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• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  ; Physical Oceanography from 1981-1983) and Course 23 (which used to be Modern ... evolution of course numbers can be found here. It’s actually pretty fun to ... ’re forced to dip your spoon in and search for the right letter (or combination

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  would depend on being able to directly compare 2 numbers and say things ... influenced by the majority votes. I don’t intend to delve into my specific and ... challenging classes I’ve ever taken. It’s a natural followup to MIT

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To Defeat the Huns ...as Hamsika said, there's major business to get down to this semester.

  

  yesterday, and to be honest, I was a little bit unpleasantly surprised. It ... what I get. It’s going to be hard, but at least I know I got most of the ... .013 – Introductory Biology (a GIR class) I’m ALWAYS excited to take biology, but that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Edmund’s New Toy Guitarring starring eJones

  

  do enter it please be sure to be clear about the bass so as not to ... (who's exactly my age, by the way). Fender also makes instruments in ... photo (notice the tupperware! what a friend to the environment...), and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  having hair and having too much work to do can be characterized by variants ... capital of whichever Dakota or Carolina you find to be more mneumonically ... for the title of Person Most Likely to Try to Entertain You by Talking

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to Life, Back to Reality Did you know that you can make an equation out of anything?

  

  " Needless to say with all those tests and psets, I'm having a math overload similar to my organic chemistry overload last year. **FLASHBACK** Last ... carbocations. Their hairstyles could be described as reaction

  • by Bryan
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  no impact. The best way to get us a missing piece is by fax. Our ... along another copy. There are still many more weeks of reading to be done ... have received. Now we're really ready to read applications! This is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Motivation Finals are FUN!

  

  . (Now if only I thought that way.) Back to studying. Followed by: Various ... AM to 12 PM 20.430: Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems ... originally wanted to take the undergrad version of this class, but last

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The best Metro station ever The Metro does it best.

  

  blotting in a Metro station! (By the way, a Western blot analysis is a ... about it. Until then, I'll consider this one to be the best. ... Metro, to get downtown. While I was waiting around the Medical Center

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  easy since there are many decisions still to be made. Before things get really complicated I thought it might be worthwhile to offer some of my ... Admitted: To get this answer will be difficult and perhaps a bit frustrating

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hitting Rewind on 2013 a summary of posts I never ended up writing from IAP till now

  

  consulting externship ended up being the perfect way for me to satisfy that ... overwhelming than I thought it was going to be - a confusing whirlwind of psets ... finals week rolled around, I was desperate to be done. I stumbled through 1

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  am just like everyone else. "You also like to be in control a lot of ... start to be full of doubt or like you're losing something. Am I correct ... resign." "It'll be good for you. You'll learn to deal with failure." It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  "The less learned cannot fail to be pleased, though without knowing ... COMPOSED THIS PIECE OF 1600-1800 MUSIC ?!?! I wouldn't be able to answer unless I actually knew the song. I certainly wouldn't be able to say "ah

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  likely to be in the Science Olympiad or the International Math Olympiad ... traveled to Europe from the US by steamship Times in running events were ... Since everyone seems to have Olympic fever these days (Michael Phelps

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  load of laundry expecting to be done with it by 4 pm today, but ... be connected. i run to a quick mid-semester check-in with my advisor ... pull all-nighters with my current stamina), but i have been trying to be

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 22, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  is ready to be evaluated by the admissions officers. Then, finally ... -- Way West 15). Mail Services sorts the mail and brings it by the ... to this, electronic test score records are sent to us by the testing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  he said was that he didn't deserve to be speaking up there. "Let ... need to be just as innovative in public policy, just as innovative in our ... like I'm being harsh, but I wasn't the only one thinking those questions

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  was a lot of fun...I miss being able to dance with my team in person ... okay, so, sophomore fall was brutal. it went from manageable to tedious to outright AWFUL and i'm still recovering from struggling through a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  spring, it will be time for me to leave MIT and venture out into the real world. So, I've begun to search for the perfect job to excite, challenge ... they're also incredibly selective. I'm beginning to be a little more

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  discovered to a supreme being in some way. Freethinkers did not believe in the ... think the true definition of drinking from a firehose is to be learning ... being chose the best possible conditions for the world to exist as we know

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018