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  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  .01, Physics Mechanics (you’re still on the hook for Electricity and Magnetism ... there’s no way to wiggle out of your eight HASS subjects.) This is all ... grade in the corresponding class. On your transcript, it’s as if you took

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  training, and there's no time to dwell on anything else except the feeling in ... though you’re sweating profusely, small hairs sticking to your forehead and ... the world. The wind blows through your hair and the ground seems to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Five Years of Admitted Student Gatherings MIT community is getting bigger

  

  branded balloons are tied to the mailbox. There is a poster of the Dome on ... talked about MIT, New Jersey, cool things to do at CPW, what we enjoyed ... other 17's. It was my first time on the other side. My turn to tell the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 29, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  may take us up to two more weeks for your materials to show up on the ... you to work on your MIT application in the meantime. Working on the MIT ... not worry if your interview report has not yet appeared on your My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  of Feb 5!! Go to our website for more info: alumweb ... seen -- if you're in Las Vegas, don't miss it. I was lucky enough to get ... may not have heard, the Class of 1997 is throwing a "e^2" Reunion to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  serious time and energy into bringing you our snazzy new website, to answer your phone calls, respond to your emails, set up your overnight on ... Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, among others. I was planning to use

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  interested in MIT freshman year when I got to be on campus during ESP's splash ... any of your friends on decision day.  MIT might be your dream school, as ... quickly. As MIT says in the FUN form, try to do some things you enjoy over

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  kitchen table on a daily basis is really starting to sink in. It's not that ... cried and where I first skinned my knees on a playground. Yes, to be ... ample time to appreciate what you're leaving behind. :-) I'll be updating

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  your schedule! And because the class changes from year to year, you can ... integrate energy-saving techniques into new buildings. The class focuses on ... harnessed to create light-absorbing antennas, new solar cells, and other

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  to go off of or do you know what you're doing like the back of your ... anymore. If I need to learn a new protocol, I usually ask one of the ... tunnels, as buildings on East Campus are? To my eternal dismay, no. I have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Bay Area wrap-up The scoop from MIT meetings in San Jose, San Francisco, and Lafayette, CA.

  

  already talk about on their website. Google is also a Gold Sponsor of the ... looking to hire MIT students. Getting stuck in traffic on the 101 Freeway ... , extracurricular groups, and more. Plus, it's fun to go see shows on campus (Crazy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted An open thread for admitted students.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2011! Feel free to use this post's comments space to introduce yourselves to your future classmates. (Later this week, look for new stuff on your MyMIT portal)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted Posting for admitted students.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2010! Feel free to use this post's comments space to introduce yourselves to your future classmates (and, later this week, look for new stuff on your MyMIT portal).

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  to grumble a little less when the parentals knock on your door in the ... in 2024 and wrote most of it then; but then i had to work on a bunch of ... that you wanted to be more academic and rigorous, and failing your first

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  's easy for you to learn about neat stuff through the grapevine. If you're ... a treat to join in on. And if you enjoy guitar or the flute or the ... is the culture. It's hard to describe, but there's a peculiar mix of

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  EAPS Field Trip In which I pretend to be Course 12 for a weekend

  

  return at approximately 1-2 PM on Sunday. Everyone is invited to ... . Please let me know if you would like to come or at least be included on ... faculty and students to help out and/or co-lead and welcome ideas for new

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  marched up to a group of proctors, and tapped one of them on the shoulder. He turned around, and some gears at the back of my mind began to turn ... the early universe to him. If that didn’t blow your mind, maybe this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  endeavor. Aside from making sure that I’m on track to graduating on time ... you're graduating on time"]course audit[/annotation]/emotional support ... who need that class to graduate, then based on descending class year and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  antsy, so I wanted to make a quick post and point your attention at two ... world. Jonny was also just profiled in the New York Times on the occasion ... . But trust me, it looks like this, and you should have it on your desk

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  another experience to fly with them open (as I did on my first flight). As a ... down over New House and touched down on Briggs field. We unloaded, and I ... chance to ride in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. My first experience was

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007