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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  . That’s why we have CourseRoad – a website for planning what classes to ... on your planned roadmap. Want to schedule 200 classes in your sophomore ... to pretty extreme lengths to make this roadmap possible: I included

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  , and what not to expect. Your host: A team of admissions staff and MIT ... of freedom for you to explore on your own. You may want to talk with ... to what extent you're looking to explore on your own. Like online

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  started his own trading company.  It was so interesting to learn from the ... group of older men wearing Lambda Alpha Chi shirts. It’s time to continue ... ’s rewind 65 years ago to when it all began.  POV: it's 1958 In the fall of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  semester. Then on registration day, you meet with your advisor to make any ... students in seminar based advising, but typically your advisor comes to your ... many people like about it is that you don't have to go far to find your

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  helpful to you as you make your decision. Like Danielle, I am sure that ... : Is now a good time to talk? D: Ahhh, sure. Q: You’re down to 3 ... really doesn’t matter to me. I’ll make it work wherever I go. I’ll just go

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  to make it, and part of the reason why I wanted to go was to hang out ... tired of my own poor decision-making, which had led me to stay too long in ... . As I move forward and am required to make more and more decisions with

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one

  

  the Ministry of Supply founders, a company that makes wrinkle ... , from Bruno Mars to Jennifer Lawrence to Lebron James to Ronda Rousey. 600 winners a year may seem like a lot, but according to Forbes there are 15

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 19, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  you have to actively stand around and make sure you don’t burn your food ... combination of spices. But when I went off to college and tried to make the same ... ’s frustrating to hear “listen to your gut” and “use your best judgment” in a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Will I receive AP/IB college credit?

  opportunities. If you're using your resources in high school, you're going to ... commonly award credit for advanced coursework because we prefer to make sure ... final before the class begins. If you do well you get to keep your grade
• Blog / MIT Life

  A little something while you wait. Don't plan on doing work until we finish this.

  

  right there with year-ago-me. Yay, you now know where you're going to college (MIT, clearly), your teachers have given up on trying to make you ... , largely consisting of doing nothing, making random trips to Steak 'N Shake

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  by you, the applicant. The MYR serves two purposes: to share your ... we really want is to get the MYR as soon as possible when your grades ... then submit your midyear grades to us as soon as they’re available. Note

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of ... best we could to do honor this tradition was talk for a couple of hours ... server, so we headed over to our dorm and started decorating. We added

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Snowy Birthday Party the #IAParty2011 is just beginning

  

  birthday celebration. Alumni and community from all over are making trips to Cambridge to see and remember all the great things that have come out of our ... months now to gather all the history and artifacts they can muster to make

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  the opportunity to experience life in Italy while simultaneously working at a civil engineering company. She was able to travel around Italy on the weekends and spent a week at the end of her internship traveling to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  , and still didn't get through all the companies I wanted to talk to. Also ... , and sort through all the companies I talked to. It's interview season as ... The past few weeks have been quite the welcome-back-to-MIT

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  at your application essays, fretting over phrasing and wondering what to say, take a look at admitsphere.org. Admitsphere was devised by a ... '16, to sustain high school students through the application process

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  The Last Day at Gymnasium Untergriesbach as part of the MIT-Germany Global Teaching Labs Program

  

  's lounge trying to hold onto the comfort that I have grasped to ... day here, I was more nervous than a CEO about to tell his staff that he had sold the company for a box of oranges. Three weeks later I feel that

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Nisha’s Video Game Review cloud is judging me for this

  

  permanently humongous backlog of video games that I barely manage to make a dent ... to make another game, and dragging the game past the farm *really* made ... done. Also, this game really makes me want to go to Wyoming, a sentiment

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  to the Admissions website, and were going to feature staff and student ... published and it really doesn’t make sense to have it public now (although if ... he likes it that way! If I ever write my autobiography, I’m going to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) Day Burton 1 celebrates Pi Day as we generally like to celebrate all unofficial nerd holidays…

  

  and make you all jealous, and a little hungry. But I mean, you're second ... victim). Happy pi day! Brought to you by your social chairs + eva + anna ... (CONGRATULATIONS, Class of 2012! I'm way excited to meet all of you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2008