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• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  groups, and the first year is graded on a pass/no record system. While your ... uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote memorization, but rather if you truly understand the metrial. MIT is dedicated
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  ripening. The sky is full-bellied with sunshine. Still, we're on the verge of ... you can read below: With passion for both English and mathematics, I ... identity. In addition, I want to study the roles writing can play outside of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  more than most people take here. Especially on top of being the ... asleep during class. Everything carries an associated cost, and the key to ... the 2nd week of school. I love writing and didn’t get to take my writing

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updating my blogger bio because its no longer accurate

  

  home and am excited to see what the rest of these next four years will ... past month and i once emailed the ceo of nike asking him to make the air ... gesticulation, it’s the awkward kind. i whip and dab and milly rock [very poorly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 24, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  passengers simply sit back and relax. The tunnel beneath the English Channel ... small covering near the door. As you can see, I am completely drenched in ... inside the door, the ceiling began leaking on me. Needless to say, I got

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  MIT, and I thought, "OK, NOW I won't be the smartest kid in the class ... volunteer on the ambulance and...there are so, so many other aspects of my ... , "Aww, the freshmen are doing bio objectives!" and you immediately got all

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  can’t fully process the extent of how I am changing. When I’m on campus ... of who I am right now, the steadiness of who I used to be, and the ... ; I’m intimately familiar with the feeling of overworking and of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tomorrow is MacVicar day! Tomorrow is MacVicar day. See poster presentations by MIT students who have made an impact…

  

  showcases student research in our labs here on campus and in the field ... research and public service, and it would be wonderful if you could come to see the posters, talk to the students involved, and learn more about our

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  craze how a blog gets born

  

  ) or maybe those are just further down the line it can be a long life ... , inspiration strikes and fast   and it feels like the blog manifests itself through me as if it, itself, wants to get out into the world and I

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Events

  The Blogger’s Cut, Year One Some other first year memories captured in photos

  

  knowledge and the resources by which one can become educated. With all of us ... check out by noon on May 21st. Conveniently, this was the day after my ... depicting the National Library in Sarajevo, before and during a siege that

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 25, 2011
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  would be overhauling every aspect of my current life. On one hand, the ... would be leaving my only geographic home and removing myself from the ... Los Angeles, and I can’t wait to spend Thanksgiving with my family. At

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  up until 3 or 4am on a regular basis; you check, and sure enough, the ... sophomores do when we get stuck on chemistry pset problems, and help in the ... back. Instead, I'll turn and face the other way: at the freshmen and to-be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  ’s no permanent damage machines can record. And for the moment I ... dust gathers in the corners. The equipment is shaky and old, and there ... the room as I stretch, roll my shoulders, and approach the squat rack

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freedom isn’t free. ...but a biology minor is, sometimes.

  

  that uncommon." "No, parents are going to read this and be all, 'Oh good ... and strawberry and coffee and... wait, I can look them all up." "Okay, I ... great on your med school application! But eveen the regular old course 10

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  they not like and what do they absolutely love about it? Wouldn't it be great to actually be able to just stop someone in the middle of the ... radio shows that you'd find on NPR, and before taking this class I thought

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  on the internet and it was a wonderful experience to see what was out ... speech on the intricacy of Windows* and read this book to learn more. Me ... finish my last week in Austin relaxed. I'll be back on the 12th from Kansas!

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  interviewing students I had two people on my list with the same first and last ... be something new, but for others the meeting with your Educational Counselor (EC) may be the first interview you’ve ever had. Some of you may

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  .01 and/or 24.900, you can take most classes in the department. 5. Anon ... , professors are people too, and when they interact with each other they can be ... with the caveat that memories are believed to be strongly modified by

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• FAQ / Afford

  How much does MIT cost?

  Detailed information about tuition and fees, housing and dining, and books and personal expenses are broken down in detail here. If you have a ... Services online, by email at [email protected], or from their contact page.
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  insecurity and indecisiveness and become the person they were trying to be ... , and so on - but it also extended to non-academic endeavors as well. for ... can be a good way for you to meet new people, having acquaintances with

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023