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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  , oh, you're graduating this semester. You need to write an essay." Turns ... classes to graduate, an average of one a semester. I waved around that ... ago to the advisor for the writing department, and she got back to me

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  for this day to come, for this year to end. But now, a large part of me ... to no longer be among the 'babies' of the school, to be replaced by the '14s, and to hear about prospective '15s, not to mention a few ambitious

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  think the true definition of drinking from a firehose is to be learning ... -studying before I got to school that probably cushioned me from the shock I’d have gotten if I had to learn about natural logs and Euler’s constant and all

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! how to something something

  

  Snively. A prospective literature major, she eats blueberries, makes pottery, and wants to learn to climb things. She sometimes eats three breakfasts ... to write fanfiction about me and m_quinn, but we hired him anyway

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Today is a Super Important Day This is kind of a big deal.

  

  one. I know that I, personally, have been counting down to this day for ... big, in fact, that the following email was sent out to the MIT community from Chancellor Clay last week: Dear MIT Community, In response to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... students than last year: an increase of 1 student, to 1554. Thus, our admit rate fell nearly a percentage point, from 12.5% to 11.6%. This year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  V Storms the Senate One hack is not enough.

  

  , right? Not at MIT. Allow me first to set the scene. As some of you may already know, a little over a month ago, I decided to run for a seat in the ... Association (or the UA for short, because MIT students love acronyms) aims to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  Jones. For me, I was happy to partake in the Lab for Chocolate Science ... "Red Sox Swap" instead, swapping socks (of all colors) -- you can't make this stuff up. Now, just as many of you are getting to take a vacation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  disembark next to Kresge Lawn, pointed at my hat, and yelled, "You! You're ... to taste, and I live in East Campus.") but I feel a weird level of pressure trying to summarize myself in a few sentences. Should I mention the

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  Okay, I admit it! I decided to come to MIT without the benefit of an ... Councilors and a great group of alums were there ready and willing to answer ... well spent. I am thrilled to say that even though we do now have CPW, in

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  The ironic part about MIT and wanting to share everything that happens here is that oftentimes there isn't enough time to get it all down ... year it gets to just be too much. MIT is much better summarized in little

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  't enough for you or right for you, it's easy to start your own. Some past ... to walk rush from my 6.336 lecture in 10-250 to the 6.131 lecture in 34 ... to much around me, when suddenly someone said, "Hey, Kim! Want a roll

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  advice to all of you through your college application and search processes ... story all about how My life got flipped turned upside down And I’d like to ... finally understood I had to get out of my neighborhood I got into one little

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  department and opportunities available to its students. :) Well, you may have ... period than if you were to pursue them separately or elsewhere. But it ... entrance to the program the following year (as a senior). So as a senior, you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  to go bouldering on MIT's climbing wall. As we rounded the corner, a ... unsuccessfully to fasten it shut. The climbing wall is run by volunteer staff, who ... the authority to open up the wall whenever he likes. It also means that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  improve your chances of being admitted to and receiving aid from a US ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... things to come from this group in terms of information is the international

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  , we planned an ambitious itinerary to make sure we could get everything ... This year, for spring break my friend Yida and I decided to head to ... Montreal. Montreal is pretty easy to reach from Boston and as such is a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? If you eat too many carrots, your skin will turn orange due to excess carotene. So, I'm not Jewish. Not that there's anything ... . From: Jordyn To: [email protected] Date: 10/5/2006 1:24 PM Subject

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  to how the human eye works, how images are stored on your computer, how ... Sudan, etc. While reading an article, I happened to sit up straight, so that my line of sight was no longer perpendicular to the laptop screen; I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  to make me into a hot emotional mess. My emotional threshold was so low ... January"]IAP[/annotation] when I was just about to prep materials for my spring classes, I got a positive test last Wednesday and had to quarantine

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023