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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  was a counselor at this one camp and I was supposed to do it again this ... point, any summer job will do, but I'm not sure if I want to be a camp ... weeks. In short, I am a glorified counselor at nerd camp. I do, however

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  preparing in the summer hols. I am doing AP Calculus BC and AP Physics C ... 't feel pressured to do so. Anonymous asked: I'm confused on the CI-H stuff ... need to do after that is a HASS concentration and another HASS-D, and all

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  pset this year took me about 3 hours to do while the longer ones have ... being able to do physics so quickly that he is a veritable blur. This was ... someone starts doing calculus of variations. The rest of lecture was

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  swim well enough to pass the swim test. The swim test involves doing four laps in our Olympic-sized pool. You can take your sweet time and do whatever stroke you want; all you have to do is complete the required

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  instance, many people in Boston do like the Red Sox and say "ah" instead of "r"; many girls do like to talk about their feelings, and many white boys do suck at dancing. In this case, however, I don't see the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  previous entries... ------------------------------------- JKim asked, "Do you ... opprotunities? A generic answer is "Judging them in their 'contexts'", but how do ... our situations ourselves? Furthermore, do you consider activities that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  neurotoxins. Also some material about what different groups of cells do together ... of a language consist of. It asks how do children learn languages and is language unique to humans; why are there many languages; how do

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  person who's not very good at maths...would you get in? And suppose you do ... theoretical, do the professors require that you've taken certain courses before ... majors do in their UROPs, but a list of helpful hints from the physics

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  than I enjoyed my day job, so I did what any good MIT grad would do: I ... would be fun to do something else. I spent a few years in the MIT Alumni ... 't change any of it. I happen to love what I do every day. I am still active

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  , "I would never do a program like that. I would hate to leave MIT for a ... institutions asked to make sure we are happy and doing well. Even if you don't go to MIT or go on the exchange program, do try to get over to England

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  science?" The Registrar's office says that 460 students do not have their ... EECS (and many EECS majors do), you can continue towards your second ... freshmen classes? When do we register for those classes. Are there any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  had a spreadsheet open, and was doing something horrifying with Leo ... them do an exercise. The instructions are simple: split up all 168 hours ... been doing this since our freshman year. It’s a smart idea; the goal is

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  MIT competitive? As said in my last answer, no. I do not think MIT is ... so willing to help. They are willing to drop whatever they're doing ... 'right' way to do MIT. I personally take 3-4 classes a semester and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  this mistake infinitely many times in the past, continues to do so now, and probably will be unable to avoid doing so in the future - I don ... her wherever she ended up going to college (she's now doing some crazy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  your lingering concerns? Etc. Anonymous asked, "How do I go about ... professors? Ask around, check the course evaluations, and you'll do just fine ... organic and other wholesomely-raised food in many instances, doing its best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  the class and ultimately lose interest and motivation to do well in it, therefore doing the bare minimum and using PNR to my full ability. Now, I don't have that safety net of PNR and I actually, well, have to do decently in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  4 honors.) What do you think?" I think you should take what you want ... 1000's I suppose. However, what I want to ask is that do you want proof ... done there... which is quite a lot.) As I do not intend to write an essay

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  you do? Well, here's what I can tell you. We're not going to reject you because of the length of your essay. We do not have an auto-word-counter for ... know, do have more to say than what fits in 500 words. If that is you, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  like, "what are you doing?" And I thought, and maybe I even said, "you ... overstatement. But, I do know that, that December, I began to feel a lot more ... 't really know what I'm doing; or, at least, I don't feel like I'm making

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  not sound like an ass in doing so. I've got them all written down, and ... genuinely brings me joy career-wise, and I'm doing personal projects simply ... into reality. I'm not sure if I believe in that. What I do believe in is

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022