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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  So, grade reports at MIT are not super complicated. When you go online to look at your grades you might see the familiar A ... symbols where your letter grades should go. For me, these were: O

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  At 9:50 last night, Lucas ‘14 and I were walking through Building 14 ... he is very strong, so I pointed at him and announced that “he’s very ... for the locking mechanism to work, so I called instructions through the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  Boston for the summer. One fistfight later*, I landed in DC, fully resolved ... seconds to waste. *Not my own. While I waited for my connecting flight in ... ? These people couldn't pick a better place for that? My friend Spencer

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  . As they are making plans for their future I am overwhelmed at all the ... 150. At the same time, I bid the Class of 2011 goodbye with the promise ... campus for their 5th reunion and I would be here once again for my 30th. My

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  went off to distant lands for the summer are finally coming home, and ... orientation (safe travels for the rest of you arriving over the weekend!).  It'll be a time for some new adventure before classes start.  Boston is to be

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  This week has been a battle for all of us – I just finished my Multivariable final this morning; let us waddle in the Aftermath for a little bit ... , looking for answers – why you were rejected, deferred, or accepted, how you

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  reports about their meetings with you. For some of you, an interview may not be something new, but for others the meeting with your Educational ... contact information for your EC is to log in to your my.mit.edu account

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  every party at MIT is as strangely awesome as, for example, Fifth East ... cancer, and otherwise having no fun at all. I know this is a common ... same thing. Fortunately for all of us, MIT has a remarkably strong

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] Here at MIT, you can find students pursuing hobbies of all kinds – acting in the Musical Theater Guild, for ... stories for Rune, MIT's student-written and published literary magazine

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  the Media Lab, which was great for waking me up at 5am back in the fall ... for seniors) right now. My walls are an uninteresting shade of white. I ... for the holidays. I had other plans for break, but they fell through, so

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  As I sit back and reflect on my four years at MIT, I would like to ... takes advantage of. For example, you can borrow a laptop, read MIT Alumni ... learned from them and used them to confirm that I wasn't ready for graduate

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  ? At least for me, I would be so excited that I could barely sleep the night before. My clothes were laid out for me, my lunch would be packed ... new school year, I saw V for Vendetta last night at the LSC (MIT's very

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  with the crazy hair in 7D. (At least you HAVE hair for them to set on ... waving parents and sister and dog, you head for the burritos, and you ... to the stand and stare at the lady's name tag, mentally willing Angela

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  then go to them for free and pretend that I'm promoting socialization ... whatnot. MORAL OF THE ENTRY: You can be pre-med at MIT, but you'll have to ... enthralling, but then for the rest of the game the ring of monitors is just used

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [guest post] time passes from spirit island a board game that i picked up 3 years ago is now my life

  

  spirit island at et. floorpi was more convenient for all of us, but et ... 've[/annotation] known cj for 3.5 years now. though the first 6 months it was very much not ... i remember from looking at data, he at least got pretty close. one

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  listings. For a visual tour-de-SHASS, you can also stare at this gorgeous ... subjects, but economics at MIT is different from AP Macro, and disciplines like CMS/STS are rarely offered at high schools. So this list can help

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  -In As we gear up for the second STARS (Small-Town and Rural Students)@MIT Fly ... specifically from rural and small-towns to experience life at MIT and gain ... behind the scenes to open applications and plan for the Fall 2025 STARS

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  to now and forever

  

  been my friend for the past thirteen years, came and spent the weekend at ... that felt so blatantly grown, adultish. Hosting an old friend at my one ... wouldn't know) and stood up for each other when we needed to. He was the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 15, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  planned for 2020, but regardless I think it's good to always set goals! Gym ... - Accomplished! This past summer I had the great opportunity to work at Microsoft and I'll be working there next summer as well! Read at least 5 books

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  ’ll remember for the rest of my life - sitting on the beach at 3 am, surrounded ... actually are. Also, summer is sort of nebulously defined for me as an MIT ... could! I also put a decent amount of time aside for having a lot of fun

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018