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• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  doesn't have any impact on admission decisions. In fact, a large ... number or acronym. MIT's majors and minors are listed on our site. And the Registrar's Office has more details on majors and minors. And we know you
• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  hanging out with your classmates. you go to classes with them, work on ... you're friends with, because you're on campus, and all the undergrads are on campus, or near campus. i spent my time with my classmates. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  their room. Unlike murals on the walls, which generally have to be ... put on it to be special, to reflect the fact that it was the first time the door had ever been painted. I thought about it on and off for all

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  less than five days. I screamed in anguish with my friends on [annotation ... ,[/annotation] got a spontaneous tattoo of a bomber plane on my arm, perfected the art ... . There were parties on Killian Court and in lecture halls; there was music

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  planned on waking up at ten at the latest, but both me and my roommate slept ... . I tell him I’ll go after I work on it alone for awhile. I’m exhausted ... . I can talk to her on my way to the coffee shop without losing work

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  internships, travel, stay on campus or any combination of the above. So since ... , we were still focusing on adjusting to and getting used to college life ... 't really on either of our minds. And we were lucky enough to be in a position

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  Music Librarian. So read on ahead, to learn about MIT's Libraries ... place to sleep on campus. Now, I developed the ability to fall asleep on command on semi-annual car trips from Georgia to Louisiana, but I think this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  would depend on being able to directly compare 2 numbers and say things ... actually quite enjoyed spending time on the problems. This mix of curiosity ... ’d spend up to twenty hours working on every last detail of every problem. I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  , a sort of climax emerged. I was on the path to being part of Nigeria ... on most nights trying to finish up difficult olympiad problems while trying to catch up on voluminous notes from regular classes. I barely made

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  I realize I went on this mindblowing trip with MIT 3 years ago and ... , I wrote back, dude hang on I'm totally going to blog about this, and ... on, bound to MIT. I say this cause I don't think anyone ever escapes

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Laptop Stickers of MIT and their stories~

  

  It doesn't take long being on MIT's campus to notice all the laptop ... blind residents that used to live on Beast. I'm incredibly proud of my hall and dorm, so both of these stickers had to be on there. The

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 2, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  : the beautiful sounds of South Station (nothing) I am sitting on a ... to embark on a bit of an adventure, perhaps the biggest journey I’ve gone on since starting at MIT. I am nervous, but I am also very, very

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  only virtual REX at Next House, not to mention the UROP I was working on ... my internship to end on August 27th, which would be the day before REX ... interesting time. I was finalizing my project, working on providing additional

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  myself holding back my input on certain issues because I get that Look- why ... battles, just on different fronts. Today, I am not mincing my words. Even ... death on the street, with less dignity than a stray dog. And it’s not just

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  member, and was on air within weeks. I've continued to remain involved ever ... labels and promoters[/caption] On March 10, it was announced that we all ... ."]final[/annotation] radio show was at midnight on Thursday (Friday?), March 12 (13?). To

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  they set foot on campus. One of these papers is the famous list of "101 ... aware that some of the ones on my list are also on the official list. The ... event or club."]Dormspam.[/annotation] Never forget to BCC! Paint (on) a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  journey. On Monday, the weather was so nice, and my mood was so good after ... facility and my PE destination. The Z Center also home to major on ... and Kresge Oval is the main entrance to MIT on 77 Massachusetts Ave

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  person after all. Now, there are much simpler things on my mind, like ... feared that colleges would reject me on basis of senior fall grades alone. Yesterday, I couldn't have been more ecstatic about a 63 on my 3.091 midterm

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  avoid going broke by spending all my money on comic books. The other was to brush up on my French in order to take a French class in the fall. I've pretty much given up on the first one at this point (I am a shameless comic

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  might have spent decades of their lives working on -- and Carl was getting ... on the project. When a newspaper calls me up and asks for comments, I ... make a comment that just seals a ribbon on the group's comments. Also, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014