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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  ! This is how it's going to be. Prof Belcher's schedule does not permit ... picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to this I'd have definitely had a freak-out or two before going to my only

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  't one of those)" Carmel and Dan, you do not need to do it now, since you ... , sending scores to a school does not mean that you must apply to the school ... wrote, "I sent in my affirmative reply on March 21st, and have yet to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  ." Me: "but I spent half the day doing it wrong, so now I need to make up ... once announced to his mentor that the substance they were testing didn ... Signs that I would someday Do Science can be traced to when I was 6

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  WEEK OF CLASSES Monday - Calculate the Scores I Need to Pass So far, I ... grades in classes and decide what I would need to NR a class. The situation (aka scores needed to pass): [annotation note="Intro Chemistry"]5

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  eating way too much free food, I had no time to pine over being away from home and no energy left at the end of the day to do anything but make the ... I gained by moving to MIT is so much richer in a lot of ways than the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  you school does not follow the US school system do you need to hand in a ... ." And Anon wrote, "Does anybody knows if I have to send the Mid - Year ... !" Only students in American schools need to submit the Mid-Year Grade

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  important to ask, "How much experience do I need to join Rocket Team?" to ... . Because MIT has so much to offer, I think one of the most difficult lessons ... meetings and I was taught everything I needed to know. The only limit to how

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  idea of it was much different from actually committing to it. I spent the ... credits to transfer over, but it'll be work on our end to petition for those ... them. I'm hoping to get most of the classes and credits to transfer over

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  they come up, bile burning in the back of my throat, to painfully remind ... student for once in my semester. I felt guilty because I spent so much time ... talk with her, to which she gave me a pep talk about how I need to stop

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  side and that each section has much food for thought, so feel free to ... actually feel Good and Fulfilling. What does success mean to me, though ... particular quote in the opening pages that struck me so much that I added it to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  job detailing what ingredients and how much we needed to buy for our ... -admitted poor cooks. We cooked together once before for Friendsgiving. We burned ... many dishes? Did we overestimate the amount of food we needed to make

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  labs/reports and also an individiual project where I needed to make 40 ... cycles), which I wasn't sure if I was going to pass pretty much the whole ... three months here at Cambridge Unversity have been a much needed break

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  I needed to take advantage of every opportunity available to me ... to do: catch up. I needed to bridge the gap that was created by a lifetime of disadvantage and I needed to do it as fast as possible

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do dual enrollment students apply as a first-year or transfer applicant?

  apply to MIT while you're still in high school, you're considered a first ... university level. Information on transfer credit is available at the Office of
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  fear (think about what areas of the brain need to provide input to this ... birds called zebra finches, which are known for their ability to sing ... interest me without having to think about grades. I always look forward to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  anyone local wants to know :) It's a bit embarrassing how much cool stuff ... people spinning at once) per week, and I've been able to make it to a lot ... transfer themselves through my body to the piece I'm working with - just like

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  What does a number do when it wants to be a picture? I acted in my ... rehearsal and class. The energy and eloquence that I bring to the stage as an ... needed. In rehearsals, I create the skeleton of a set and movement to

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  where you want to be? How much of this was unique to MIT as opposed to ... wants to move to a different dorm can enter a transfer lottery with ranked ... Room Assignment Chair (RAC) for their dorm to see if a transfer can be

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Out I attempt to top Emo Walt Whitman, even though I'm only taking a brief reprieve…

  

  excited to be taking, a student that will never need to take another GIR. I ... cheater for 1) being a senior and having more emotional things to say and 2 ... coffee when I got home so I might have been able to post mine first, but

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 27, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  for a while. No need to downplay that. Well let’s talk about it. One ... dedicate so much time to math and science and I heard Cambridge had no trees ... Internet related to a particular college decision as results were released

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009