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• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  didn't get to go last year but I really wanted to go this year. But the ... to Boston, I've been able to get a handle on things. Kind of. My mental ... /NR (meaning if you get lower than a C, it doesn't show up on your transcript

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  pens, I might as well work for Livescribe and get paid to do it, right ... , somebody else paid, and all I had to do was show up at the airport and get on ... scheduled for July 24th at 10 in the morning. You're all applying to MIT, you

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  your benefit and doesn't contribute to your final grade. With that said ... ) Also have to orally defend your code in a short code interrogation. E ... professor to talk about your work. Group Projects - A term long group

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  him when he gets deferred. i want to tell him, hey! i struggle, and have ... dimension in which i get to know people. but that meant that all weekend i ... to get them all done after the weekend, even if it meant grinding them

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  feeling of getting stronger and lifting big objects. I love the way your ... gave me space to get started; there was no worry that I was being judged ... play your instrument) for a few months or forever; listen to yourself

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds It's crunch time for college decisions.

  

  With 10 days to go until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to the students who ... would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering concerns? Etc.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  'm very fashion challenged. So, I headed back to my room to get changed ... been planted...so I think that maybe, if I can somehow manage to get a ... know, good schools and stuff and i have to get out of mit), internship at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  gets in Arizona in summer. I expected the wet towel in my room to dry ... to run in. But it’s getting closer, and each uptick in temperature is ... ’s my job to step in whenever someone complains of the heat and say, “You

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  check in, watching older students smiling widely when they get to put ... 's been harder to notice the nice and pretty things in life: sailing on the ... tension of not-quite-capsizing, square dancing, the joy i get when working

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  My Funny Valentine No kissing on Valentine's Day.

  

  to my Valentine who will get her Valentine's day kiss when I'm no ... that on your TI-89. First off, yes, I am a blogging delinquent. Ben ... infection rendering my voiceless and without a desire to eat. So I think my

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  Pounds, 17. "I'm so ecstatic to get into college life." What drove her to ... CL South junior goes to MIT a year early Date March 27, 2006 By KAREN ... prompted her to study hard and earn good grades. That hard work paid off in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  everybody who I have left on read this summer; I promise I'll get back to you eventually."]instead of getting back to the people I need to get back to ... year or so, my strong belief has been that the best way to get good at

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  and, dare I say, interesting. It was a LOT of material to get through ... in class we got to break away fromo background information to get some ... impressed that you know what its called or think you're just trying to show

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  If you’re applying to MIT through QuestBridge College Match, simply ... to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... Bridge Finalist, you will be able to add the recommender information to your MIT
• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  '07: Ropes Adventure PE class (you get to climb lots of sketchy ... 't have any D's, you can just subtract one point from an MIT GPA to get the ... to get the grades I want, and even though that takes a lot of hard work

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  option. You figure that the world is over and that you're going to fail out ... instead of your TAs and professors (whose job it is to help you, and whose ... an exam.) However, you should know that your peers are usually happy to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  loved getting to visit me here.) MIT offers information sessions followed ... Reception Center (Room 10-100) to get a campus map, the brochure "The ... also suggest some good places to get lunch or dinner on campus or in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  materials. You have a whole toolbox of reactions to use. If you're able to ... trail your way back to the beginning. It makes the solution significantly less complicated to get to.   There's More Than One Answer Now

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  ones. If you think about it, math is how you get your WALL-E's, your HAL-9000's, and your Terminators. I decided to knock out all three 6-4 math ... technique to get to an answer. It's been pretty stressful, not gonna lie. Yet

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…

  

  little too long waiting at the station JUST before I had to get off. (Of ... didn't know where I was and only had 12 minutes to get to a bus I didn ... more infuriating than that, only took me up the block. To get an idea of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 29, 2009