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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  important for you to get your Calc GIR out of the way as soon as possible ... blog would never get written - so here goes. I'm also going to stray ... the way to junior fall. Oh - and take 5.111 (or 5.112!) if you're

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  ways. You have no idea what you're about to put yourself through - and in ... than an hour to get there from the fifth station. It was probably the ... weather started to get really, really bad. Difficult to stand up, let alone

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  I always seem to know I’m back at MIT when I can vaguely hear my alarm go off at 6am. A lot of people seem to think I’m crazy for waking up what seems ridiculously early for MIT students to go and exercise for 2

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  , i missed home. a lot. to the point where ‘i just wanna go home’ was ... difficult for me that it physically aches. that it is difficult to focus on ... going through similar things made it easier to talk about it and easier to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  and pseting, I get an email reminding me to sign up for Career Fair and ... respond, I procrastinate on making a new resume by getting back to psetting ... need, and get back to studying for 18.02 and making a note sheet that I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  , except now we get to use FPGAs that are more than 10x as powerful as the ... ="aligncenter" width="768"] Even Google's AI gets it wrong! However, I should note that ... I'm a crusty senior now, so I have no fun and sparkly adventures to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  enough to get in before you checked online, and your friends and family all ... to your interests. And share those! They're probably awesome! -Sleep ... it 5.03 these days) ever get shortened to "Inorgo"? I hope not, because

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

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

   [email protected]. We’ll be here to talk to you and figure out a way to make sure we get your ... If your ability to apply to MIT has been affected by disasters or ... that our hearts go out to you. We understand that there is a lot on your
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  return, is that you please let us know. Log in to your MyMIT account, and ... of waiting and not knowing, and want to get back to you as quickly as ... The college admissions process is often compared to dating. It's a

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  ESG! 13. You really get to know your teachers on a more personal level ... experience to get to know your fellow ESGers and to see if teaching is for you ... , allow you to avoid the negative sides of GIRs and go through your whole

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  velocity of an unlightened swallow? Getting attacked by a dino How to ... can sign up to teach >= 1 sessions of any class 1330 hours of classes. For those of you who can't instantly divide numbers by 24 in your

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  Country Club Plaza If you're in one of these areas, I look forward to seeing ... the door. If you've RSVPed (please do!), you'll be able to check your ... answer. Getting out on the road to meet you is one of our favorite times of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Only a few more days of waiting...

  

  check your decision online, you will need to have registered for a MyMIT account and you will need to know your username and password. When decisions ... the same username and password that you use to log into your My

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  your schoolwork!). Because eventually, you're going to get to go to that college, and you're going to get to (not HAVE to!) kick up a storm again and ... out with your heart to a bunch of strangers. A little scary, isn't it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  Independent Activities Period. To some extent this is true-- friends down my ... terrified. I worried that I wouldn't get into any school. I spent that week solemnly completing what became a seventeen page application to my local

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  an outlook on emails a week of my inbox’s pain and suffering, compartmentalized

  

  you will see in some future blogs, not being able to get a full feel of ... signed up for forwarding all my MIT emails to my Gmail, made [annotation ... felt I was getting a lot of emails, but not this many by any means. It

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 21, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  you intellectually. Also, you may want to talk to your parents about a ... 's education when that time comes. To answer your question about salary: MIT ... are your remaining questions? What factors are you considering?" I got

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Doonesbury Conclusion Official Doonesbury news.

  

  's Doonesbury FAQ: The previous Straw Poll invited readers to choose among three academic futures for Alex Doonesbury: Should she go to Rennselaer, Cornell ... "Doonesbury Voting Hack", a web site (adorned with art borrowed from the Town

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  Google Calendar to manage all my academics and events, but i put my lists ... 'getting things done' to this extent takes a great deal of complacency. half ... , i've decided to get my head out of my ass and give it a chance, and i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  described as "too goddamn independent" and my mother, much as I love her, was a wee bit very overprotective. The program satisfied her need to have me in a rigorous academic environment and my need to be really, really

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016