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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  are extremely common, and a majority of the classes I've taken so far ... as your grade for the whole class. Seems kind of risky, but maybe ... visit them and talk to one of the S^3 deans if you need advice, need to

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  i dropped os 🎉 i'm a hass boi this semester

  

  was graded, i was still passing 0% of the tests. i needed to sleep, and ... a mix of places both new and familiar -- the mfa, chinatown, boston ... kkb and the crowd were hype. 10/10 would hear 90% of the venue shout

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  it for the return of students, and I wanted to share it ahead of Labor ... I'm spending the day meeting with my first-year advisees before classes begin next week. But over the last week, the Class of 2026 arrived

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done with the b.s. 4 years of mit by the numbers

  

  and my 238 units past the GIRs, 180 of which I needed to graduate o ... dropped on the week of Drop Date I dropped 2.001/Mechanics and Materials and 6.008 on the week of drop date. 2.001 was honestly the roughest

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday A day in the life.

  

  House. Ran into: Ariadne, Curtis, Phil, Kris, and The Entire Class of 2010 ... as to whether or not to add 5.112, seeing as the first half of 5 ... -Center without collapsing from exhaustion, length of walk and/or back pain. Mental

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/19/20, 3:14 PM ET

  

  Slack screen, and typed “Petey, I got you.” Considering the title of the ... .mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your Application Status Page. That’s the same place that you ... write this blog,” and I’m like, “Of course, no problem.” Then Petey

  • by kellen manning
  • December 14, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  At the end of January (our Independent Activities Period) I made a promise to the rational, logic-based region of my brain: a promise that I ... Of Brain: "You got your fix during IAP, in Hack Punt Tool! AND it was a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  is the whole story. It just keeps on going. Bringing new twists and ... appreciate the ups and downs and in betweens of life for making us the people ... lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  of which English is my first language and Hindi my second. So I would I ... deadline, and am now enduring the nerve-wracking period of waiting for the ... learner who needs lots of reinforcement before grasping a concept and the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  -final-stretch/'>Junior fall</a> and I sure made the most of the extra week."]5th semester ... marks? Or mastering the material for the art and pursuit and love of ... produce 80% (read: majority) of your result on the exam — and figure out

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i have been consuming this summer random bits of media i have eaten

  

  . At first, it seems a little boring and janky, but the twins quickly ... unsuspecting town. Not only are the residents of the town incredibly quirky and ... the characters, and it was really nice to be able to take my mind off of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  rest of the students by allowing them to build great labs and dorms and ... legacy admissions, and we do not do anything of the kind. This is ... into (and out of) MIT, and that’s the hard way. The people here value

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  life behind the wheel of a car getting to and from the job that he loved. As luck should have it, "the day" came on July 7th of 2008, and now ... streets of Cambridge...... the cops were out....... ....and it was

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  deep. (Yes, I do know that Chris Vu passed the first round of auditions ... , have no shame and quiver with delight at the prospect of one day ... answer questions about the life of Manolo Blahnik and identify fake Louis

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  find MIT's Great Dome shrouded in white wrappings and the hubbub of ... his pictures from the award ceremony, and even catch a glimpse of his ... Because my roommate is in a sorority, she receives a whole slew of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  World Cup Challenge Results The answers and winners of the World CUp Challenge of MIT international admissions.

  

  The World Cup Challenge was a lot of fun! No one got a perfect score, but on the whole, people did pretty well. Below are the results, with the name of the country in each group from which MIT received the most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  communication, power design, and image processing. I was reminded of the first ... windows on the first floor. The windows face the river, and the infinite ... – the equivalent of this magical version of Oxford and Babel. A part of me

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  played the piano and saxophone, and was a member of a Ska band) and sports ... As Technology Review’s 2007 Top Young Innovator of the Year ... Sasisekharan, a professor of Biological Engineering, and did his senior thesis

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  Kayode D. '27, who are posting their live reactions to the whole event ... fall, I suffered a brain injury and stepped back from my role for the rest of the semester. It was tough: missing out on presenting tonight

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  compared to the Red Sox first World Series win since the Wilson ... that the Fresh Prince is a very bright guy. And as far as scholarships ... story: my first term at MIT, I had passed out of single variable calculus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005