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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  So, grade reports at MIT are not super complicated. When you go online to look at your grades you might see the familiar A - “Exceptionally good performance…” B - “Good performance…” C - “Adequate performance

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Themed Online Distractors (for EA Decision Day) to the 2020 MIT Protofrosh

  

  publishers before becoming history's fastest selling book. C.S. Lewis landed a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  That you vote most certainly does! The following is a guest entry by Cody C. '14 When it comes to politics, there is one argument that I have heard almost exclusively from fellow members of the MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  Music to complement this post Tweet to complement this post Post (article) to complement this post On Wednesday, I went to classes, graded some psets, did yoga in my P.E.…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  ; I only discovered this space last year, when Justin C. '16 was taking

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  It’s Career Fair season, and that means hundreds of companies are swooping down on campus with brightly-colored t-shirts, cheap plastic goodies, and oddly-formatted emails.  I’ve been reading a lot of…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  (Michael C. '16's Post!)   Being An Adult     Budgeting

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  of 1929 when senior class president C. Brigham Allen brought together a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  here” but really it’s more like “most people get C’s here” and you know

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  ^ how not to do it.   “Help! I’m from [Los Angeles/Orlando/other perpetually sunny place].  What do I need to survive an East Coast winter?”   I’m glad you asked!…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  -sets Past." This was one of my favorites :) And Valentina C. '16 dressed up

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  Networking is a funny thing. It can be formal (and slightly artificial) – think of the scripted conversations you have with recruiters over and over at career fairs. But it…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  entries: A, B, C, D, E (which are in the tower and considered the ‘highrise

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  *in the solid phase This is a recipe for The Best Tasting BLT Sandwich In The World™: (1) Slap together week-old bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, bread. (2) Forget to add mayo.…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  comes in contact with water below 45.8 °C, it acts as a seed crystal and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  to Washington, D.C. Very groggy, I sat down and made it through two

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  I like to pack light. Maybe it’s some combination of old hiking habits, suppressed middle school memories of having my roller backpack kicked around, or watching Up in the Air…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

  us fund the event, and Vicki C. '13 helped me organize meat catering

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  taking it with fellow blogger Michael C., which is pretty cool. These

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  all 3C2 combinations, the common denominator for happiness was sleep

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013