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

  

  postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time ... willing to give an extension on the May 1 deadline for financial aid ... new course 20) was limited to 20 students for the class of 2009. Was it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  Today, the Class of 2012 formally register for classes and thus ... . So this summer, I watched the news wire for stories of incoming ... scholarship fulfills dream for San Luis teen May 26, 2008 BY WILLIAM ROLLER, SUN

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  professor that I've had the pleasure of learning from for the past three ... for the course is to pick a spot in nature relatively near to Boston, go ... modern writings (which I got a lot of inspiration for). Ultimately, on all

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  for whether I was ready for those classes. I took up all the activities ... I was happy with how fall turned out in the end, I was miserable for the first half, both because I was physically unwell for a huge chunk

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  8-Focus so for the majority of students who are doing 8-Flex ... begin on experiments with the level of detail you’re expected to for this ... time to give thoughtful and detailed explanations for all of the concepts

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  requirements for 6-3 and honestly a class I've been dreading for quite a while ... -S requirement and luckily for me 9.00 is offered in the spring time! I'm really ... Culture; I am extremely excited for this class. It's taught by Ed Schiappa

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  downright dangerous, especially for a woman travelling solo. Luckily I didn ... the name, short for 'help exchange'). If the helper is lucky, they ... was hard for me, because I like to shower after I run every day. Also

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  ™: Survive and Thrive. ...and practice what I preach of course for my two exams this semester: 6.046 and 7.012.   [STEP 1] TRAIN FOR BATTLE ... actually started studying for 6.046 the day before the last day of classes. I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  going to get canceled for the almost two years I had it planned, and the ... today to confirm that I have lost my powers. MIT is infamous for humbling ... .02 (Multivariable Calculus) My first midterm was for 18.02, which has been my

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  's like trying to pop a pimple, where you'd poke and prod at the pimple for ... was incredibly knowledgeable, approachable, and kind. When I asked for help, I received it. I wasn't prepared for the level of rigor that this

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  write an essay about how you dealt with a significant challenge for your application - or perhaps you're in the middle of writing yours for this season ... for Girls in various combinations, I totally bombed the last AMC I ever

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  of Absence for Academic Year 2020-2021, and afterwards it's unlikely I ... where it would be kept and for how long) or a storage facility in Boston ... ?" or "can I part with this for an indeterminate amount of time?" boxes

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  Everything's going just fine! I'm registered for classes, the grad ... vent. A while back when I was asking people for recommendation letters, my PI of three years made a suggestion. He wanted to nominate me for a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  trigger warnings for mentions of depression, EDs, and anxiety I don ... increased use of social media. For example: [caption id="attachment_47700 ... ..."]my skincare routine.[/annotation] It's been doing wonders for my mental health

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  , of course, won't make things easy for you, but I hope that some of ... , brace yourself for lift-off or landing. Get to know your professors and UROP mentors. The best way to treat the Impostor Syndrome for me was to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.

  

  Anna's asked me to write for her blog. And, since this is Anna, there ... trips were for Chinese language (funded by the always-generous Global Education Office) and the last for research on village reconstruction projects

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  best known for the transformation of the hyperbolic cosine function into ... '13ers for the ceaseless rounds of free food that will be slung at them ... association sponsored a luncheon today for the acceptees and their genetic

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  ? Jess Kim is one of those people for me. I was debating earlier on what ... . I went home a few weeks ago for a weekend, since I won't be going home ... the people waiting for me at the airport would just leave because they

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  Sunday. Just look for the person with the "MIT" sign near the baggage claim ... ), or the subway ($1.25). The subway trip can be a little confusing for ... MIT are paying for flights for students to get to Boston (CPW). Is that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  MIT for almost four years, I had not yet explored Boston's food scene as ... only visited Boston for a few weeks, knows more places to eat out than I ... compensate for my sad brunch, some friends and I went to Punto Rojo – a small

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025