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• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  , some have less, but you do kinda have to map out a courseroad if you ... majors here, and it’s hard to choose. # “What course are you?” a tour guide ... ?” “Engineering and humanities.” It’s a sort of joint major where you can do more of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  In a conversation I was having with my good buddy, Quinton, today ... NEVER have a pleasantly warm spring break? Hmm...well, there are a few ways to enjoy a New England spring and it does have its' charms, I

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  Research Board meeting, and then a conference on sustainable transportation called Transforming Transportation. Flying down was a bit nerve wracking ... ), that was supposed to bring a quarter inch of ice. But I made it here

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  royal guard. Like a freshman? Haha, no, you aren't allowed to do that until November. No no, today I felt I like a freshman, hosed for the very ... eventually turned out to need about two and a half hours of touching) when I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  sitting in a coffee shop in Arizona, finishing this blog many months later ... postcards picked up at a writing conference many states away. I moved the lamp from a corner where the wall is painted black to a corner underneath my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  You've now had a chance to post lots of questions. Now it's my turn ... ? Primarily biology? Chemistry? Mathematics? A little bit of everything? It includes a little bit of everything, and because it's such a flexible major

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  Hey all! Time for another round of Q&A. A few general comments: 1 ... anything wrong with that (unless a subset of those questions violate (1)) but ... whatever reason, asking questions in the comments section of a blog post

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  I've been reading a lot of comments lately about which majors are ... love!-- there's obviously a lot of strife here, and I just wanted to address the topic in a proper way. First, some questions. Is Physics major

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  questions and identity crises… Every student at MIT is required to declare a ... , you can declare "undeclared", but most people do make at least a temporary decision, for a couple of reasons: 1. More resources. You

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  Last time I wrote a blog about my academic life, back in November, I was going through a major crisis – by which I mean a crisis about my major, not a major crisis necessarily, though it certainly is a question

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  thought this would be a good idea because I enjoy the entire process of ... curated Spotify playlists. I was, however, a bit hesitant about the prospect of consuming 365 new albums in a year. what if I found it tedious

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  feel like a wound that will never heal.   the problem— grief goes hand in hand with being a hopeless romantic. always mourning a ... around it, uneasily, like you're staring down a lion in a cage. (you carry

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  . Normally I would say that sounds like a really bad idea, but it hasn’t turned out to be so bad, and I had a good reason: I was in Israel. Going to ... 10 days rowing, eating and sleeping. And video review of course. It’s a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  Have you ever wanted to see how accurate you can make a GPS? Have you ... gun bullets? Or maybe the power of a single footstep? Want to know the ... , collecting and analyzing data, and uncovering a conclusion. Sounds nerdy, but

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  a state of moving ny --> ma, macg adventures

  

  It's been roughly a little under 2 months since I moved onto campus ... , much later than anticipated, is a blog detailing life since that fateful ... MIT, I took a train, which was a rather nice mode of transportation

  • by Waly N. '24
  • April 5, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  a luxurious full week off between the end of classes and the start of final exams. Here at MIT, we're only granted a paltry four-day weekend, but we still call it Dead Week, and I'd say we manage to cram about a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  hacking tools to make a guide for sales engineers but what I found was a 10 ... summers to date. Computer security is something they touch upon a little bit ... year. The internship was pitched to me as a better class than any school

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Mystery Hunt Puzzle A Taste of Things to Come...

  

  molecular orbital diagrams. You still have a 14.01 pset to do, before the sun ... , this isn't really a puzzle! haha

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  under $30, and something that needs a little fixing for under $15. If you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  Well now, this is a good way to start a blog entry. Megan '08, nine ... this happened. Well, it was a little cold, for the first time in a few ... . Sorry. That's an apology for a lot of things. Please don't go stalking

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005