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  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  your major; 46 choices) 2 Restricted Electives in Science & ... your choice to form your HASS concentration Unlike the science core, you ... , and your concentration may have a HASS-D or HASS-CI course as a part of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  about fee waivers, and, as Prashant said, a letter from your school certifying that the application fee poses a financial hardship to your family ... . Decisions will not be available online. If you don't receive your letter in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  've become a bit behind in answering your comments. It's been nearly two months ... . Even before I started answering, your questions alone were 4,000 words ... , USA). Be sure to include your full name and date of birth

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  It's June! Which means of course you're not interested in the ... half-explain/half-give advice on academic preparation for your freshman ... your transcript as simply a P for pass. No it doesn't matter if you got a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  day, honing his Roblox skills. Cast your mind back with me to 2016 ... , you'll start your day at 100 percent. When you're just completely ... lord, applying to jobs SUCKS. If you're not getting a referral or an "in

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  my mom if she thought I was mean, and she simply responded with, "You're ... , she's learned to step back. "Pick and choose your battles," I had said ... been incredibly outspoken. A doesn't-take-your-bullshit kind of attitude

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...

  

  Adichie The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Cloud ... Oyeyemi What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi (in progress ... Icarus Girl, and What is Not Yours is Not Yours in the last 10 days since I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 5, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  to the idea of carpe diem, seize the day, chase your dreams, and other ... you’ve always wanted to try, to experiment with your likes, dislikes ... ’ll eventually end up working, or change your mind four different times about your

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  place the oven racks in the lower middle half of the oven. Take your bag of spare ribs and cut them open over your roasting pan, allowing the ... you were generous in your initial rub. If you think you were stingy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  “Help!” by the Beatles. Relevant verse reproduced at the bottom, for your ... want to work on in the future to make your writing better." Issues I ... address - your writing is quite good, but there are issues which are common

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  your stereotype may be. 3. I may not be always politically correct. I ... 't mean you're "paying for friends," nor does not getting a bid during Rush ... it really possible for you do find the "best match" for your next four

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  HASS (humanities classes outside of your major) like we have at MIT. I ... St. John's. Once at Cambridge, your college is probably the most important aspect of your academic and social life. Sorry to draw upon Harry

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  can use BootCamp on your Mac to run Windows. Windows Vista, too. Also ... committee does take context into account. At the same time, just because your schools don't promote the activities you're interested in doesn't mean that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  you're learning. To zoom out to your larger question, suicide and mental ... your Part 1 early, but it need not be in summer. Yali wrote, "I'm still ... "We got your application," or "We got everything but are missing X

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  when you hit the atmosphere. Is there anything you’re looking forward to ... mass of the trolley? Um... GUSTAV: That’s beside the point! You’re ... ! Ruined by your accursed applied mathematics! NELLIE: We can totally figure

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  one. in mit, and undergrad in general i guess, you spend your time hanging out with your classmates. you go to classes with them, work on ... you're friends with, because you're on campus, and all the undergrads

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  picture's horrible. I know. I don't care. Your food doesn't need to be ... . Some other ideas: You can cook your rice in broth. It doesn't have to ... easy to use, and yet it tastes so good. If your rice cooker comes with

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  you’re some kind of pro, but it was a pretty big deal to me, at the time ... it. You can’t go back, because you’re already in your gym clothes ... , because you’re not equipped to face the disappointment of not doing it. But

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  first move in, one of the first steps in making East Campus your home is painting your door - at least, that was my experience, but I’m sure a lot of ... individuality and how you choose to represent yourself, and your door is perhaps

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  There’s this idea that every moment in your life, every experience you go through adds to your being in some way or form. You essentially become a mosaic of all that life gives you. Your high points lay the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018