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• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  online-submission platforms I've used. It comes down to the grading system ... straightforward. In most of these cases, I was asking for my response to be ... story is pretty different for each type of assignment, as shown in the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  In September 2021, when I posted about the new Welcome Center that is ... the Welcome Center a good front door to the Institute. In order to do ... for decades. The magazine we send to donors is literally called Spectrum

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the classes I took freshman year feeling scholarly, part 1/2

  

  to continue with the subject immediately. 8.03 is the next subject in ... "]P/NR.[/annotation] And it was, in some ways. PNR definitely made it easier to get into the ... in-depth with the math and not necessarily requiring you to understand

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 18, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  yours? In short, the T is normally a very reliable form of transportation ... . Hasbro is AWESOME! I mean, let's face it, I work in a toy factory. Anywho, back to the first line of the post. I can steer myself any direction I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  in seventh grade. The teachers had us take these tests to see who ... paper, something that I wasn't exposed to in high school. Despite the ... myself going down the BME path in the future. As much as I like learning

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  phones and unplug our Ipods at key moments in the day to fully engage in ... way could be severely hampered if one is constantly in the act of doing ... needed most was to shut off the computer and to make time for the “sacred

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  !) which to me is the most important thing. Also, there are great ... do to get in." No one activity is "better" than another: the best ... at all involved in the admissions process, that there is so much

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  tl;dr: Look how empty my Firehose is compared to the other bloggers ... expanding to fill its container. I am enrolled in 45 units, which is 3 ... 's healthy for my brain and GPA to have a little bit more "free" time in the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  not running to catch the 1 bus in fear of looking stupid The Mac ... after graduation)—and yes, I've witnessed these responses in the wild ... , yet)--I'm just going to sit here a while and indulge in nostalgia

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  well enough, which were the skills that we needed most to thrive in the ... to-blog list, because it is truly special. But for the purposes of this ... Miami bus system was pretty reliable at 6:23 am. But in the afternoon, it

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  admissions officers) want. I think this is what Marilee is trying to say in the ... To my surprise, one of Marilee's quotes in my last entry about the ... to show the student's passion in the sciences? I know many students who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  The night before graduation, I was about to turn in for a good night ... the various paraphernelia I was going to smuggle into graduation in ... usable; I was able to reliably holster or unholster my phone one-handed in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…

  

  The guy in the row next to mine just asked the lady behind him if he ... "Ladies Dream." I don't know if it's trying to imply that this bus is the ... distance from Shinjuku-sanchome to the bus terminal, except in Boston it only

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  . The key is to notice my unhappiness as early as possible and take steps ... Near the start of the pandemic, I decided not to come back to MIT ... until, at the end, one of the founders asked me how much compensation I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  Dave '07 go to the store and buy many, many pounds of bacon (both piggy ... have been playing out in the snow all day on Briggs Field, which is the ... most faculty are looking for people to help advance their projects in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  conference and sat in on a panel on the new SAT writing test. Dr. Perelman is ... backed by data, I went to my hotel room, counted the words in those essays ... I'm in New York City now, staying in a hotel a stone's throw from the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  you need to apply in the timeline that works best for you and don ... want is for college applications to add to that stress. We know that some ... , and your safety. You will not be penalized in the application process

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  explored and changed course. It is okay to have been in the school orchestra ... to tell. Choose carefully! (On the other hand, in any case, there is ... you feel that you have to misrepresent the truth dramatically in order

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  outlets to any location in your room. For some reason the outlet overlords always put outlets in the most inconvenient locations, so surge protectors ... wanted to. Now, whether or not you have the discipline NOT to is a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial aid news & more MIT announces costs & aid for the 2007-2008 school year.

  

  noted. Earlier today, I had a chance to (briefly) visit the kind folks in ... budget to $68 million, President Susan Hockfield announced. "The world ... circumstances," Hockfield said. Tuition and fees for the upcoming academic year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2007