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Blog / Academics & Research
How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens
per day for work handed in late, up to a maximum of 20%. Which in my opinion is kind of amazing. "X percent penalty per day for late work ... class. For essays, I've seen both 1/3rd of a letter grade penalty per -
Blog / MIT Life
What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience
couple per floor) a small library and a koi fish pond (with rubber -
Blog / Challenges
Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT
(Danny here—a friend of mine reached out yesterday and asked if I could help let prefrosh know about their efforts. Their guest post is what follows, sans attribution as per their request.) Hi everyone! This guest -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester
Sexual Tension" (the play about context) "Ad Astra, Per Aspera" (the play -
Blog / Academics & Research
How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?
one class per year that I really, really, really look forward to. A -
Blog / Academics & Research
EAPS Field Trip In which I pretend to be Course 12 for a weekend
underrated by MIT undergrads (there are so few per year!) and that rocks are -
Blog / Academics & Research
An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.
't really need it per say, but since I want to go into journalism, a writing -
Blog / About Decisions
(beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.
lags and is measured in carrier pigeons per second ***let it be known to -
Blog / MIT Life
Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.
around 74 feet per second. Which totally wouldn't kill someone, right -
Blog / Events
I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!
As you’ve probably heard about already, Bill Gates visited campus today! And thanks to the MIT Admissions Office, I got a ticket to see him :) (Thank you, Dave!!) He… -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!
them bars Just $4.50 - ninety cents per semester! So if I gave a -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.
vegetables ($2.00 per 16 oz.) doused in oyster sauce and Sriracha, digging for leftover cornbread and lentil stew in pika's fridge (too many potatoes per 16 ... from last weekend (1-10 units of bragging rights per 16 oz., depending on -
Blog / Admissions
Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.
crime per person." Terence Dalbert: "People have broken into our house a -
Blog / MIT Life
Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫
-3 friend requests per week from prefrosh. To this date, I have accepted -
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Blog / Academics & Research
Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.
get 3-4 example papers per class that are like problem sets. You -
Blog / MIT Life
Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…
-Sevana artist by donating $50 in cash or beads per quarter for at least a year. In -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween
concentration of comic strip artists per square kilometer in the world. As much as -
Blog / Admissions
Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.
expect to allot 2-6 hours per week to complete the lectures, discussions
