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• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  your major's requirements. However, if you want to major in engineering ... regrettably true. Medical schools pay a lot of attention to your GPA and MIT ... Harvard is B+/A- centered.) There is pressure to get good grades, but you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  Orientation, getting lost on the way to Baker House, exploring Greek life during ... remember all the times my professors stayed a few minutes after class to clarify a point or answer a question I had. I remember turning in my first

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  lab of a Nobel Laureate, get a paper published, and go to professional ... come to my 9:30 AM biochemistry class. So, after a breakfast in Burton ... finally meet a lot of you. You are all awesome and I can't wait to see your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rethinking the Paris Metro I'm taking an awesome grad class that includes spring break in Paris. (Yeah, they're paying.)

  

  year." 11.5 hours a year saved? But what happens when you get to the end of the trottoir and have to wait a minute for your train, or for ... metropolitan transit authority of Paris. It's a graduate design workshop in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  is to provide a late-night, work-free food experience to desperate ... , there's an official, MIT-specific definition). When you get to Campus ... 10 minutes ago I actually heard myself say "I really need to eat and

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  country of your choice, given that there is a MISTI program available in ... the coordinator not being able to find one available in your field of ... during May if I wanted to squeeze in a respectable 8-week internship. I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  a state of moving ny --> ma, macg adventures

  

  move-in because I felt I would get too lazy to ever set it up afterward ... cardboard boxes after moving in and ordering stuff, so we planned to make a ... in the room, but we could not get it to work after troubleshooting for

  • by Waly N. '24
  • April 5, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  . conclusion I think this concert in particular meant a lot to me because there ... in the 8th grade, my first one being a free general admissions concert ... pressure (self-inflicted, to be fair) academically and a lot of difficulty

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Premiere I bring you the 2010 Ring Premiere, in full living color!

  

  noticing you went to MIT undergrad to a lady at a coat check. So getting your ... The Brass Rat is a long-standing MIT tradition that has given rise to ... controversy. I would've loved to see a woman on the seal. It seems illogical

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  summer tidbits a picture and annotations

  

  the first time ever a few weeks ago in seattle, and i went to another ... the rest comes out of my paycheck. TT i'm going to anime expo in LA this weekend, then visiting MIT friends in SF next weekend. i'm also taking a

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 4, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  to get into MIT”; I could tell you the things that I did in high school ... only makes this even harder: in a face-to-face conversation, I can ask ... college is to teach you things. And during your time in higher education

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Prof. Acemoglu’s Clark Medal On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story…

  

  , there's a story on the John Bates Clark Medal being awarded to MIT ... to an American economist under the age of 40 for making a significant ... , 11 have gone on to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. MIT Economics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  least six blog entries in the past month or so, I haven't had a chance to ... professor encouraged us all to stay in the class: a 46 on the exam ... , and left me in a somewhat disheveled state. There's homework, lab

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  . My oldest daughter is a high school junior this year, so I'll get to ... and experiences to share with all of you. So, lets get started ... the admissions world for the opportunity to become a student again

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  trip to Florida starts in less than a month! Forthcoming blog entries ... After a long vacation in Southeast Asia, I'll be officially back in the swing of things tomorrow. It will be a little strange to be back

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good

  

  +protein+vegetables goes a long way to a balanced diet. Each day, you can just fill in the ... I'm not a particularly good cook. I once managed to set spaghetti on fire while trying to [annotation note="it was in the pot with water and

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  scratch. You get 20 minutes to escape the room and secure a UROP! As a part ... offer. And in the midst of all of that, take some time to get to know the ... hustle and bustle of the street had a certain magic to it. The cars were

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  one freshman in the eye without freaking him or her out to begin a ... you should never get that vocal or intrusive, but you do have to learn a ... see them in class, to p-setting with them, to merely just getting to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  for the first time. You know, if you're a girl and you didn't get your ... much can change in just one week. It took just a minute or two for me to ... is a LOT of work to be done. But how could this be! It's Christmas

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  , not in anticipation of a meaningful answer. More so, we’re inclined to ... lives. We see that one kid that sits behind us in lecture. And to all of ... sense? Same. I want to hear about how you're afraid of growing up. I want

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017