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  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  . Second semester, D's and F's do not show up on your transcript, but A's, B ... came to terms with the fact that I wasn't preordained to be a computer ... the societal implications of technology. I wanted to learn about

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  , a 3.5 mile drive from campus. I sprint to get on the bus 3 minutes ... in time and take an Uber to the rink for my 20-minute on-ice warmup at ... hotel, and we head to the rink. It’s again time for my 20-minute on

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back 2 school

  

  an airport and i was in the second-to-last row window seat on a redeye ... a big window in our house and i sat on the couch in front of it and ... dragged two friends to a book talk at the harvard coop, where we learned

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 10, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  the day, I was trying to figure out how to tell folks on here what the ... , early on Sunday morning, I was lying on the floor. I don't tend to lie ... looking over to the side and seeing what's going on elsewhere. Oh, good

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  .com/education, but it's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... submit a proposal beyond "lying on the beach," but often little more is ... any reason as long as students don't apply elsewhere. "It's reached the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The German language has two different verbs for "to eat ... (fressen). I have also learned the German word for "to strike a deathblow ... parties, a floor-sponsored trip to some island in the middle of Boston

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  . When your application pieces are processed, they will be posted on the My ... deadline versus those submitted on the deadline day. The bottom line -- no ... these extra materials as they reach our desks. Catching up on some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited ... 's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  tests and a pset to turn in on Wednesday. 2:03 PM - Roll over, reach for ... the Friday before, then skipping out on this would only be a sign of ... .03/Differential Equations instructor Arthur Mattuck's addition to the 0x10

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hacking Story poetry, guitars, a hardware hackathon, and the time-to-pee scheduling metric

  

  would win a chance to compete again the following weekend on February 22 ... culminates in a hardware hackathon. 1. The Time-to-Pee Schedule Metric When I was putting together my Freshman Spring schedule on the wonderful

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 26, 2014
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  ’m cheating myself out of the experience of learning! I need to grow on my own ... ” by Worthikids. I’m on the rise.  As we prepared to run over the next ... through Boston and tried to run to the airport [ [annotation note

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  because it is out of the reach of my comprehension. This led to feelings of ... , this immense stress regarding my classes that drives me to the point of ... computer science classes, I stop thinking about the difficulty relative to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  a dog, and making Simmons the second third undergrad dorm, alongside Maseeh and Burton Conner, to have one on the premises. In honor of ... pieces of vegan chocolate cake, to be had. The birthday girl lapped up

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  gratitude to Zahir Dossa, whose class made our project possible; to the Public Service Center and the Legatum Center, which funded it; and to our host in ... after we found out that the hotel where we were planning to stay had been

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  accessibility of the admissions officers, etc.). We try to connect with you on an ... here are the most popular ones: What's the deal with calling on Thursday? We have organized the office to be able to start taking phone calls

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  -nighter on the last day, finishing just in time to glue the bellows, roll it up ... shoot (with a smaller camera), I spent a few hours struggling to fold the bellows together before falling asleep, leaving the bellows half done on the

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  all the things I kept meaning to write and then never got around to, and ... write a paper. Details to come, so stay tuned. 21M.733: Design for the ... get to keep a blog. No joke. Part of the requirements are to write

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Where We’ve Been And Where We’re Going A brief history of the blogs and MyMIT.

  

  brainstormed on how to take that energy and translate it to the rest of MyMIT, as ... Browsing Matt's blog reminded me that I have a blogiversary on the ... , allowing the admissions office to connect with users and address their

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Time to Complete the MIT Midyear Report Applicants need to fill out the form on MyMIT by February 15th.

  

  just sent out this email: The MIT Midyear Report is now available on ... all students, and is to be completed by you, the applicant.  The Report ... Report as soon as possible after completion of the fall semester or second

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  . The second time was when Queen's wonderful song "Under Pressure" came on ... This entry chronicles interesting things I did on the middle three days of the week: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On Tuesday, I went on

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005