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  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  scrambling to do well in all of your classes while not losing your sanity. It ... came to a close, I packed up all of my belongings in under 3 hrs, and ... colorful checkered blanket in my backyard, diligently flicking ants out of my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  A real entry is coming soon! I promise! In the meantime, more ... previous factors still weigh in?" We always look at a given applicant ... statement is correct in that once you've proven yourself to be academically

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  SCRATCH NOISES TO INDICATE A BREAK IN THE FOURTH WALL OF THIS POST: Sorry ... old places I used to frequent a lot back when I was in high school. The Source in Buena Park, Baekjeong on Beach Blvd, my aunt's house in Cerritos

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  short day which included transfecting some rat hippocampal neurons in ... ate my soup and sandwich outside in Kendall Square while reading a book ... in the City" on my iPod. There is basically nothing better than walking

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  at least a few days in advance, if at all possible) than to not ... come late for it? as in late friday night, all of sat and leave sunday ... @mit.edu, or call the office at (617) 253-3400. Thomas wrote, "In my planning to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Springing into Junior Year actually not Springing, just Spring

  

  schedule has been pretty set in stone since the first week of classes, but ... I should start as the only blogger in [annotation note="civil and ... Mechanics, which I took in the fall. Last semester, I learned all about

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  you were curious, the numbers X-Y-Z in parentheses indicate that the ... the fact that I was taking classes I was genuinely interested in, plus a general excitement to begin my second semester at MIT (keep in mind this was

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  sort of decide to send in a supplementary essay can i do that via email in place of the snail mail?" Yes, send it to admissions ... by MIT?" IB is generally equivalent to AP in terms of academic rigor

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  Resources." This post expands on CLAAASS to discuss MIT Academics in general ... ), 8 HASS subjects (including at least one in each category of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and 3-4 subjects in one department to attain a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  I’m in my room, clacking away on my laptop, my fingers slowly ... -sets and exams all culminated in two midterms this past Monday, alongside a p-set I turned in one Ed Sheeran song before the deadline. Needless to say

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  . I am interested in my academic advisor's project(I indicated this ... I am back in Boston, sitting on my comfy couch after a lovely weekend spent in Columbus (where I ordered my wedding dress, yay! Now I just have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  education and culture. Everything we do in our process is grounded by our goal ... more equitable and transparent than a test-optional policy. In the post below —  and in a separate conversation with MIT News today —  I

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  It's raining. I'm sick. No lab today, because the postdoc in our group also picked up whatever viral assemblage has been partying in my ... of this writing, I have exactly 11111 unread messages in Gmail

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  finals in three days, I packed my bags and headed back home to South Bend ... , everything has. Including me. A lot can happen in a semester, especially a semester at MIT. In retrospect, I realize that - in spite of reading the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...

  

  or if I was just ignoring them. I would get so engrossed in books that ... last year (strikethrough indicates books I actually finished): The ... finish) in lieu of Purple Hibiscus and Unbearable Lightness, because last

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48, Part 2 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do…

  

  of classes I gave in my last post, we're left with the question ... with friends or with activities I enjoy. In spring of 2013, the questions ... . At this point, I've probably gone far too far in the opposite

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sororities @ MIT- Become a part of it! Come to the first day of recruitment on September 1st to learn more about what…

  

  incoming freshman will not have this semester to see what being in an MIT ... information…. (from the MIT Panhel website) Over 400 women are in sororities at ... sisters in an informal setting. This is useful for underclassmen who are to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  Things are actually pretty calm here in New England, even with the ... excited, sure, but the third win in four years for the Pats is nothing ... in the meantime feel free to use this post's comments section to talk

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  What a wonderful word: anew. Google defines it as “in a new or ... of the labs in the tunnels. I enjoy passing by quick performances in ... this semester (told in alliteration because why not?):  1. People Since

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 23, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  because I have friends in this class and my professor is very helpful ... about AI. Monday - 9/13 Before Class I wake up at 9am in the beautiful ... understand what they're talking about. Today in class we covered the different

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021