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• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  heart. That's what I'm trying to do, at least. You're gonna be great. ... . All last semester I was thinking of the right way to say goodbye to this corner of the Internet, to sum up all my feelings from the past four years

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  well those plans were working for me.) Of course, you're welcome to drop in on your advisor at any time to discuss classes, grad school/employment plans, or just life in general. Sometimes you have to make an appointment

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  . As it happens, they turned out to be right. Listen to your elders, kids ... extension from S^3 when you’re literally too hosed to function. There are ... an extension if you explain your issues to them. All of that being

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  See her picture(s) in a thousand places In which I understand what Bruce Campbell feels like

  

  upon being recognized that I forgot to get to your name. Sorry about that ... Sam: [folding laundry] Guy: Your name's Sam, right? Sam: Um, yeah. Guy: 'cause you're on Mitra's Blog. Sam: Heh. You know I have a blog now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  , which means excited little prefrosh like yours truly got to find out ... you meet with them every once in awhile to make sure things are going OK. Then there's seminar advising, where your advisor leads a small group of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions 2007 A quick look at this year's admissions.

  

  ask you to please be civil and kind in your comments in today's entries ... difficult. Most students who applied to MIT this year were excellent matches for MIT, and most were extremely qualified. Our task is to choose from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  more Martin will give, so make your gift right away!" It is pretty ... campaign Our class's theme is the "5.0 Challenge" -- to achieve at least 50 ... comes into play -- if you don't adjust for inflation, these amounts sum to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  Here's something else to love about MIT! The first semester at MIT ... “pass” on your transcript;  if not, there's no record you took it. The ... may designate up to 48 units to be graded on a pass/no record basis
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Black Panther 2 Plot (Totally Real) (Not Clickbait) (Please Click Anyway Though) Not a fanfiction about Black Panther (because I am not a fan)

  

  seems to have tickets to see the film when it premieres. Before you ask ... been revealed to us so far (mostly from watching out-of-context trailer ... like not a lot to work off of, but I assure you that it’s more than

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  have received. Now we're really ready to read applications! This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will ... we have not processed it. We will not look at your application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  ’m so excited to make people happy!   UROP I GOT A UROP AND IT ... going to work on making an efficient production system of crystallizing ... got to make tons of food! Here are some pictures I took of the snow and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  corner. You’re excited about getting to finally be your own person.You can’t wait to throw your cap up high at graduation. But you’re also a tad bit sad. You’re going to miss your family. And your friends. And home cooked

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Blogs ...for the price of one! (a.k.a. robots)

  

  on a tiny robot that likes to wobble all over the place. We're making ... must be dying to hear what I've been up to. I expect the barrage of questions and interrogations to start pouring in any day now. Just kidding

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  trying to convince others not to make the same mistake: Burton Conner IS ... reminder to register to vote or request your absentee ballot, as appropriate ... . =) At the time of your comment, my application to the Peace Corps was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  effort for people you care about. Sometimes, you have to break your back a little to make sure that everybody is happy.  I think about the way these ... , timing, so on and so forth. Then, on the day of, we got up at 7 AM to make

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  freshman spring in which today is the first day of spring

  

  going at your own pace, and that it's okay to slow down when the burden ... , op-amps, and other components to make a robot car move forward, move ... Is it already the seventh week of the semester? To be honest, I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  to make us hate each other. I hope that everyone in America can ... confused. Many are saying, where do we go from here? I forced myself to go to chem lecture today, walking across the East Campus courtyard where

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  still didn’t know how to stop making my scatterbrained little mistakes ... to drive or make small talk or do any of the million mundane and just ... don't know how to stop making my careless little mistakes. Everyone’s a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• FAQ / International applicants

  How do international students apply to MIT?

  limited to): the IB, A Levels, the French Baccalaureate, and CBSE. Your ... We understand that it's difficult for international students to apply to schools in the U.S., but almost one-quarter of MIT's applications
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  , hat, and bib and used a hula hoop and plastic bags to make a giant test ... dressing up as an electron orbital (e-mail me if you want to claim your ... by catching up on all of the work that you were supposed to have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006