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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  few highlights. The note on this door wouldn't normally be amusing ... behold, Room 7-012, the "Heat Transfer Laboratory." On my way back to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  traditions are a way of transferring spiritual energy from the speaker to the ... brain to another: “When we're talking about something being an oral ... complaining about problems and being pessimistic about them can make them worse

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  from here when I lived on campus, so really this used to be my local ... semester, I'm lucky enough to be able to be involved again. It's honestly ... transfer themselves through my body to the piece I'm working with - just like

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  I figured I was paying too much money to be unhappy. So I transferred ... 2015 about something you should be thinking about over the next few days ... and asking "where would be a good match for me?" I was a good student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  nerds (yuck!) To be fair, this depends on your definition of nerd ... all, they probably would be willing to teach you how to do those things ... University, and if it’s not a good fit, those four years are going to be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  --I always do better in semester 2. I'll be going to more study sessions and ... be able to fulfill that requirement by learning Hindi? Unfortunately I ... but I worry that I won't be able to handle it or that I'll overload

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  remember the first job I ever wanted to be was an interior designer. I drew ... smile. While my desire to be an interior designer[annotation note="I soon ... adored my art teacher.  At a certain point, though, I started being coined

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  understanding, and transference of educational innovations at MIT and elsewhere ... revolution. There are good reasons for the old system to be overhauled ... deemed to be cheating. All of these aspects date back to Italy in the 11th

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  essay the best it can be. This post is called "discovering yourself ... ? You only have room for a couple of activities, some may have to be dropped, which will they be? On MIT's application you'll have to remember

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  East with Crystle '07. I seriously considered transferring to Random Hall ... we wanted to do hall rush the way it was supposed to be done, not to ... " hall (this turned out to be not nearly as big a problem as we'd expected

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  learning about safety in the lab, since you're going to be working with glass ... wanted it to be, leaving you with a piece that's[annotation note ... paperweight is really just a lump of glass. It can be completely round on the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  sentences might be different —  "I transferred schools, and..."; "I took a mix ... . It doesn't have to be —  indeed, most likely shouldn't be —  longer ... wonder (even though, to be honest, we probably won't wonder at all, since

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  be completely free of pets, save fish), along with an accompanying ... seeking advice on implementing pet programs. "I never thought I'd be able ... , which were chosen over dogs because they don't need to be walked, don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  often single variable calculus, can be fulfilled with AP/IB exams or college transfer credit. The first six courses listed above are most ... requirements: 3 classes must be HASS distribution, or HASS-D, courses, each

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  will be interesting for prospective students in general, and also because ... , Pelkins A. ‘18. Pelkins is from Cameroon and entered MIT as a transfer ... University of Texas at Arlington, Pelkins transferred to MIT his sophomore year

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  be applying to MIT this year. At the end of June I had the opportunity to be on-location in New York City with an independent movie directed ... Transfer Prospective Hello, I am a transfer 2010 applicant from Antelope

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  myself the embarrassment, I won't be posting that here, but it reminded me ... around. You'd be surprised by how many people keep handwritten thank ... , and he kept a thank-you card I wrote when I transferred schools. I love

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  it was I wanted out of college, taught me to be able to see myself ... promise this decision is not going to be as painful for as long as you think. It was freeing, in a way, to be able to seek new dreams, create new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  website. When you have a good thing going, in can be difficult to motivate ... it even better. But this is MIT. We wouldn't be who we are if we were ... left hand side, students will be able to chronologically "step through

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  For First Semester Freshmen, Registration Day can be tough. You can ... about GIR options and resources themselves. An event not to be missed ... are required to not be “CAP-ped” (like the communication requirement for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015