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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  indispensable instrument for representing modern life, in the hands of such ... delayed her trip to the hospital to give birth because she was so engrossed ... Short Stories Description: Introduction to the short story. Students write

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  .5 GPA or above, and mostly As in math and science courses. Ideal ... institutional offerings. The transfer admissions process is highly competitive ... –20. Take a chance, present yourself in the best light possible, and hope for
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  *Why Do Insects Stop "Breathing" To Avoid Damage from Too Much Oxygen ... Judelson) *Development Engineering: Are Engineers Making a Difference in the ... ) *Application of the Suspended Microchannel Resonator as a Biosensing Device to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  to the pan, and then tilt the pan until your steak is basting in that ... who want to start cooking at MIT. Motivation The most basic meal plan ... food.  Rice takes longer and is harder to get right on the stovetop

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  , you have probably realized that there is an “Activities” portion to the ... extracurricular activities in an effort to fill this section. NOTE: the application ... college. But, I’ve found it much more difficult to limit the number of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  began promoting Adam to me in the most unsubtle way possible, and being a ... in admissions -- legacy kids aren't at an advantage compared to the ... -- plus 18) to change the policy. :-P (For Karen, below: A legacy is an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  blurs all the lines. The semester is almost over. That means I'm almost ... ? Whenever I talk to other MIT students, there's so much reminiscing. Always ... into people in the hallways or dancing with 30+ other people in the floor

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  come in to MIT "undeclared," and use the entire freshman year to explore MIT before choosing a major. In order to provide some real, concrete ... to Solid-State Chemistry (perhaps the most popular freshman class

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  is 6'014 km away from the 'Tvte. Time flies (seriously), and I'm already returning back to the US end of next week. This week is also the ... final papers -- due in mid-June -- to count for the majority of our marks

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  Write about Tea (with tea (with Paige))

  

  Sinclair. At one point in the show, Esther is described to be the sort of ... while writing these blogposts. Which is perhaps, inadvisable. Back to the ... tired (which MIT is prone to make you feel). There's a character in

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 24, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  was infinitely long?), and the room is packed full. I'll be back in the ... Today, I'm in northern Virginia, assisting with the selection for the ... opportunities. It is always interesting to read your stories, to learn more about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  applicants, receive decisions via email from our office to the address listed ... traffic in the tubes. Our transfer admissions process was quite competitive ... to admit fewer than 20 students. It is a difficult process: as usual

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  hope that I'm not in the room when they are put to use and I must commend ... . What a bad idea.) Living in Baker availed me the opportunity to be in ... throughout the past four years. So I think the way we came to be is that one

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  weren't able to put your name down before they start!) The first night is ... to get these. All I have to do is live in my dorm. I can handle that. I ... I've got an exam in twenty minutes, but I wouldn't be able to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  the only one posted right now, but there is much more to come! I hope ... the papers? What does the abbreviation “PhD” mean to you ... that entails? Coming to MIT, I didn’t really know the answers to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  , but there is one thing that I am confident in recommending to you. (And ... just the sum of your parts. I personally feel the essay is the most ... . Yes, the essay is important, but it's hard to make your writing more

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flat Ryan’s Adventures at MIT! There are more exclamation points in this entry than there are days of classes left…

  

  their kids, but his Nobel is kind of off in the corner of his office. He ... TIM THE BEAVER. He happened to be in Stata the day I was carrying Flat ... waffle, though. In other news, 12 days until I get to see the real Ryan

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Untitled "The work is untitled because meaning is always changing in time and place." ⁃ Félix…

  

  are very close to my heart. Most recently, I was involved in an ... ;Untitled." Now more than ever, the divide has formed in contemporary art: those ... identity lends itself to a political identity: the idea of a blank passport

  • by ARTalk
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  food but the Ethiopian side of me is so used to people begging you to eat ... saying it is bad to be influenced by those around you, in fact that’s how ... this is related to MIT or college life in general, or at least I hope

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  . The process for dropping is rather straight forward in that you submit ... , considering the amount of work that you have already put in. But there is ... semesters, I would only have to take 3-4 classes to graduate in the spring of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015