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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  person with some unique circumstance) and you open up your grade report to ... symbols where your letter grades should go. For me, these were: O ... weeks of the term. Like an F grade, an O grade carries no credit for the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  you up and remind you to study for the big physics exam next Wednesday ... Pardon me for the grammatically incorrect tonight title (in the ... English up with which I will not put!"), but I'm currently listening to my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  happened and cleared everything up for me, but it made yesterday a little ... I ask for?! P.S. One last tip for frosh- make sure to pick up your ... drove up the East Coast on Saturday morning (well ok, my parents drove

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  normally up at a decent hour (9:30 for my 10AM, 9:00 for my 9:30AM, etc.) The ... for reference, and they just end up fermenting in my camera roll. I have ...   When I was packing up my things for storage, I had Covid. I threw

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  meetings. but it takes time to set up the infrastructure for good knowledge ... , our oldest members have only been around for three years. this stands in contrast to esp itself, which has been around for sixty years. how does any

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  “suspected terrorist” for up to 14 days without warrant. And the bill is incredibly vague about who is a terrorist. Anyone who speaks up is threatened ... speaking up. People are being arrested just for protesting. People are dying

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  As I mentioned in my earlier post, I wanted to follow up with more ... . You should click the final "submit" button for your online application ... are delayed a bit for reasons beyond your control, no need to worry (and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  that up with another recitation, this time for 18.03 (differential ... plan for dinner. After that, I'll be helping set up for the CPW Festival ... Student Center to pick up my very own pre-frosh, an awesome guy from

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  . Ben decided for me that I needed a new banner. See, when Ben sets up the original blog for us, it has a "default banner" that says "replace this ASAP ... Mitra and put up a really simple temporary design for the time being. So I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  morning, however, when I woke up at 9:29am for the last conference tennis ... moment leading up to then. You have to prepare for the unexpected. If your ... Friday night I slept for 10 hours and 8 glorious minutes. If you

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The CrimZone. there are 2 impostors at harvard

  

  is up for contention.   [caption id="attachment_79315" align ... free for MIT students. I filled out an online application and reserved an ... anxiety shoot up, but the lady at the counter was pretty nice to me the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  clothes out of the wash, sending emails, cleaning up my room for CPW, running a quick setup test for a UROP, filling out a when-to-meet, things ... get to my goals” and employ the solution of “suck it up.” I for one

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  could not put my thoughts together while studio’ing it up for midterm reviews, but it’s Spring Break now and time for all of us to take a ... unnoticed. I feel the message still stands though - for you, for me. As Emad

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  More entries about buildings and food Same as it ever was. I'm still single, but at least I'm in Belgium.

  

  the Thalys website for "summer offers"--you could get fast connections between Cologne, Brussels, Paris, Amsterdam in first class for the low, low price of 50 € RT, with an included meal and up to three (3) beverages of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  . This is not an accusation or an excuse for myself, but merely a curious inquiry." Now I speak for myself here, but I think he raised a perfectly ... me that Wenhao was responsible for that particular abomination. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  Medical Report and the Supplemental Medical History for Varsity Athletes ... long! These were all due August 1st (yesterday, for those of you who are ... required for all incoming freshmen, so I hope everyone met the deadline

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  he hadn’t stood up for me. But, mostly, it was because I had sat there ... ripped apart online for her supposed hypocrisy after Redditors dug up ... immediately asked me about my “background”. I assumed he was asking for which

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  ’t think such a word exists. I’d felt that MIT was a place for me. The ... walking around campus had done what so many high school students strived for ... Heaven on Earth.   Now let me be completely honest with you guys for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  up to drive us to Best Buy for our HDMI cable and to the grocery store ... going on with me and my life. For those of you who don't know, I just ... area, to live with my five friends. We moved not for any job

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  freshman spring semester I signed up for both a 6.01 and 6.042 tutors and it ... doubled up again and signed up for tutors in both 6.005 and 6.046. Sadly ... 't cut it for me and that certain materials didn't sink in until after

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013