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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  information out there. Narrow your field of major choices down to only subjects ... hardest major, you HAVE to have a sense of what you're capable of and what you're getting yourself into. I know quite a few people who have either

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  public service announcement on where to buy stuff for your future ... Transportation Authority is here and Google Maps is here. Learn to love these ... were, and how best to get there via public transportation. Public

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  you get here for your pre-orientation program, you are going to check ... you is incredible, and I am so excited to see your happy faces light up ... thing on your plate right now is figuring out when to take the Freshman

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab?

  environmentally sustainable way. Check out their site to learn about all of the ... The Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) was created to coordinate and promote water and food research at MIT. MIT
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  abroad your junior year (and of course I would encourage any of you to ... 't go to MIT or go on the exchange program, do try to get over to England ... is MIT's flagship junior year abroad program, allowing MIT students to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  OCW site, and how much fun it is to do MIT psets. Hey, I've got some ... (read: cheap; there were no cheap tickets from Columbus to Boston last weekend) and decided to create her own Parents Weekend this weekend. She

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Three Months In Paris The MISTI experience of Jenny Nelson '09.

  

  in French libraries, trying to get used to the French keyboard... it ... read that right - until I could get mine fixed. It turned out to be quite ... wanted to do during the summer? Me, I wanted to go to Europe. I had never

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  complicated housing system ever. There's no real answer to your question. Once ... assigned to your floor, you all sit down in a big group and just work it out ... the colors around you to paint on a screen. Kids get to run around and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  useful to know off the top of your head when doing audio production; for ... problem sets, and while 6.864 was fun, I didn't get to actually implement ... In the hassle of getting my life and graduation requirements together

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  ’s hard anywhere to achieve your dreams. It’s going to be a tough ... ’re going to get in (relevant fun fact: MIT doesn’t do legacy admissions ... whose stories really changed my life. Every so often I google them to see

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  and get right down to business. What's happened since you last heard ... to get on a reality show? However, Sam's Mom convinced us that this ... togetherness more than one million dollars, so we decided not to get there until

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  years back (its site is now home to Novartis Institutes for Bio ... ? Check. And a serenade? Check! Thanks to our secret admirers, the ... on. Right: Mari and Gisele watch the serenade. Also related to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  States. It will not tell the reader how to get into college or how to run a ... to publish it as a free PDF for anyone who wants to read it. Now that it's up, I wanted to direct people to it. The foreword sums it up well

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  don't need to. If you have to get around, hitch a ride with your ... schedule lessons, but you're told that you need to get your learner's permit ... gripping the steering wheel until you get to a red light and your entire body

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  take allows you to fulfill your greatest interests and desires, free of ... and outside of college, it feels like you can be chained to what your ... , the upcoming experience I hope to get in the spring semester will be

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  to get more experience in cooking for when summertime hits and I no ... for when I do make good things. Independent Living Groups In addition to ... are amazing and if you're on the fence about coming to MIT because you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunnel66 bringing the borderline tunnels online for CP*

  

  of the murals, meaning if you put your phone up to the murals, an ... walk through the tunnels to get around campus. Tunnel66 is an interactive ... animation I knew I had to get involved with Borderline. Having never been very

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  hour event. Each college fair I do seems to have one question that gets ... your choice to form your HASS concentration Unlike the science core, you ... the normal student using 8 terms to get a degree, most take at least one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  freshmen get assigned to not only a regular advisor but a resident advisor ... opportunity to get advice from an adult and a wise upperclassman. Also, the ... made to your specifications or they can make you a wrap sandwich), Bits

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  make your decision? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are ... difficult to get into the program, because it seems like every other person I ... which you're dealing. If it's what you want to do, MIT can give you a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006