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• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  another semester I’ll have to take it with class C which is an estimated 20 ... .  Even better, there is no standardized system for determining who gets to take an overenrolled class. Generally, priority is first given to seniors

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Summer Reading Challenge Read with me!

  

  Diaz (Summer ‘14) (I read this before I came to MIT and it made me want ... Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (nf) (this is ridiculous as it’s very short and ... have, I managed to borrow it all the way from Princeton lol) The

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  -bogglingly stressful. It’s significantly harder to convince someone to do something ... who our target audience is? You guessed it, all those upperclassmen ... you to stay — and be straight up with them about it. Don

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ZigZag Episode 8 A new video podcast episode.

  

  Episode 8 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is out now; I serve as host for this episode. My favorite part was getting to interview the "red jackets," MIT's 50 year reunion class: the Class of 1956. Check it out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt in progress

  

  The Hunt is on! I'll be back to regular blogging, and application reading, and sleeping when it's over...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  printers (unless you take the action to turn it off), the printer ... that day, so Diana decided to recycle it again to save my piece of cake ... eat it for part of my lunch right before heading off to my 2.008 exam

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  . Therefore, by MIT standards, it is referred to as 10-250 (ten two-fifty). It ... with the AWESOME AMAZING HUGE desk it sports. The desk is mounted to a ... There's not a lot to say about this grey chair. Its desk is slightly

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  international applicant competition is so intense that it really is important to ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... &A" because I'd like to answer your questions. My goal is for this to be the one

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  requested for financial assistance. both were approved. it was a relief to ... -old promise to watch the movie. i thought it was pretty solid. i feel like frozen is one of the films i can remember the animation well enough to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  take loads of advanced courses because to them gaining knowledge is ... for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions ... . What makes me sad is when students focus on their studies to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  it is you need a shoe horn to get their heads through the door) This ... . Try as you might, it is impossible to account for all variables or know ... on me this is not the same process that it was just 15 years ago. There

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  , the transition from high school to MIT is not a straight line - it's a ... designated time for you to explore MIT to its fullest, to test the boundaries ... classes and your tests and your p-sets, how much time everything is going to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  Leg Room. Bound to have terrible neighbours whose goal it is to make ... Row SSS- Super Special Seat (To be explained later, there is only 1 on ... WILL recline their seat as far as it can go, the person to your left will

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  [/caption] 2. The subway is awesome, boba tea on the other hand… Since I came to ... Harvard’s name, and our guide proceeded to explain why the statue is ... school which at the time had no name, so they decided to name it after him

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  ’M ON NETFLIX It’s finals week. On Monday I have two exams back-to ... , it came to an abrupt end, and I’ve been left staring dejected at my ... Boston. It's also home to a football field-sized reflecting pool, which

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  prioritize togetherness (especially in a place like MIT where it is easy to ... feeling when someone is explaining something to you multiple times, but you ... early this morning”.   It’s really difficult for me to process that

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Virtual Fall, Real Performances coming soon to a zoom very near you!

  

  that; it's very difficult to learn new music over Zoom and there were a ... less intimidating for auditioners and easier to connect. MTG is doing ... project! It warms my heart to think of all the art being created right now

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  project there, is that too trivial to be even considered at MIT? Would it ... to send pictures, is it okay to send pictures after the application has ... . Second, is it okay to send in sat scores after submitting the application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  around it. Sometimes the best solution is to just dodge the problem ... The imperative of an Admissions Blogger is to write about life and ... appropriate to blog about their culture. Q: What is a pset, and how to do you

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  it was no longer saleable, but still--wouldn't it have been better to ... hamburger, because they were going to throw it out anyway, so what does it ... This weekend I went on a rafting trip down the Kennebec river in mid-to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005