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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  or fall-semester finals are also graded P/NR. This means that as long ... as many classes as I could. The opportunity to get out of a semester-long ... frequent state of confusion and dismay, which culminated in me not passing

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Weekend CPW and marathon volunteering

  

  ouch, my last CPW!  

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  brother or grandma want you to go to X University, so while you may think ... University, and if it’s not a good fit, those four years are going to be ... go to other universities. The magic of the Internet, cheap airfare, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  So this weekend was a long weekend, in honor of Columbus Day and also in honor of student exhaustion, and therefore I would like to write a paean to the MIT long weekend. The abundance of long weekends is one of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  course...)  Startups are hard. I worked long hours, and while in China ... up with Bothabo N. University of Pretoria ‘19. He was a Zimbabwean international student at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, who then did

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  happy to find out the current state of the Institvte. (They all say hi ... T and talking trash about northern California weather. (65 degrees ... knowledge of what it entailed prior to MIT. And to some degree, you're never

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  basically they invite a bunch of college students from different universities ... artist in Taiwan who's at NTU (National Taiwan University). Impressions of ... :45: Dexter?! Lol. 3:00 to 3:30: The guy is from Donghai University, Chemical

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

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  the city. And now that I've chosen a university that is quite a ways ... .091 (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry), my love for chemistry was reignited and I ... M.Eng that gives you both a bachelor's and master's degree in five

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  , really long tunnel. It felt endless. After a groggy night of half ... a long yet important pause, said “life’s all just a game anyways ... long it would take us to get from A to B. Even if we practiced biking

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  United States, but do happen with some frequency abroad). Instead, ask ... teacher and by no one else. If you attend school outside the United States ... different school, as long as that teacher meets the above criteria. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  As I write, our terrific Records Office team is processing the largest volume of mail you’ve ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened, sorted, entered into…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  States in order of the percentage of workers in STEM (Science, Technology

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Current State of Mind ewoufbwu iyfh[things I must do]w39478ry3927rhiwf83tr

  

  !!! :')                                                                     Also^ a reflection on my current state of life. Less (or possibly more

  • by Ana V. '15
  • May 6, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  fulfill an elective for my CMS degree. I had to find another CMS elective if I wanted to finish that degree by this semester. If you don't go here ... after an hour-long break. For that one, I had walked back to the hotel to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year; New Me! (Two Months Late Oops) I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do in my last semester…

  

  know why my parents took so long to grab their coats. why they would ask ... friend, and you will… think about how long the days felt, and how you could ... the universe just gave you that - more time to linger.  one more round

  • by ana~
  • March 5, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The State of Things Deflated, that about sums it up.

  

  BOOM! CPW is now over and dear sweet gummy bear in the sky was it exhausting. I don’t think I went to bed before 5 every morning. From BBQs to…

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat It, Bump It, Spike It MIT + NCAA: Two acronyms people don't normally expect in the same sentence.

  

  I always wondered what it would be like to go to one of those really hardcore sports universities, then I had the chance to get it at MIT. Last night, the MIT women's volleyball team defeated Bridgewater State College

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  Francisco: not at all. My hometown is Valenzuela, an hour long commute from ... right now I'm in Mountain View, an hour long drive from SF. The scales of ... a fifteen-minute bus ride. Or MIT and Boston University, or MIT and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  the States for university that you'll cast a wide net -- not just MIT ... university. This list can be of great use to all international students who ... interested in engineering, Berea offers a 3-2 dual-degree engineering program

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  . I will hopefully be graduating in a year or two with both degrees. A ... practiced almost every day at Yoga in State College, where my mom is getting ... the other side. A giant turtle on my loft, which I’ve had for as long

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014