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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point ... . Let me be frank: If you were to look at my external transcript, you ... you squeak by with an A- for a term in one class, but if you got, say, a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  It's been a long time since my last Q&A post - sorry for the delay ... . :-) ------------------------------------- If I would like to play for an athletic team, should I contact the coach before I apply to MIT or just (if i get in) show up for tryouts? And

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  I am, I got to Boston's South Station at 10:28 AM ready to depart for ... crash for a day. At thirty dollars round trip for a weekend, it's really a ... lottery (for Avenue Q), gourmet French Fries, Taboo, Mitra and I got TO SEE

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 Pt.2 lecture videos go brr

  

  . There are few projects I have worked on at MIT that have truly defined my ... videos for this course have come out on MIT OpenCourseWare, right here! I ... interesting too. Look at some of the cool things you can do while at MIT! I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  earned at the end of sophomore year but premiered early during spring ... of 12 people chosen at the end of freshman year to represent the class ... at MIT, Mitra '07 was a member of her class's RingComm. It's all kind

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  Laureate Frank Wilczek. Wilczek won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 at the age of 53 for work he did at the age of 21, while a graduate student at

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  O, GRE Battle The best of the worst entry I ever wrote.

  

  : -I am not a chapstick addict, but I carry two tubes on me at all times ... stick is the greatest invention since written language -while cramming for ... 'll have to leave the others here at the desk"), tissues ("Yeah, that rule

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 14, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  , reach out to us at 617.253.3400 or email us at ... are unable, to apply for Early Action, please remember that there is no benefit or advantage in doing so, and you should feel at ease applying
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  nostalgic enough song to go at the end of the documentary for the closing ... shit at MIT. Seeing as I didn't end up as a pure engineering major, my ... advocating for one side. I chose to do my video on MIT's closed campus policy

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  , and I’ll probably read another book after finals. For now, here are the ... . Learning and understanding my faith was one of my goals for the year, and ... English and Amharic, so it was nice for me to review a little bit of my

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  starting at zero is good enough for thermodynamics, it's good enough for ... experience for the first time again.”) Could it be that by dining at the world ... waited for the bus from NYC to Boston in a cramped doorway whose grimy

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  By Omar Abudayyeh '12 While I’m not cool enough to enroll at MIT on an iTouch or to dedicate myself to MIT for four years weeks before CPW, I am cool enough to now say, “I am enrolled at MIT!” In fact, I just

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  for the pain, and I'll be able to sleep at night pain-free. After the ... back to freshman year. I'm all on my own, at college, and I am stressed ... technical classes at MIT. I'm a crazy person. So I tried to find ways to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  I can`t wait to start writing more about life at MIT, but since I ... hike. I was in a strange mood. I`m a student at one of the most ... the pace of life, the thirst for knowledge and the search for new ideas

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  brass plated in the MIT Lab for Metallurgy. Just kidding! ('ll be here all ... memories from the sophomore class' first two years at the 'Tute. This has ... . The beaver is noted for his engineering and mechanical skills and habits

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  support students living in cook-for-yourself communities. As you'll read below, Elizabeth '13 and I were modestly involved at the beginning of that ... on all weekdays. On the flip side, there are cook-for-yourself dorms

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  out for the day or had left early (at noon!). What's that? You'll just ... : I said "BRB, homework", and it took a week. That's not unusual, for ... about keeping a car in the city. I love to drive; I've for a long time

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  for my Science Writing class, taking field trips to MIT's Wallace ... classes can't be special. My astrophysics class is, for example, very useful ... signed up for the latter along with half of MIT, because how could anyone

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  .99% - 100. At one point, I actually went online and searched for the "right ... Seeing all the parents converge on MIT campus for Family Weekend ... 're still with them. This is especially true for all you high school seniors

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  important. This is obvious when simply writing it, but at least for me, it ... balance. I wish to conduct myself in a mature manner at my workplace, for ... given, is at least common enough. I hoped my intellect and my abilities

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015