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• Blog / Admissions

  The New MIT Viewbook! Last week, after a year of intense introspection (and a ton of work) we saw…

  

  to chuckle. In looking back a year, he references this post, in which I discuss embarking on our new viewbook project. I can't believe it's been an ... final proofs next week - and then it's off to the presses! I can't wait to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  sessions today. In the morning, I realize this means I can sit in whatever other courses I want for the remainder of the day. Today, in artificial ... algebra class was very rigorous, and in an ideal world, I would take it

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join a fraternity/sorority?

  MIT’s Fraternity, Sorority, and Independent Living Groups (FSILGs) include 26 fraternities, 10 sororities, and five living groups. With core principles of leadership, scholarship, and citizenship, the FSILG Office encourages and…
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  same amount of work I'd do on a regular basis at school in person. I ... actually a lot of fun since, for one, I was interested in my thesis, and also ... , but I really enjoyed the ~3 hour period in which my peers presented

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  attempt to learn how to adult a little more, and as a result, I can now ... Carnegie. I digress. 8:45am, Elements Cafe: Arrive from the 71C bus in time ... about as likely as I could save someone’s life in the ER), and so this

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  how to keep students from cheating on them. Yesterday in 11.125, we ... does that huge increase in mass come from? I want to hear your answers and reasoning in the comments... just think about it; no Wikipedia! I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So, uh… help me pick classes I have no classes.

  

  interest in learning how to make forceful arguments in written form. Studies ... those has got to go. I will probably keep drumming if I make it in ... It was as bad as I suspected it would be. Turns out I have 5 hasses

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  and expenses, and I stressed about the rest of my life. In September ... new. I did social media research and sat in on team meetings about it ... , I worked on the end stages of some art installations in Boston. For

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  craze how a blog gets born

  

  black out— there is nothing else in the world I can do I am barely ...   I have more than 100 blog ideas saved in a nifty spreadsheet and ... of ideas   in another life, I could have been a painter (I

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blog Entry: Recession Edition At MIT, your spoon is too big.

  

  In times of economic crisis, Random Hall perseveres in upholding the ... decreased in a geometric series. It is predicted that Paul would have finished ... “too hosed” with homework to participate in the social event, eventually

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tour of Phonology, Part 1 fənɛtɪks ɪz fʌn!

  

  , etc. in our mouth. There are other ways to categorize. How can we tell ... text very well or at all, that's okay! What I'll do in this section is ... . But these sounds aren't really, if ever, used in English (but they can

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 12, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  318 memorial drive a historical rabbit hole

  

  . However, in the process of doing research for it, I read a book titled ... systems. In it, I found this photo of Harvard Bridge from 1929: This ... , which I've labelled in the image below. [caption id="attachment_61427

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  being a woman in engineering here. I had female friends in all of the ... Engineering), and as far as I can tell, they were all quite happy with their ... Last entry, I covered most of the questions that had been asked, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  . Right now, I'm sitting in Hayden Library, watching the sun sink over the ... too early, but I love the aesthetics: children in knit caps, sunshine on ... , and aesthetics are not so interesting. But maybe I'm in a sentimental

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  Today, I leave for three weeks of vacation in Southeast Asia ... MIT in the comments section of their posts. I'm disappointed that I didn ... will be on August 12th. In the meantime, I'll probably be fighting off

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.

  

  ... Hmm I don't know when I was actually planning to hand it in... June 4th ... until Thursday, May 21. It is the absolute last day I can accept a thesis. I am in the office from 1:30 to 5:15 so drop it off sometime between

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  can apply. right after i get my scores? i have 2 more years in ... hooky more than I ever did. But when your mother is begging you to call in ... summer, two of which were Memorial Day and July 4, and I've gone in almost

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  , and we'll do what we can to accommodate you in dire circumstances. Take ... America, tropical cyclones (and military conflicts) in the Middle East, and an earthquake in Haiti. And, while our Early Action deadlines are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life or something like it Apparently this blog is supposed to be about my life. So here's some stuff about…

  

  I can write some sort of blazingly exotic blog entry full of ... allowed to drop a class without penalty, was last Wednesday, so I'm in all ... class here. But it's kind of nice to know that I can until almost three

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Disaster Relief .

  

  you can donate directly to the China Relief Fund, here. I hope ... I haven't been able to focus at all today. I didn't really understand ... When I describe Sichuan to people I always mention the food, and the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 13, 2008