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  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  wondering if you knew anyone at MIT that is vegetarian. Are there any special arrangements for vegetarians??" mudfud again comes to my rescue: "There are ... can get quite a wide variety of vegetarian food (and nonveg for that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  start volunteering at a local hospital. Nurse: Birth date? Me: 31 October ... , at the elementary school where I volunteer on Tuesday afternoons. My ... to see fizzing water. They can drink soda for that. Feeling a little

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  thinking about writing a blog post about advice for high school seniors but I ... I approached the prompts and my writing will be useful fodder for your essays. For the tl;dr, scroll to the bottom to get my general takeaways

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  I usually reserve these kinds of posts for life-changing classes, the ... I steadfastly stuck to...at least I did until this class. I talked to ... . I was extremely excited for all of these papers, albeit a little

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  units, here at MIT because that really is my limit. But I always start off the semester at around 5 or 6 and in those next two weeks or so I drop ... understand, and ready for change. Topics include specifications and invariants

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  soon as possible after grades are available for the fall semester or ... available for classes you’ve taken in your current academic year. I am no ... form out? The form has fields for you to report your coursework and

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  available for the fall semester or second quarter. (If your school uses a ... provide any and all grades available for classes you’ve taken in your ... . Got it. Ok, how do I fill this form out? The form has fields for you to

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  available for the fall semester or second quarter. (If your school uses a ... provide any and all grades available for classes you’ve taken in your ... . Got it. Ok, how do I fill this form out? The form has fields for you to

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  after grades are available for the fall semester or second quarter. (If ... available for classes you’ve taken in your current academic year. I am ... fill this form out? The form has fields for you to report your

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  nigh un-un-packable. So here's my shot at giving you the blog equivalent ... -solutions into one more refined package. It's a great job for me, as it's goal ... better at time management, but that's deserves it's own entry). As of July

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  asked to design a prototype car for the nonprofessional weekend autocross ... has been on campus for five years. Schools that have been in the competition for many years generally only make minor adjustments to the original

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  All the food in my cabinet Like an unboxing, but an uncabineting

  

  , but it's got a pretty good cabinet setup, with plenty of space for all our communal items like pots and tupperware, plus enough room for each of us to have at least a shelf of our own personal stuff. Two of my

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  friends have taught me may not exactly be appropriate for posting here ... , a camel? Come on. Where did THAT come from? Why isn't it at least a horse or something? Well it turns out that the Spanish expression for this

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  adored my art teacher.  At a certain point, though, I started being coined ... reading. I taught younger students basic research concepts, volunteered at ... importance to people, but for me, I've always used it as a way to ground myself

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  at the Middle East, tasted a cider flight at the Artifact Cider Project ... 's pretty common around here for people to use our October long weekend ... visited before, for the primary reason that it was a nice-looking park that

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  complete INDEPENDENCE. At least for now, I'm happy to stay in the kitchen a ... studying for the same tests. Your schedule is like the food trays in the ... , but focus more on technology for the developing world, you can do that

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  or whether you’re just listening to keep the silence at bay. Whether it ... the noises of the world, even for just a couple of minutes. It’s almost ... can happen if you just feel it in your bones. I for one see shapes that

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  half-explain/half-give advice on academic preparation for your freshman ... your transcript as simply a P for pass. No it doesn't matter if you got a ... , it simply won't show up at all (there will be "no record"). These

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  CPW: ASA Midway, B1 B1athalon, and Cutting Crafts with Contour not to mention meet the bloggers

  

  beforehand, but I was too busy prepping for all the events I lead or helped ... laser cutter, teach them how to use it, and generate hype for MechE. When ... after a few years at MIT! I've become one of two co-leads on Contour, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  life, there are opportunities at MIT for you to forge your own path ... the trees. No joke. Majors at MIT are also called "courses" rather than majors. Very nearly everyone at MIT (the exception being students who are

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007