referred to) t ... , 3E went to get waffles and then went back to next. Yesterday, we went

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  high 65% Type 6 wing 3 or 4 “Robert Downey Jr. is an ENFP, so I have the ... %) Agreeableness - high (100%) Neuroticism - moderate (43%) Type 2 wing 3 ... %), Neuroticism - moderate (53%) Type 2 wing 3 “I love pigs and collect them. Doesn

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  !” I pulled out six more coins, and arranged them in a 3x3 grid. The ... A’s Name). (Clan Name 1), (Clan Name 2), (Clan Name 3), (Clan Name 4 ... : Man A: Clan 1A, Clan 2A, Clan 3A, Clan 4A Woman B: Clan 1B, Clan 2B

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  Student Support Services (S3), who coordinates the readmission process for ... Center, but today it’s been co-opted by S3 and MIT Medical and other ... .2%, respectively[3]), but it still means 16% of students won’t graduate in the

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  to keep the fire burning when it’s 3 am and you’re pipetting instead of ... able to honestly articulate it. 3. Do research and/or work to discover ... if you’re gone 3+ years. 4. MIT was the most helpful in figuring out

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  , screaming at like 3 am, etc. Along the Charles facing Boston: The most ... the good times. Media Lab 3rd floor atrium: I LOVE this place. The ... , saddest walk of shame to the Martin Trust Center at 3 am because I still had

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  idea Sabrina blogged about in the past too.  I've lifted 3-4 days a week ... ="57013" image2="57017" image3="57016" image4="57019" image5="57012" image6 ... old habits, lifting 3-4 days a week. After a slow start from the time

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  ). Sidequest 3: Collect 60 free t-shirts. I have a bare minimum of 10 free t ... those plans - I declared myself as Course 6-3 (computer science) a few

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  fascination for bodies of water (Charles River <3), and returning to the ... : http://www.wi-phi.com/contributor/agustín-rayo. P.P.S: Season 3 of MIT's own Science Out Loud YouTube series is now ...  "How Do Braces Work?" The complete Season 3 of Science Out Loud can be found

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  . For instance: “I’m thinking 18C.” “Leaning towards 8.” “Probably 6-3 ... 3 seems pretty cool.” I guess for most people, it’s not such a hard ... prospective 6-3 diploma. My initial attitude was something like, you got this

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  issue?" 3:30am: After putting off World and Nation until the last ... for any final errors. 3:33am: Around this time, Ethan thanks me for ... left? 3:45am: Everyone's gathered around the main table looking at all

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  :30am and 3am. While not always effective, when I need to do something, I will wake up. So, at around 3am, after six snoozes on three different ... and continued to work on my essay. At 3am, in commemoration of reaching

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010