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• Blog / Admissions

  Deferred Applicants Q & A Have a question about your MIT EA deferral? Read on...

  

  available on MyMIT in January. On the Midyear Report, you will provide us with ... Committee will primarily look to the Midyear Report for your updates. What ... possible after completion of the fall semester, second quarter, or first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  lecture was already a lot to handle, and the first assignment on MITx almost ... just a few connections away from the strangers on the streets. So, to ... any time to appreciate it all before I plunged deep into the pits of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Where is Andorra? and other FAQs about my IAP Teaching abroad in a quadrilingual country

  

  , and practical know-how you have to learn on your own. The CFP is ... --students worked on the activities at their own pace, and I was there to give ... plans to visit France and Spain on the weekends and hung out in Andorra

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 5, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 3 Helping the Class of 2010 with their decisions.

  

  The third in a series... With fewer than 10 days to go until the May ... good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we ... morning before I have to run... Ariadne wrote, "The only thing holding me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  .01, Physics Mechanics (you’re still on the hook for Electricity and Magnetism ... Language or Literature, you don’t have to take an essay evaluation over the ... class. If you take the ASE, the grade you get on the test stands in for a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  biggest was the general explosion of user-created on-line content. You ... there for anyone to listen to. I know I have Ben's band on my iPod. =P ... who felt disenfranchised by their government were able to turn on a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  Yesterday one lucky prefrosh got to be hosted by me through the MIT ... understood about six words, and then corrected my answer to the last question (how the heck was I supposed to know what Ihrer meant? it's in some crazy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  Regular Action" which happened to be the exact title of my post. Hm, go ... &A" because I'd like to answer your questions. My goal is for this to be the one ... the required standardized tests on or by the November test date and

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  - reviewed all of these applications, and tried to sort them out among us. The ... aboard. Lydia K. made the transition from Pennsylvania to Random Hall ... front of him sang the song he was going to sing (he didn't make it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  , Trashion is now produced by the MIT Undergraduate Association Committee on ... photos from the entire event (and you should go click that, since I had to ... When people ask me what I do, the easy answer is that I'm an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  of actually solving the problems. (I also completely blanked on how to ... done far better on the test than I had. Ultimately, I decided to stick ... behind it. Fast forward to the middle of December. The second of our two

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  over 16 weeks. On the other hand, MIT has two 14-week terms, separated ... to take on 15+ hours of lecture a week (although probably not attending ... for one of the seemingly infinite student groups on campus. At Cambridge

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Events

  December Events

  

  Rajasthan, India, to attempt an understanding of the complex and multi ... film. Open to: the general public Sponsor(s): Center for Bilingual ... will walk you through the basics of trading. Learn to trade different

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  was super excited to take 2.007, which is one of the robotics classes at ... be pretty rough for me. To take the classes I wanted, I sort of had to ... possible. All I need to do is make it through the class… Ah, sweet summer

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  am brief and to the point with my answers! Questions answered by ... 's exactly right! Carlos asked, "Just one question, The Processed tag on each ... ." She hit the nail on the head with this reply. Swetko wrote, "I am asked

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  mentioned I moved to EC on the blogs... oops, that might be an important piece ... the bottom bed to be a couch/seating place, put in the rug on the floor ... to do my passport application, and someone on the street was like "Hey

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  . To the point where it feels like I never left for winter break at all ... wet. Not to mention, it’s also super comfy. Along with the socks, I wear ... the air before it enters my system. It’s also recommended to breath in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  or systems that use it. For instance, the second week, we focused on ... for everyone to participate in a substantial debate. But the focus on ... wake of a wave of European colonization: hang on to the customs that have

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  was probably more like two, a voice appeared on the loudspeaker to ... PHONE! YOUR PHONE!" to alert me to the fact that I had dropped my phone on ... Monday, it's back to work! I have a post half-done (I started it on the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  Francisco this summer on the Video Distribution team :) I'm super excited to ... that I can contribute meaningfully to all the projects that I work on ... student as time has gone on, but I definitely haven't gamed the system yet

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020