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• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  school. Being surrounded by such STEM-oriented people, the very same people ... primarily a HASS major. When I look at the classes and the work being done by ... the average scores. That class convinced me I wasn't meant to be a CS

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  for the GRE. STUDY FOR THE GRE! It's a dumb test but your score really ... become an expert in. This caught me totally by surprise, since I've always ... continued by saying that it really didn't matter very much - either would be a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  peers grew concerned over SAT scores, GPAs, and extracurricular activities ... experience the real world. I was not welcomed by the College Advising Office ... undermined by a tinge of uncertainty about the coming year. We graduated

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  point where a 2-foot-by-4-foot plastic bin at the sidelines of the arena ... that my score is lower. Edward persists in disagreeing. We make a bet. I win a dollar because I did worse by 2 points. I gleefully stash my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  Tennis. But by far the most awesome thing I did since the year 2007 began ... for about an hour for the sake of staying the course, by which we really ... the front of the line, and scores of bored-looking security guards and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  's wrong with being at MIT and not being dominated on a daily basis by your ... experience too. I've been to DC three times in the past week, all by train (for ... . Whether or not it has anything specifically to do with SAT scores, dorm room

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  you keeping score at home, that's two jobs so far which are directly ... get paid through Morgan's research funds (not by the UROP office) -- I'm actually funded by a grant from the Japanese research institute RIKEN. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Bonsai Kittens were a hoax started by MIT students ... I totally rocked 5.60: Thermodynamics and Kinetics by taking it two ... get a passing score on the Freshman Essay Evaluation, given over the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  that the world of fussing over grades and AP scores and class rank is a ... crisps, a good and spirited time was had by all. A look at the ... visiting from Finland. Antti is on the left. After stopping by Mike's room

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  Francisco. If you haven't yet, you should start by reading part one. Hour ... Eastern half of the country; South Dakota, which is designated by the Census ... , interrupted occasionally by a row of houses or some other sign of civilization

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?

  MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18.03, which is 5-0-7, for 6-2. At MIT, all of your friends would understand exactly what you’re saying. (You…
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  memory are themselves based off the theory that we tend to chunk these by ... writing out these numbers, we do it by (XXX)-(aaa)-(bbbb), a set of x ... number which is also placed on a map by the degrees of longitude and

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  were affected by recent hurricanes, earthquakes, or other natural ... because of delays caused by these events. We try to be as flexible as ... help, too. Our hearts are broken by everything that’s been going on

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

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  In May 2016, I wrote Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later, where I shared the ... : considered by many the most prestigious undergraduate scholarship given in the ... that happens here...I was told by a lot of people (very reasonably) told

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  school, but visiting from college, I was enchanted by it. I wanted the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  Time flies. Today is August 6th, 2020. It’s been 143 days since I had to leave MIT. I spent around 190 days at MIT. 185 of those days were as a…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  Coryat scores and how I do in different categories. It’s helping me ... 1865 (evidenced by its presence on my Tuesday schedule, but not Thursday ... [/annotation] by going to Texas Roadhouse. It's time for us all to renew our vows of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Unwinding how i destress

  

  be being naive by saying this, but it's just very refreshing to have a ... creators I've discovered from the Among Us lobbies. CORPSE is by far one of ... the storyline of the server by heart and I am just in love with the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  additional rooms! Also, some of you may be familiar with this class by a ... major (Political Science) even more by highlighting the complexities of ... scientific studies). We have also read some fascinating papers, many by MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  least five (5!) distinct brands of dried squid meat. By “we” in the last ... our road trip, mostly inspired by the one of us that is not Jess Lin. We ... , I became irreversibly disillusioned by a formula of two parts

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009