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• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  designed to help the admissions committee get to know you as a full person ... to you? Does the work in your portfolio help us better understand ... MIT? If the answer to these questions is yes, then your work

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  version of the Google Translate app, and you’re good to go. Of course ... that cover some or all of your trip, and you get to acquire. that ... program or grant to get you there. And it’s not just study abroad: there

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  A Monday in the Life So many to-do’s, so little time.

  

  getting anything done is really just remembering to actually do it, and I sometimes don't ever get past the recall part, so I decided to outsource that ... of notes to self. And with that, I will try to get those 7 hours of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  materials. If you're good at self-studying, however, and have access to ... are! Courses are useful to some; I just like independence a little too ... the best: (1) Examkrackers - I didn't get to use their "1001 Questions

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  great. You get to travel and experience living in another country, and it’s possible to do so on a college student budget. But what if you’re pursuing a really technical major, and it’s hard to get outside credit from a school

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to put together an ohms concert apparently we have a concert this weekend

  

  arrangements. tldr it takes a lot of work just to get to the point of having ... posters that get distributed to various locations around main campus and ... . probably the most important points are: we get liquid 5th productions to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  thing and if you're considering getting an IUD, then you don't have to go ... % effective!): A PSA to all MIT students with uteruses: YOU CAN GET AN IUD FOR FREE AT MIT MEDICAL. YES, YOU HEARD ME. YOUR PARENTS DON'T EVEN HAVE TO

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  's one thing that will help me get through psets, a ton of things to do ... telling people that I'm a blogger. (Which I then question due to my recent ... reason I'm writing this right now is because Snively '11 sent an email to

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  last-minute answers. It's fashionable here to loudly announce your ... we can get to help solve the problems. There's very much an "I ... direction. He might even walk with you to your destination. (This only works

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I do too much stuff at MIT 1)My mom doesn't have a problem with it.

  

  'll be relatively independent and your primary responsibility will be to ... two are out to get me. You'll never get my wisdom teeth! Neither of you ... to get through MIT is hard, and you'll often wonder whether or not the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  to explain why. Thanksgiving is when Americans gather together with their families to take part in a few time-honored traditions: huge, home ... actually played with your feet), and preparation for the holiday season. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  one of these dorms, you're required to buy a dining hall meal plan, in which you get discounted meals but in order to break even, you need to eat ... tooling problem sets with your friend at Baker, you don't have to walk all

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  and they’re going to better places lessons learned from a hard summer

  

  "You should really cherish your time at MIT." And I thought to myself ... isn't meant to be an "Oh non-MIT people just don't get it" in a snobby ... needed nothing from them at all, and I had let it get to me a bit too much

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  . I’m a teaching assistant. To get funding, most MEngs have to TA or RA ... ’t randomly hit up someone on my floor to go get boba. Plus, many of my closest ... MEng is a great way to pursue research if you’re unsure about a PhD, or

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  'll get to experience a small slice of life at MIT to help make your ... you who get in will get to come to CPW. And some of you might have already visited overnight. You'll get to stay with a student, or a house

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  find your UROP? A: Once you find your first UROP, it’s easy to find ... lab. My supervisor gave me significant independence to work on my ... need to learn or find answers to your questions. Prof. Langer, the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  ! part 1: getting to class 8:50 AM: My first alarm—a primer alarm, just to ... "getting to class exactly on time" down to a science; I can afford to waste a ... , I also need to get into at least one, and some of the classes have

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  have thesis defenses to go to. And then, of course, when you get your Ph ... getting a PhD by offering a gift to his committee beforehand--while most of ... can see exactly what our soldiers actually get to eat out in the desert

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  . Get in your college applications, and now what? Well...now's the time to ... (Independent Activities Period--in essence, MIT gives us the month of January to ... want to get out of my time here?" "Which activities do I value more and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  corridors in order to get around campus without walking in the rain outside ... was feeling a more light-hearted, nonsensical post to take my mind of ... Hogwarts! (I also recently watched Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016