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  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  Nearly three years ago, I published a post provocatively titled ... . Scheduling and Registration DEGREE REQUIREMENTS (for a formal overview, go ... , Arts, and Social Sciences, and 3-4 subjects in one department to attain a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  people haven’t noticed. To be fair, he’s a name rather than a face for ... him by name when I passed by in the hallway. Now, I’m in a big room scarfing down bacon and coffee with over a hundred other representatives from

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

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  I remember the first time I went to a market in my hometown. It was ... , screaming for my mom. Muddy water pounced on my legs with icy strength. A few ... consolation gift she had promised me. You probably think falling into a gutter

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

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  Hello homies. It's been a while, right? I feel like I start off every ... you'll see that my 2013 Pi Day was equally exciting, though in a totally different way. Actually, I had a week that was a little nuts. Shall we recap

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  Hey guys, This guy tried to guilt-trip me into writing a blog, but yeah, I haven't written a blog in too long anyways, so I owe all of you ... kidding. My research deals with the characterization of a novel gene in the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  Mystery Hunt ended just over a week ago and I think it's safe to say ... hard to work up the effort to do a comprehensive blog entry that detailed ... little glimpse into the average Mystery Hunt puzzle solving session and a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  The fifth in a series... With less than a week until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time ... professors teach? Call me naive, but I didn't even *think* about this at a top

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  Quite a few Fridays ago I locked myself in my room so I could get as ... compeition. What kind of competition, you ask? A robotics competition, of ... . In early January, a challenge is announced to the teams at the kickoff

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  Today, I have a great idea. Recently I had a conversation with a ... notes, laughed about it, and felt a lot better after mutually admitting ... closer as friends and also relieved a lot of the shame we both felt

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  ...here we are). This past January, I learned how to code (again). On a whim ... being a computer science major again. Why? Well, I slightly blame the atmosphere of MIT -- a good majority of my friends are CS majors and always

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  wednesday, november 15 i wake up from a weird dream. it's five minutes before my alarm goes off. i haven't woken up naturally in a while, so this is a nice change. i blink at the brightness of my room -- my

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

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  Wouldn’t it be cool to try something new? A new sport, perhaps? Or, maybe try and improve at one of the many sports you know how to play in a mediocre manner? Coming into MIT, I thought about this a lot. Even before

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  the deadline, so I'm taking a break from my New Years vacation (in ... ), Leon, Niyatee, Sarah, and everyone else for doing a little pinch ... wrote, "Just a quick question. When I print preview the MIT application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  For those of you new to the blog: a Questions Omnibus is a post where ... a question, look for the answer in a post like this rather than within the comments thread. A lot of questions while I was gone, here we go

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  dancing at MIT a lot longer than I have, but since we’re both pretty ... explore here, as well as our own dance journeys. I know that as a prefrosh ... dancers from a diverse range of teams that represent styles like hip

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  On today, Ben Jones's last day at MIT (no!), let's take a look back ... started it all. Back when there were just a few bloggers, including Ben ... team is a force. We sleep outside offices and dorm rooms when people try

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  This is part two of a series, consisting of a lightly ... , currently one minute early! currently listening to: a baby crying (nothing) Good morning! It’s a beautiful morning out here in the [annotation

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  be a brilliant idea to make up some ghost stories to pass time. Here ... the spookiest things about Halloween. Take a deep breath; you totally ... Infinite and out lobby 7 to grab a bite to eat from the [annotation note

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  Hi Everyone! In my previous post, I announced a blogger AMA on ... ! _______________________________ Last week, Allan K. '17 and I did a Facebook Live AMA about ... turning 21 a week before graduation, and she is one of the most competent

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC’s Q&A with Dean Kelley of Pixar’s Coco (he also worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Monsters University, and The Incredibles 2)

  

  A couple of Fridays ago I had the opportunity to sit in on an LSC ... spoilers), I have (c o m p l e t e l y p a i n l e s s l y :’-)) transcribed a bit of his guest lecture and the Q&A that followed. Enjoy

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 8, 2017