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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  classes, but not capable of taking four science classes (friend: "why are ... under the "Social Science" category of HASS). Ironically, at the end of ... of Economics - which functions like a science class, but with a better

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  like I was developing a sense of myself. That fall, I applied to a bunch ... , but the first episode I really remember watching was the night of ... Stewart was one of the people who helped me pick up the pieces and start to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  History. In Chicago, I visited the Field Museum and the Museum of Science ... of just helps me gauge my offers and remember my goals. Blog every ... coding conference (2020) - Accomplished. I had the great fortune of getting

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  conjunction with AP Computer Science and AP Calculus BC. Other examples: half of ... 's formal. Brian speculates: All my buddies tell me MIT is for a bunch of ... your liberal art courses and still have a good chance of making it in MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  to have you applying to MIT through QuestBridge. Here are some FAQs ... applying for the Match, check off that you are applying Early Action. You do ... will not have a full set of tests by the October testing date, what

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  November? Is this the universe saying it's proud of me?" I still don ... didn't know how to respond. My mom pulled me out of school after that, even though we had a couple of days before spring break. "Useless fucking

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  , there are more to come!] The title of this post is obviously a lie. There aren’t 500 days of summer, but I was too lazy to count how many there actually are. Also, summer is sort of nebulously defined for me as an MIT

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  fundamental particle of his universe is sugar. 4.Lowercase Greek letters all ... urge to say, “Can't we all just relax?” (The same applies for mention of ... repeat that for emphasis. Conflicts. With. Lunch, the refuge of covert

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  -senior" status) to finish up a degree. I'm excited to be taking advantage of this ... yeah, and to get an MIT degree. After four years, I've completed neither ... change of scenery is refreshing and jumpstarts my mind to continue working

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  of tests, homework, and projects that inevitably follows CPW. To temporarily satiate your craving for reading about MIT while watching half of my ... buddy Tiffany, a Course I junior with a terrifyingly robust sense of work

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  offer. Of course, with P-Sets and all, it is easy to get caught up in your ... As one of my “Treat. Yo. Self.” presents for my birthday, I got 3 ... ’t just want to assemble one-thousand pieces to see some cartoon image of

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• FAQ / First-year application

  May high school juniors apply?

  a small number of applications from young students who have outgrown their high school curriculum and feel ready for college. We have a lot of ... to our email list without any commitment to apply for admission.
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  went into a lab in the secret sub-basement of Building 66, pressed "on ... , thermodynamically, electrically, and philosophically. So, twenty hours of MATLAB and ... graduate I.M. Pei, is built in the shape of a 30-60-90 right triangle

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One more baby blogger Or blogger baby? I don’t know, is it the same?

  

  definitely doesn’t have a coherent point of view or an extensive blogging ... daughter, and as far as I know, she’s the first of Blogger Generation 2 ... , ok, great, thanks. She is already pretty excited about science, at

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  It’s that time of year again. I remember it well. I intended to ... . However, the following are mostly general study tips that could be applied ... -minute cramming for that week of IB exams, SAT Subject tests, the June SAT (is that

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  before my senior year of high school, I went to meet with the IB ... strategy. I presented her with my list of colleges, mostly state schools with a few oddball private schools thrown in there. Nothing on the level of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I applied to MIT! For many of you applying EA, the deadline is fast approaching! I ... applying to something as competitive as MIT. I entered a period of heavy self

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  very nice and made me much less scared of applying to MIT. I also ... happened since; I'm sure I could write pages of excuses about why I haven ... personal yet protective of my friends' and family's privacy, and I refused to

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  science of Doctor Who Probabilistic reasoning during mental disorders The ... fiction (and reality?) Evolution of popular beard styles Universals of human ... a whirlwind of learning. I've blogged about teaching at these events

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  chapter of the University of Washington, nicknamed "Phi Pools". One of our ... /25: University of Washington Today I learned that University of Washington is ... of being in a fraternity is visiting chapters at other universities

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017