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• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  Friday by 11:59:59 PM. I love assignments due by email. :-) I still need to ... encouraged to post more often by various folks around here, so I think one way ... !) French exam, but that doesn't mean I need to wake up any earlier than 11

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  I'm given to understand that at other colleges, students actually get ... year struggles, I feel like I'm starting to get the hang of this whole ... groups get together at the end of the semester to schedule next semester

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  Rogers) 7.012: Introduction to Biology (taught by Professor Eric Lander ... professors, others with small classes lead by strong teachers; some focus on ... come in to MIT "undeclared," and use the entire freshman year to explore

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  that everybody knows what's going on. If somebody wants to get something ... freshman I'm constantly getting e-mails inviting me to discussions, meetings ... administration in some form or fashion. Most of these get sent to dorm mailing

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).

  

  you respond to me, be sure to read the post by Dean Marilee Jones on the ... that receiving the news that you are deferred has to be disappointing (to say the least) to all of you. Please take heart in knowing that you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I list standardized test results?

  you submit the application, you are still able to add them by following ... If you are planning on applying to MIT and would like to see our ... required to send your official scores as part of your application
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer transfer credit?

  , you may be allowed to demonstrate that you're entitled to such credit by ... If you're admitted, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of study that are substantively equivalent to corresponding MIT subjects. If
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Q & A Answers to questions on being in a fraternity.

  

  management. Feel free to keep asking questions, and I'll answer as I get them. ... In response to my latest entry on being in a fraternity: Leo asked ... )? 2. Is it a expensive activity to pursue? My response: 1. While I can

  • by Bryan
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Better than a Ryan Cabrera poster Want a Warhol in your dorm room?

  

  ) to borrow for the entire academic year one of nearly 350 noted pieces ... Andy Warhol Each piece in the collection is framed and signed by a leading contemporary artist. Some are photographs, like the original by the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breaths Perhaps wisdom, perhaps not. See for yourself.

  

  / : -verb to calm down; to release oneself from inhibition, worry, tension ... as you right now. I'm about to submit the application to my top choice ... , but I got hit by a jolt of admissions reality just now. 1. The deadline

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon! Yay for the class of 2010!

  

  involved in applicants and prefrosh that it's hard not to get excited ... 's completely impossible. Some people we just didn't get to in time (and it was ... the Early Admits to the class of '10 as I possibly could. And it was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  emails, phone calls, and blog comments, to say nothing of spillovers to sites like Quora, College Confidential, and /r/ApplyingToCollege.         A snapshot of our incoming email traffic to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  that you’re strong enough to get over it, however long it takes." If you ... be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2029. The comments on this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  to really "get" what makes this such a special place. Now, I know such ... Believe it or not, admissions officers occasionally try to do things besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Liveblog from Apple Store I copy Paul, 3 hours later.

  

  current roommate is also temporary, although you will get a chance to keep ... black macbook to write my entry. I, of course, have to add MIT content to ... power to decide whether you will stay in them or not. This does not

  • by Snively '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  the blog, because I get to impart all kinds of advice from an almost ... I get home for holidays? What will happen to me if I get sick? What does the academic calendar look like? How easy is it to get a research

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  she returned home from her trip, she wanted to empower the girls by ... The MIT Public Service Center provides fellowships for students to travel around the world to allow them apply their talent and knowledge

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  ? (By the way, here's a general rule to pronouncing MIT numbers: the ... listening to songs composed by Alexander Borodin. Borodin was a chemist by day and a musician by night who also happened to be good buddies with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I (don’t) want the summer to end me writing poetry? what a concept

  

  -down, I want dinners together, and parties at midnight; I want things to get ... I don't want the summer to end. I don't want to pack the rice cooker and carry my laptop through campus; don't want to fold my sheets all

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  , you can hit snooze on. you can keep hitting snooze until you need to ... hitting ignore and ignore and ignore until i actually need to deal with it. similarly, looking at my grades is a choice i can make. i don't have to look

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022