FAQ / Academics and research
How does pass/no record work?
Here’s something else to love about MIT! The first semester at MIT is graded on a pass/no record basis: if you pass the class you get a “pass” on your…
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Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous
Oct. 23 in the Stata Center's Kirsch Auditorium at 7 p.m. Marjane ... about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a very informative and entertaining event. I am going to have to -
Blog / Academics & Research
Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…
Th2, which can be induced by different pathogens and are exhibited in ... model for ulcerative colitis, a type of IBD, through her UROP in the ... created a mouse model for the Th2 form of IBD by creating a Th2 response in -
Blog / Academics & Research
Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer
for rising juniors interested in helping people. In this entry, I will list the ones I know with a brief description, and then I'll write a ... participated in it last summer. If I have forgotten any, please let me know -
Blog / About Decisions
Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience
A couple days ago in the blogger slack, Petey sent a screenshot of a prospective 2023’s message expressing hesitation about choosing MIT. I think a ... want to do. We were in this boat as prefrosh, and then in our freshman -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too
's one phrase - "a cappella", Italian for "in the manner of the church ... instrumental backups. like in Pitch Perfect!) Anyways, as you may know, a ... , Cross Products, Resonance, Ohms, and probably some other groups that I -
Blog / Admissions
MyMIT Problems – EA Deadline Now 11/4 EA deadline extended to 11/4 - details inside.
It's been a nightmare of a weekend. We are all down in NYC for the ... are still in Cambridge, but needless to say, trying to coordinate all of ... operating smoothly now. I'll spare you all the gory details of what happened -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…
back home, and I would like to thank everyone who helped in the effort to ... EST To: baxterthieves Cc: burton1 We have the cake, as requested, in ... they want) (it's pretty much the most amazing cake i've ever seen) From -
Blog / Admissions
Open Thread: Not Admitted Early
“It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny ... ’s ok…you can get up and immediately continue on…” - Guts (actually ... be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you converse in the -
Blog / Admissions
Maker Faire 2012 the Dean is going - are you?
be there! Oh yeah, its got everything. In addition to all of the ... :00 pm. You can see it on the schedule here. By the way, Chris P (King of the Internet) went to Maker Faire out in CA last year and wrote a blog -
Blog / About Decisions
Waitlist Wrap-Up 2008
that we do not have any more room in the class, and will not admit any ... that things have now settled down enough that we can conclude our ... , thank you, and we wish you all the best at your college in the fall -- we -
Blog / Admissions
CPW Registration – Important! If you're planning to attend CPW, please read this entry whether you've already registered or…
MIT account, you can call the CPW hotline (617.258.6085) to register via ... . Simply click on the "Registration" link in the CPW portlet - if you see ... again. Thanks, and see you all in less than 2 weeks! :-) -B -
Blog / Events
Study Abroad Fair Learn about opportunities to study in another country (8 pictures)
can't really read it, but the white banner in this picture is for American University in Cairo. ---------- Also check out -
FAQ / First-year application
Do students apply to a specific major?
doesn't have any impact on admission decisions. In fact, a large percentage of students at MIT end up majoring in something other than what they ... want to ask.... but MIT doesn't allow triple majors anymore. You can -
Blog / Miscellaneous
So we’re actually *identical* twins which is surprising to absolutely ... no one
! And then she sent this to the blogger group chat, and our nicknames in ... mistake! We are in fact identical twins. Over winter break we ordered ... discovered that identical twins actually can have two separate placentas and -
Blog / MIT Life
You Gave Love A Bad Name A night of talent.
Borskis. I kid you not. You might know Borski as a frequent commenter, so ... lesson to everyone at the performance to highlight how dangerous it is to -
Blog / Hacks
socially aware hacking, part 2 this time, it's personal ((last time it was also personal))
I wrote a little while ago about a hack on the Dot raising awareness ... group (or same-named group, anyway) that went up in Building 66 on the 10th. There's a very, very fancy portrait of David Koch in the first -
Blog / MIT Life
merry christmas from MIT and my newsfeed a snapshot of holiday cheer from cambridge to new zealand
. See more: The eye of the storm. This christmas, I decided to un-wind by kicking back at my bench space--newly unwrapped box of pipette tips in hand ... ; Since I'm still here for a few days, my flexible family is just -
Blog / Academics & Research
Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…
we are going to be in Lusaka this weekend or Mwape, but I hope to have ... Yesterday was my team's first full day in Zambia, and what a day it ... during the day, and although I wore a hat and drank lots of water I got -
Blog / Athletics
Ready for some tennis? Three days left until the official start of the US Open tennis tournament! What's your…
Three days until the US Open officially begins! As an engineer, I ... 's looking to win again) Ok, that's enough pretending that I know about tennis... I am predicting a Federer vs. Roddick final (would anyone like a wager