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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  answer." In some regards, I was considering a LAC when I applied to ... ) classes in the same HASS field of study. It's designed to be a counterpoint ... your four HASS classes, in a non-boring way? Sure! (please note videos

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  weather works when you’re not in California? Every morning I've resorted to ... been in a drought). Combined, heat and humidity are killer. But when you add in hot and humid rain, well, that’s like putting a kangaroo in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  ’ve seen him around for the past two years and now I get to see him twice a ... localization that you can watch from home. In case you’re wondering what a ... about how proteins made in the cell are marked for distribution to where

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  to get homework extensions or makeup exams (especially in big classes ... right, mom. Getting sick really does suck.) To end on a positive note ... this semester? Well, in a dramatic turn of events, I suddenly became

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  . It’s pretty hot in here, but I’m pretty used to it. There are a few ... thinking of getting a septum piercing, you know, in the pursuit of a folk ... we’re lame, or because there’s not much to do in the first place. It

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Infinite Magazine [joint post with Kidist A.]

  

  [annotation note="generally, a spread refers to two facing pages of a magazine ... desire to meet cool new people in a virtual semester, led me to apply for a ... photography and grew enough confidence to become a spread lead in the fall for

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  midterm in a week and half though, so we'll see"]continues to be my favorite ... to others unless you're going to major/minor/concentrate in ... convinced I wanted to be a physicist, but then I took AP Physics C: Mech in

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  a stunned daze, that this would be the closest I would get to a one ... assigned, at least in the physics department. I had to send in a form and ... . course requirements, how to plan a career in physics, finding a UROP) I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  my dorm. I collapsed on my bed, keeping in mind to rest for a few ... on the p-set, but there seemed to be a dispirited laziness in the way I ... otherwise might have. In contrast, I had been able to get my physics p

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  dogfighters and barnstormers…and for two weekends in October, they host a Fall ... , then compete to see who could make the most cuts in the paper before it ... Tiger Moth taxiing back ahead of the Fleet Finch. We then got to see a

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  you should avoid a Mac. That's not to say you can't have one, but your ... Eeepc is kinda cute and would be good to just throw in your pocket, but ... ! *Disclaimer: I'm not a computer expert. My goal in this entry is to help you

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  to include the people you're trying to help in the design process ... , do not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with their ... "Codesign Studio" for short. It's a common perception that engineering and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  entered and became a finalist in. "Gee," I thought, "A blogging scholarship. Well, I'm not a woman, a minority, I don't have a parent in a particular ... share my short essay that I submitted to apply. My blogging began during

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  in hopes of catching up to my current life. For example, I have a good ... this year more. It's nice to be able to take a more active role in ... Summer. I'm hoping to stay in Boston this Summer, so I'm feeling a bit

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  grade is comprised of 4 exams. I've been getting A-'s in the exams in that ... bring up the average. And if you're at MIT, you know that "getting an A ... recent "bloggets" - this is going to be a super short blog. I have a lot

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  me you now have 8 more tabs to MIT Admissions blog posts open in your ... GTLs is a great way to explore teaching – you get to try teaching very ... had a custom nametag made by Abby ’17 in which we suggested conversation

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Discovering Product Design through Photography Beautiful photos taken by DPD 2013 freshmen

  

  participated in as a freshman... and now help coordinate! During the short ... , and some visits to firms like Eleven, THE MEME, and even a hardware accelerator called Bolt. They also get a chance to explore the city of Boston

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 17, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  : Provide a link to your "portfolio" - in other words, your current blog. If ... to become involved with at MIT. Write a short essay (100 words or so ... In years past, we've asked folks to let us know in August if they

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catching up What's new? Lots of things. I just haven't told you about them yet, because finals…

  

  's pretty cool to look at a page I created and take pride in its ... 't need to get ready tomorrow morning. So what final details of my freshman ... new stuff and forgot a lot of old stuff. I'm really looking forward to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... raffle to get a free 32GB ipod touch. Yeah. I know. Wow. If that's not an ... 'm trying not to get my hopes up. But dang. So anyway, a list of some of the

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008