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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  answer that from a fully authoritative point of view, but I do know course ... things you can do with a course 9 degree. So that's that. Any other ... .) Brain and Cognitive Sciences (or BCS, or course 9) is a small

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  hours in a day. There’s a necessary trade off between how much you can do ... I have long been a fan of the corner of the internet known as ... a better work ethic, balancing work/life, and all around developing

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  ’s what I want them to do. But I’m home and after a month and a half, I ... I had nothing to do and how it was such a waste of time. Now one day ... *written by Rukia H. '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  basis. =p 8:10 Zach: Do we have a Mastering Physics assignment due today ... SNOW!" Haha, I guess this is what happens when you come from a tropical country where it never snows. :) On a equally festive note, my dorm, i

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  a week to do them. I just hate the feeling of finishing a pset and the ... a call with my host. We talk about the last things I’m doing before ... watching a bunch of tutorials and was quickly humbled back into doing my work

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  a copy of our correspondence: Do you believe what students put on the ... in general?) Do you believe someone could be rejected from a school ... schools, it's a mixture. Some say "that's awesome, we need to do this too

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  communities do you most value being a part of?" But often, discussion strays ... be doing the exact same thing, but doing it over a Zoom call changes ... ourselves in a room and doing puzzles, to staring at a spreadsheet talking to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  performances, or to write lyrics that use Boo as a pronoun.) Do not use words ... giggles. Do not quote Holden Caufield in your essay. (It's a good way to ... , do not list the following: Being a great boyfriend/girlfriend; 20 hours

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  ... Nervous Systems jewelry and accessories began with a very common story. Boy ... accessories. OK, so maybe it′s not that common of a story. Regardless, what began as flirtations in an MIT dorm has turned into a profitable company

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  through break. Do I have a physics project too? Not at all :) I'm spending ... 'm notoriously awful at doing my laundry on a regular basis. I basically wait until ... all to me - so now, I understand it in a kind-of-not-really sort of way

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ Some Q & A regarding testing for MIT admission.

  

  it is helpful to you. Q. Do you prefer the SAT or the ACT? A. We ... do not have a preference. You should take the tests for which you ... my testing options? A. You have two options. You may do the SAT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  to relax in #1, it does help if you do a bit of pondering before your ... minutes late. The only thing that I'd add is that I do think it's a nice ... Jones informing me that I was selected to be a blogger...BUT every once in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  week to do a pset (or two weeks, in classes like 7.01x (Intro Bio)). But ... toned down significantly from a pset (of course, since you're now doing it ... off an A - nor will you be able to do every single problem on a given

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  particularly good for freshmen because there's always someone doing a problem set ... 's doing with her life better than being hosted by a starry-eyed nervous ... was written by my professor), wrote a short paper on emerging diseases

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  Apparently this is not the case in England. They do things differently over there. Namely, instead of 2 or 3 tests a term and then a final ... counts for pretty much your whole grade. While this is not such a big deal

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Laundry Lists And other things. Okay, so just the list.

  

  Things I have been doing since my last post: -Moving up a floor to a larger room with people I've been hanging out and doing work with since ... :30 twice a week (for 24.900 - Intro to Linguistics - which is at 9:30 on

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 9, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  out to New Hampshire to do this? Wouldn’t it have been a lot warmer and ... itself goes will be another story, but I do like looking up at a clear ... picture (sorry it's blurry, I'll have a better quality one next time I

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW rawr.

  

  't worry - you WILL have a host and a place to stay once you get here. We ... 't gotten back to him/her yet, do so ASAP so you can work out living arrangements, a meeting time/place, and everything!) Anyways, in addition to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  here you really have to pick and choose what is important to you. I do commit a...healthy...amount of time to extra-curriculars, but outside of ... . Ooooh. But the magic wears off after a couple weeks, to be honest, and

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  serious do students take their work? 2. Location I'm a coast kind of guy ... where there was a lot to do outside of just being at school. Sample ... do when I want a break? While academics were of utmost importance to me

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006