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  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  does not need straight As to get into MIT. Some Bs are okay. Plenty of ... , "I'm so confused. MIT has a beaver? But so does Caltech." Right. The ... ???" MIT does have at least a three day weekend every month (see last weekend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  lecturing for 9.12 that he needed to tell us "what you're getting into by ... undergraduate degree in the subject of your choice. You don't have to be a biology ... graduate with flying colors, you head to graduate school, generally to a Ph

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  not rest on a rigorous foundation in mathematics, and we need to be sure ... shows students also need to do well in high school and have a strong match ... something a skilled human does, and not something amenable to a simple

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  technology?" Here's the story: I went to a school called High Technology High School, and a lot of my friends and I would semi-jokingly refer to us as ... name and I was too lazy/uncreative to think up a new one. It made a lot

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  themselves and to me, so much smarter. But now that I myself am a senior about ... we discovered we needed a hardware trigger for our cameras. But how ... ’ve invested so much time. Going to bed early sets you up for a better attempt

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  not too much. You should see MIT students try to split the bill at a ... , Erica, and Simon were smart enough to buy a family pack of season passes ... too timid to ask the waiter for change. It's truly a beautiful disaster

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  of options when I need to make a decision. Sean wrote: "Hi, I am a ... In response to this blog entry: (As a reminder) Don't hesitate to ask me questions any time; you don't just have to wait for a blog entry

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  the things i hate and what they say about me

  

  , like if they’re busy or have a bunch of personal issues to work through; it’s mostly when i know for a fact that they have the social bandwidth ... hard, and crafting a personal identity that you love is supposed to be

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 9, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  for the fall semester. i decided to do this for a lot of different ... will also talk about in a later post). right now, i just want to talk about how much i miss MIT. i spent junior fall in a very weird state of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  'll have the smarts, skills, and mindset that I need to leave a permanent ... the future. There's no need to be too stressed. 3. Remember that a life ... Hello (again) World! My goal to blog once a week has sadly failed

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  much as their male counterparts do. The world simply needs to do more to ... to make is that Susan Hockfield was the best candidate by a landslide, and the fact that she also happens to be a woman reinforces the fact

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  Today I got an email from MIT that directed me to a website which ... 're smart cookies. We applied to more schools than just MIT, thereby opening ... a bit annoying - can't corporations spare the two minutes to write a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  I'm not going to lie; being a senior pretty much rocks. I'm only ... need for classes, then use a book search engine like this one to see how ... possibly a paper between me and graduation. Not to mention that my grad

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  most familiar with or have a Bachelors in, does not necessarily have to ... that much. By sophomore year of college, I had to declare my major. I ... time, I didn’t really know what it meant to have a job in robotics. I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  . My setup is so much better now. When I need to make a PowerPoint for my ... have a much better sense of what my laptop needs to handle. I actually ... much older laptop. Or the time I went to a company info session and was

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay

  

  Architecture department tend to host or promote a lot of these events, in ... setting up in the List Arts Center. It was super inspiring to see a large ... ="600"] they had some actual Commodore 64 computers there!!! I need to get

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 18, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  intelligence in such a vast array of ways. I was very attached to The Smart Kid ... for advice and when to just make a decision. My spine is much tougher, I ... gotten to know a much wider cross-section of the campus community. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  a college campus (and at my alma mater no less) exposes me to random ... phases of my life. a while back, i was waiting in atlas to get my ID card ... the notes app on my phone begs to differ. maybe it was a fear of failure

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show! All the way across the world

  

  , everyone's so much better!" 3:15 to 3:47: Jennifer talks a bit about what ... end: Xiong Bao: "In college, we had a class like 2.70 where we needed to ... ;_>) PART ONE: 1:00 to 1:30: That guy is a pretty famous internet comic

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  would get outstanding grades.)" You don't need a high school diploma to ... services time is 508 hours. I feels so bad about it. Do I need to write a ... , could you notify me so that I can send a new one?" You'll need to call our

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006