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• 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 ... the requirements of your specific major(s) and minor(s). You can create ... . Course Picker: here, you can log in to save and edit your schedule for the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  January 11 Hostel Colonial House, Quito I'm currently wearing two t-shirts and two sweaters. We are at 10,000 feet, so I guess the cold temperature shouldn't have been a big surprise, but I'm having trouble reconciling how I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  hope! Maybe take a trip to California, or something. I don't know. I don ... -Haul.[/caption] Step 8b: git sick Become incredibly nauseous to the point where you can ... . But that can't really be it? Can it? No! Now begins the best part! Step

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  ;   I used to think that MIT was unnecessarily hard.  Certainly it ... that I'm here working in the Real World™ (sort of), I've learned to ... , punting is not an option.   --   Last week, I worked 75 hours

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  unusability of this MoMA interface, which I can't resist snarkily paraphrasing ... While waiting at a bus stop the other day, I witnessed one of the most awkward conversations I'd ever been...well, witness to. There's a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  Aha! We have a question! Jon asks "Also, I was wondering (uh oh here ... fields that are totally unrelated. For me I love both physics and literature but I'm concerned that it will be too tough to try to get degrees in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute see alan's post :)

  

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  the high school level), I can't actually tell you many details abut the ... It's been a while since I introduced you to MIT (my way, of course).  Since then, I've been on the ETOOMUCHADVENTURE side of things - the curse

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  your QB application, you can request an official transcript from your
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  pirate, though, does earn you bonus points. [read more: TWoP] Marilee was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Examination Nation 9 hours to prove that I learned something this semester.

  

  : BE.370: Quantitative Physiology I Wednesday: 2.002: Mechanics and Materials II Before I begin to arduously study for my 1:30 final, I thought I'd leave you with a little musical treat that I received in my inbox this

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of ... to hunt them down.[/annotation] All of this is realistic as well, I assure you... I told the people in the Minecraft Discord about our hype

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  . You can go back to 2012 to Qiaochu's post about his life in the cloud; back to 2014 for my post on how I read applications; Nisha's post in 2018 ... ...solved what used to be [annotation note="Last year, I made an offhand reference

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  progress and start over from the top. As you can imagine, this usually takes ... ‘18 and I moved into Dream Machine, a cozy double in the third floor of ... for us, since I didn't know the first thing about wood, drywall, or

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  in the hacking of this hack     but I can't say the ... On Friday, September 4th, I arrived in my office shortly after 7AM. One of the lovely things about my office is that I have a window under

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  as we passed it around. They say it sounds better in French - but I didn't understand a word of it. I guess it sounded pretty? Another ... wonderful. Yesterday she made chili, and tonight, we had Jambalaya! I'm going

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  'Bryant, hard work, and his mother. "I can't give up," Paul said. "I just have to ... determination and a good sense of humor," he said. "I was very happy to write letters of recommendation for them for MIT, and I know that they will do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come Together What do you believe in?

  

  hall, and there was a line at the door. I hope you get the idea. He's kind of a big deal around here. Then one day there was this: I had a dream that I met a girl in a dying world. In it was embedded a set of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 9, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  I realized the other day that, despite the fact that most of you are probably at least dimly aware that I'm a cheerleader, I never write anything ... experience. (As some others of you may also be dimly aware, I was in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  things work out following up on confusion

  

  class, what can we say. Do we have regrets? What’s the status of our 21E ... entertaining readings I’ve had from a class. So far my favorite one has been The ... thing. I think it's worth it for the read! Overall this class has been a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 9, 2019