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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  office. We obviously chatted about writing. At one point, he asked, “Do you ... ’s been called to do. One thing he said has stuck with me: We tend to overestimate what we can do in a short period of time and underestimate what we

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July A video experiment just for the heck of it

  

  ) audio in silence and do some quick editing. Anyway, I promise there will

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 4 Finishing Exams and The Future!

  

  necessary than my urban dwelling classmates do. With that said though, my ... internet, and all of the good that it's spread can do, I enjoy following philanthropic efforts to do just this. From the One Laptop Per Child to this new

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  January 12 Hostel Colonial House, Quito In retrospect, I do not ... do any restaurants. We broke our fast with potato chips and a chocolate ... for a scholarship to do research in Heidelberg next year; she said that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  I'M DONE WITH FALL CLASSES! and am now back home in London, doing British things like drinking tea, spelling humor 'humour,' and hiding indoors from the rain. One of the classes I just finished taking is 8

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Discovering Product Design through Photography Beautiful photos taken by DPD 2013 freshmen

  

  idea of what we do in the program by taking a look at all the students

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline please check MyMIT

  

  Standard Time, on Tuesday, November 19. Do not send your missing components

  • by Kris Guay
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  /listener subjects, academic warnings that do not show up in the transcript you send ... means pass. These do not weigh into your GPA. Spring semester was a ... either trying to do it all (these two reports alone were about 25% of my

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  Class of 2017 has arrived and is doing Orientation.  Classes will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  , but I'll do my best to update this post as soon as I hear any further

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  I admit that I haven't been doing it as much as I'd like to. I ... and watching inane animations of cats doing people things. And that ... substitute for nutrition more often than not. So how do we remember to step

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  DO on the weekends?” *defined here as me. Disclaimer: I may not be the ... , by learning the choreography you’re performing with your sisters. Do ... West), I swirled around, keenly missing the flying destruction (doing it

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  this year, just for fun, I'm doing a poll.  Which MIT professor is your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Maker Faire 2012 the Dean is going - are you?

  

  called, "Preparing for College: What's a Maker To Do?" Its on Sunday at 3

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Tale of 8 Instagrams Low resolution, high flavor

  

  do important stuff like attending a graduate school fair, picking up

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013

  

  our website. What questions do you have that we can help with? Best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  While browsing through my news feed the other day, I came upon a post from the MIT Alumni Association's page that caught my eye... The Great Gatsby as a video game?? So cool. After doing a little digging around, I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  need help. All you need to do is ask.  Don't be afraid to seek help from ... lot of stress and time if you just talk to someone! Do what you love ... to do and commit the free time you do have to it. If you really love

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  essays. This means to spend a lot of time thinking about why you do the things you do and how you’ve developed yourself in your mental, emotional ... interview. Sometimes I do silly things. Sometimes they become self

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  So course 5 (Chemistry) is doing something cool. Last January, filmmakers followed around the participants of 5.301 Chemistry Lab Techniques as they struggled with the intensive, high stakes world of ChemLab Boot

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012