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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  adds so much pressure to an already pressure-filled environment and rant ... ago to the advisor for the writing department, and she got back to me ...  about what it is like to not be well at the end of a semester, and it is not fun

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  About the Midyear Report We've been getting many questions about the Midyear Report. Here are some answers.

  

  accurately. Your Guidance Office does not need to mail your midyear grades to ... Common App MYR which is filled out by your counselor and sent to Common ... coursework and grades. This is similar to the Self-Reported Coursework Form

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unsolicited review of the whitney biennial (not really a review just stuff I liked)

  

  of our break, I impulse-bought bus tickets to Penn Station. And so down ... bring artists like Georgia O'Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, and Jeff Koons to ... years, in that they’re trying to break down the pretentiousness and

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 25, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  , I took the GRE in July, and the majority of my free time prior to the ... wrote my CV the other night, and I promise I'm going to sit down tomorrow ... you want to research in grad school, and how seriously you're committed

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what we’ve been up to recently a short list about winter break

  

  We haven’t been blogging as much as we’d like to. Senior fall and ... are really hoping to be able to blog more during IAP and next semester ... September - November, and then grad school applications from November - now

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  have to do so I don’t die. Perfect! And now that’s it’s a cartesian ... eventually make me both happy AND less sick because I’ll be able to pay for ... WORLD; I dropped like 50 dollars in there and drank so much coffee I had a

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  the rink will open soon and I want to be ready. Fortunately, once again ... prepared to take on my sophomore year having declared my major and settled in ... Weekend, and Tech Reunions all represented great excuses to come to Boston

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  decided a better course of action for my life would be to leave MIT and ... to go to the museum instead and check out the hot docents?" The one ... already turned in your applications. And yes, you will be accepted to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kick . . . start

  

  Greetings and salutations! If I'm a good judge of time, and I like to ... and getting excited to finally make it to campus in just three short ... summer leading up to MY freshman year I haunted these blogs and I expect

  • by Snively '11
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  inches straight off their foreheads and went, "And what are YOU going to do ... the housing booklet. I took that thing to classes and bragged to my ... you'd get to meet and interact with your adviser every week. But this

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  me. He says 'hi.' lol...) But today, I wanted to make some time and ... corresponded to a B. Which just goes to show you that much of what you know ... 's important to work hard, to aim high, and to celebrate great scores and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  rand.random Random photos of 2016

  

  and space. But thanks to modern technology (particularly, in this case ... reason to share otherwise, and little captions of what was happening in ... , unimportant things, and see how they were sometimes tied to big, important

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  thing that's happened to me in the last few days is that Adam and I went to Harvard Square for ice cream tonight. 3. I'm not feeling ... I have multiple things to admit here. 1. My arms kind of hurt from

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  me to fully articulate how I can feel inexplicably connected to and ... reminded of something that Stu Schmill once said to me, which was essentially ... prior to my arrival, and the Matt McGann's and Quinton McArthur's whose

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  , and most importantly....food. (seriously, there's so much food for you ... show off their unique cultures, get to know you, and help you get a ... figuring out where to live, so don't worry TOO much about it. CPW is about

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  Vote to help them register to vote, be reminded about local elections, and ... collaboratively, and thoughtfully, over a long period of time to make this happen ... community to participate in what was happening. So did many other people, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  on her history book and wake up knowing everything. 9. I get to eat ... . Sadly, I haven't had much time to read for pleasure these past few months ... tests over the break... And give me points back :) 2. I have time to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/15/18, at 12:15 PM ET

  

  MIT username and password. In order to verify that you will receive a decision ... MIT username and password. I recommend you do this now to make sure everything ... your full name and mailing address. But please, be nice to our office

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  EAPS Field Trip In which I pretend to be Course 12 for a weekend

  

  involve a brief introduction to the geology of Massachusetts and visits to ... faculty and students to help out and/or co-lead and welcome ideas for new ... that they are welcome. It is a great opportunity to meet new people and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  different ways an forced myself to have a go of all it and blah blah blah But ... adventures where I got hurt and now I have all kinds of scars and stories to ... girls to dance. Someone said I was hot, and I had to ask: “Are you

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020