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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  the Friday before, then skipping out on this would only be a sign of ... . 2:21 PM - Wait, I have what on Wednesday? Okay, so this will be ... appears to be banging its head into its textbook in despair!"), but the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  transfer the proteins to a nitrocellulose membrane (which binds proteins and ... successful transfer requires the frazzled lab monkey to correctly orient ... checked the protein after the transfer, it wasn't there. Probably it ran

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  can be as crucial educationally, if not more so, as the fact that you ... Room Assignment Chair (RAC) for their dorm to see if a transfer can be ... transfers drawing with the class below them) to determine priority in choosing

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  ...my mother wishes to know what exactly will be available for the parents and on ... willing to bet this is what happened in your case. Transfer Student had a ... about the Transfer process? [and] 2. What happens if you give someone a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  succeed, at the expense of never being able to fail. So this break, my goal ... . And after I fail and wipe the grime and dust out of my eyes, I will not ... , "Because what if I fail?" To me, this is the most important what-if of them

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  prospective transfer students will have taken roughly the freshman science core ... when the July FEE results will be out? I'm really curious to know how I ... be ECs aren't the 'deciding factor,' but when the acceptance rate is ~4

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  summer lovin’ 🎶 🎶 had me a blast

  

  having a summer, only what The Ideal Nonexistent MIT Student would be doing ... it was my actual self, and not the Ideal MIT Student, who would be ... subject of the contract (some land being given to monks from Pontigny

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 2, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  to be less busy. anyway, the point is that having [annotation note ... in one of the organizations i'm in, esp, we toss the phrase "institutional memory" a lot. it refers to the knowledge that's shared between the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  texted my friend and told her I might not be able to watch the drama at 10 ... mass transfer problem and then go on to the rest of physics. No DDR or ... may be asking: What's your life been like since that nearly-failed 18

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I screwed up a lot So a bunch of my blog posts are dead.

  

  morning, you will probably accidentally delete the entire folder anyway and then you will be made of fail and then the little voice in your head that ... Athena locker, the damage will still be done. So here's a lesson for you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 26, 2010
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  institutional offerings. The transfer admissions process is highly competitive ... There's no formula for gaining transfer admission to MIT. There's no ... preparation includes—at the very least—one year each of college-level calculus
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  have already answered will be useful for next year's applications (the part about the extracurricular activities) or will it be completely ... category but will my speech be called the keynote address (practically it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to Life, Back to Reality Did you know that you can make an equation out of anything?

  

  Name the song I stole the lyrics from and win a cookie. So this week ... Tissues - One 12 page lab report on the superposition of effects of ... spring, I took 5.12 (Organic Chemistry I). The night before the exam, I

  • by Bryan
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  questions you may have about our change. Will you still require the SAT or the ACT? We will continue to require the SAT or the ACT, because our ... students from across the country — and the globe — who we are confident will

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  were rejected/deferred, you will be thinking about yesterday’s decision ... “Omg. If I get in next week, I’ll be easy livin' for the rest of the ... , despite being bogged down by the academic intensity, I see more and more

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  about is the part where I will sit in a library for 8 hours trying to do a ... semester frantically trying to not fail physics? I had the third lowest grade ... you expect to have a blast the entire time. You will have fun, but only

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  …But I never thought it would be so easy to practically fail. Almost ... out the intro: I’m a freshman @ MIT, trudging through endless piles of work while juggling the crazy new power/responsibility that is FREEDOM

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  person we're going to be for the next stage of our lives. I felt like I ... transfer papers each time. Within the past year, it got a lot harder to ... end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can I find info on Graduate Admissions/Masters/PhD?

  The Office of Undergraduate Admissions handles first-year and transfer admissions. To pursue graduate study at MIT, you need to apply to one of our departmental programs(opens in new window). Each department
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  charge of the subject will be notified when an O is changed to an OX. An OX ... the future, at which point the OX mark will disappear to be replaced ... subject, but the O grade can be converted to a grade of OX” and OX

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016