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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  upperclassmen to exert on freshmen, and that because they've been there longer ... means to someone else. Just because those guys are working hard on pass ... embarrass you or for you to wear around your head like a crown, grades are a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next

  

  On Wednesday, December 16th, we released decisions for Early Action ... as opposed to admitted or denied. Having done this for some time now, I ... best thing you can do is to focus on things that are not MIT (or other

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  home is where the whiteboard is a tradition, continued untraditionally

  

  too many windows for it to fit on any wall, so it ended up in the living ... free, or confirm that someone is likely to be around at a certain time ... quote truly needs to be preserved on the board when I'm laughing almost

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  to take an OX for the class. I visited S3 again to update my dean on ... - “Absence satisfactorily explained to and excused by the dean for ... to have happened. Basically, on the Friday before finals week I began

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  the next few days. surviving on snacks and free food scavenged from ... finals to study for, i spent my time doing absolutely jack all with my ... official last day of classes for everyone, i went to see the movie Jujutsu

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.

  

  waterproof to it as you thought. Silly: how grass looks like a bad shave when it's half-hidden under a thin layer of it. Stupid: when rain falls on ... ). overcoat. (d). sweaters for layering. (e) boots. Things I now wish I own

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  from 9am onward to be with one another, listen, and share our hopes for ... free to bring pillows and blankets and maybe take a nap, since we're all ... over, and many emotions are running through many people on campus. Many

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  to Nova Scotia before, so I asked her for recs before we embarked on ... bags for a bustling East Coast adventure. This year, we went on a ... 35-year run. So, we booked tickets and set on going to New York to

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  this year. after renewal, students won't be able to mural directly on the ... stewardship over the building, and giving them free reign to paint is untenable ... to put stuff on their walls. they did an amazing job, and I really

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  considerably so that it was snowing for real. On the way back to the dorm an hour ... , mention your CC name. Or something. Also feel free to PM me on CC or email ... -packed to make up for it! This will be easy to do, since I had a pretty jam

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  to take notes on and Café 4 for coffee. I find a seat in the back row ... just explore on your own and think for a bit. Sometimes, it’s nice to ... am working on my novel, or making a sad attempt to work on my novel

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  groups on campus, specializing in everything from improv comedy to jazz ... friends be absolutely ridiculous on stage. (And the play was free! Can ... ). Although I don't want to give away the play's ending - you can rely on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Visiting the Museum of Science science is cool

  

  My roommates and I haven’t had an outing for a while, so we went to ... where kids could take on different challenges related to engineering ... to make them float within a certain section of the column for about

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  ’d come home and lie on the floor for a couple hours to slowly recoup my ... October, and kept working on it for the next few weeks. And then months. And ... the day, then spent my free hour on a hallway bench, then continued on

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  early and on time, do your work for long hours, and hope to win the favor ... tastes sour and another friend whose chair is comfortable to sleep on. a ... be rational and still choose to place value on emotion. the problem is

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  comes to actually writing c++ for our own implementation, it becomes ... 'm well on track to graduate, so i don't have as much reason to do well on ... day i arrived on campus freshman fall, to the day i flew to san

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  Astro department canceled classes on Thursday and Friday for the AeroAstro Centennial ... as an AeroAstro is amazing in a lot of respects. 9AM classes for Unified Engineering mean my afternoons are very free. Since I'm also living

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What support is available for LBGTQ students?

  , welcoming communities on campus willing to answer questions for current MIT ... MIT strives to create a safe and welcoming environment for LBGTQ ... services, activities, and resources for lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  've been trying to decide whether or not to switch into 5.112. I'm in it for ... don't want to spend thousands of dollars on a prep course, you can ... more substantial. It's also always helpful to have the book put out for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  mail all decisions on the same day, and we prefer for all applicants to ... 'd also like to know how many Indian students on average get admitted into ... admitted. Also, it appears the contact link for all sites on blogs.mit.edu is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005