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• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  , because it reminds me that I have strategies, and makes me feel less like I’ve ... , really nice, particularly if you’ve already taken the class (which, I hope ... to take all your subject tests/APs in the classes you’ve taken, if at

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  people to buckle under the pressure. I’ve adapted the response I created ... school. In fact, (a brief tangent) I’ve always disliked it when college ... get used to. While I’ve talked a lot about the difference between MIT

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  once the spring semester really gets started. So far I’ve made it through ... over the holidays, we’ve begun to veer towards having something of a ... though this is only my first day back, I’ve already attended one meeting

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  , and this Saturday has been the first time I’ve really been able to ... captured in lecture. I’ve been parroting back the same old metaphor of a ... one another in a jittery excitement fueled by about 1 hour of sleep. I’ve

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  'm busy wondering how many people can say that they've talked to a ... (Dear Washington DC: that was a pitiful excuse for Spring.) I’ve been ... is totally on board with all this science funding stuff, that they’ve

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  I’ve ever had to, an effect self-evident in me staying up late on ... is someone I’ve gotten unbelievably close to, and we were working on an ... few years ago, he’s been my absolute favorite author, and I’ve read

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  message from Professor Adams. "We've finished grading the class," he wrote ... it discourage you. I've been impressed by your questions, answers ... . Zwiebach. I announced the game plan. He smiled, nodded, said "you've got a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  packs strapped to my face. Lovely. Since then, I've been on a ... age, and stars that are metal-poor because they've been shedding off ... Studies Program: it lasts for two hours every Saturday over eight weeks. We've

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  accepted that it was not possible to become Brian Greene himself). I’ve ... theory might not necessarily be a good fit in practice. Something I’ve had ... comes from someone who has tried). For every interest of mine, I’ve had no

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Richard III: Behind-the-scenes [by Grace Kane '11, Guest Blogger] What does it take to put on Shakespeare at…

  

  on a series of fantastic shows each term. This term I've been ... incredibly proud of what we've created. Here's a short behind-the-scenes look ... driven in a direction much more exciting and compelling than if I would've

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  10 minutes of every linguistics lecture, but I've learned how to cure ... semester I've only received exact, numerical grades in one class so far.) I ... fun! However, I've always been wary of having fun in excess, so I might

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  I've done a couple of posts about life at MIT, so I figure it's time ... . Proofread. I'm sure you've heard it all before, but your word processor ... your accomplishments or activities, or review the list if you've already

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  this utterly fascinating. I've always hated the expression "the straw ... the word I was thinking of!" Well I've found that sometimes Spanish ... Madrid." You go there so you can say you've been there, basically

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Boston’s 3rd of July It's almost a holiday, but not quite.

  

  , thank you for being patient. You've weathered the storm and, while you ... years ago, the sound isn't great but I've also included a link to an mp3 ... like "Please, please, no more take me out to the ball game, we've had

  • by Snively '11
  • July 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  have missed. I've been reading these comments for a year and half now and ... us on our toes and makes us follow through with things we've written. We can be scatter-brained and sometimes forget that we've started a

  • by Snively '11
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  I've missed mystery hunt every year so far. Freshman year I found ... anyone else. In the pictures that follow, I've forsaken the higher ... like I do to East Campus. I can't do it. I think I've been going with my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  /c I've been pretty involved with my church throughout high school. And I ... early due to some searchlights on MIT's Great dome... I wonder what could've ... this fishing net that they had hung from the ceiling. (We also could've

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  we also eat Thai food after class. But so far, we've stuck to the basic ... on this. I can't really find a good way to put it, but I think I've ... foods they eat, and places they've been too. Sometimes, my first

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  -faculty members are lecturers for a course, they've gotten that job because ... asked Hi, I'm currently a highschool freshman. I've developed a strong ... have a list of books I've read in the past few years. Also, if you have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  living hell for all involved. As previously noted, I've spent the last six ... if you haven't seen the financial aid package? Raise your hand if you've ... you've sacrificed and planned for all of his/her life? Enough from me

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006