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• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  the degree to which the cliches and tropes of college essays had ... Listen: writing well is hard. It is hard for a lot of different ... to guess. Sometimes it is hard because you have a lot of stories

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  's sort of backwards when you look at MIT undergraduate dorms and their ... is not actually east of Mass Ave) and Baker, Burton-Conner, Mc ... diversity, how is it that geography ended up such a predictor of "normal" vs

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  , though, was another one of those IHTFP, !!! IHTFP !!!, weeks. The same day ... Junior level, though I had the comfort of the good ol' P/NR. Getting ... of itself, but preparing for that one exam--and finshing up my other

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  Every year the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) publishes a list of introductory subjects offered across its departments. The ... . Greene GSL offers language instruction courses at a variety of levels to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  to be offering this $200 rebate promotion on a wide selection of phones ... don't really have my finger on the pulse of American youth culture (and ... week of orientation, I had to get out my cell phone all the time to give

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  already be familiar with my experience of choosing a major. In summary, I ... economics (Course 14), realized over the course of the following year that ... undergraduates in terms of the number of people who do it. As of some time in the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  Two weeks of class have already flown by. Problem sets are perpetual ... begun working towards my degree has settled in. This semester, I took 54 ... credit limit. To give you a glimpse of what a week of my life looks like

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  of the womb, who were building robots before they learned how to walk ... seemed mapped out for me: follow the degree requirements for whatever bio ... was it really was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life? ...Then

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  , to say the least. I've also been out of town quite a bit thanks to the ... applications varying by semester. Emphasis on the integration of fundamental concepts with approaches of process design. Emphasis on problems that demand

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  joined the rest of the MIT cycling team for training camp in Borrego Springs, CA. The beautiful photos are by Peter Vanderwarker. All of them can ... tetris’d their bags into the bottom of the bus, they collectively smiled

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  some of my advisees and helping them pick their classes. A number of them signed up for a new discovery subject being offered by Course 7 ... description reads: Lectures by leading experts on the fundamentals of COVID-19

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Fashion Free For All like the hunger games but we love each other

  

  opportunity for free clothes is an offer that should always be taken up. That Friday, I rushed out of my dorm with my friend Caroline, knowing that I was most definitely not the only undergraduate excited at the prospect of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 26, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

    One of my favorite questions to ask, when talking to ... know what the daily life of an MIT student (i.e. me) is like. So i decided to chronicle my weekend! This will be the first of several "a day in

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  I wanted to offer a few more comments on the interview. While we have a diverse group of ECs (just like the MIT student body) and they may have somewhat different styles of how the conversations will go, the main

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not your stereotypical sorority girl Tonight is the first night of sorority recruitment!

  

  Ever seen the first few minutes of Legally Blonde? MTV's reality TV ... popular (and untrue notions) a little later on. First of all, I should just ... . Sororities are Greek letter organizations that offer lifelong membership, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 2, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  financial aid offer made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of ... . In the email, please include your full name, date of birth, and the ... , along with the QB supplement, in place of our first-year application
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  aid offer made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of your ... Regular Action. In the email, please include your full name, date of birth ... Bridge application, along with the QB supplement, in place of our first
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  stir fry or salad--both of which are offered nightly, so I'm always ... </> new) on all fronts and I hate first post (I've been labeling all of them ... of this post - a few weeks ago, MITblogs got a question from Claire: "I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  ? This: (video credit: Tony Eng) The official description of LeaderShape, as detailed by MIT's Division of Student Life, is as follows: MIT ... within a diverse community while developing skills in areas of problem

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  classes, and some of you are probably curious about the classes offered at ... .05 (Biochemistry) Contributions of biochemistry toward an understanding of the structure and functioning of organisms, tissues, and cells. Chemistry and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006