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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..

  

  be finishing in 15 minutes to get to my two classes this afternoon ... There's one week left of my freshman year - how much can you fit in a ... planning to spend the rest of the day buried in orgo like an ostrich in the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Links Sent to My Group Chat from the past month

  

  Cami: A link to ChatGPT Cami: A Twitter thread in which michelle huang ... thread about the first AI model, Shudu, who often gets hired in place of ... to the 12/9 MIT Class of 2023 Ice Skating Event Cami: Tweet on how AI

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  times of the year, I'll do the crossword in the Magazine. Also in the ... number of requests for college recommendations in past years. He said that some students abused his time by never actually submitting the letters to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  about finally getting more piercings to care about how silly I looked. I ... . I went to Stingray with Priscilla in June 2019. To get there, we took ... is a sort of rite of passage in Boston to get a piercing messed up at

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  July and Unified O.O and lots of pictures

  

  in Boston for the summer is a very, very good idea. I got to get to ... to October...) and building gliders for it. Running away from getting ... .  (4) She had to retaliate against getting cake smeared on hers. >

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 14, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  if you're black, white, or somewhere in between. You don't get to ... hear about how cool MIT is. In either case, I have something for you ... open to all MIT students regardless of identity. How did you find out

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  Nina Lutz for multiple hours in editing, to my family for being awesome in the videos, to my best friends Diann Huynh and Chielo Mbaezue for ... like to hear me talk about getting to MIT and my last days at home then

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• 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 ... second semester is similar, except that if you pass, you get a letter grade
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  seen. Seen in the sense of sending a message to someone, but they just ... verb in any language to act as the deliberate version of [annotation note ... framing this post in the form of a Letter To My Past Self. If 2016 Abby

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  get *accepted* to these programs, and would be in school for another ... 't really know how to get here anymore. I tried being a software person at a ... to participate in and enjoy gaming, but don't really get to *create

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  Development, the program provides scholarships of $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 to ... creation in the fields of Science, Mathematics, Technology, Music, Literature, Philosophy or "Outside the Box." To apply, you must submit the Preliminary

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  Indulge me for a moment. How many times have we seen the movie in ... he lives, thus he is reactionary in his approach to education. Mills ... with little effort. Performing well in the classroom and getting good

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Lies in MIT, lies about MIT these are the lies that i tell myself at night

  

  lying, then, to call these lies? Five. In What getting an education from ... you've handled this many classes in the past, so I'm going to approve ... , chose to do difficult homework, chose to not go to parties. In these ways

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  get to design and manufacture plastic yoyos in this class! Definitely ... 'm getting used to some big changes in my life. The first change that I ... being able to get to class a little earlier in the mornings and having

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  needed to wash my hair, I decide to take a shower. Between that, getting ... and get lunch at a coffee shop. I’d be able to study there too!   ... lives halfway across the country. Every moment we get to talk is a treat

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  the sun sets on another summer only one left yikes

  

  actually getting any exercise this summer. i don't think i'd want to live in ... flight to boston. this summer went by weirdly fast but in a way that i can ... code to work. i won't miss my long morning commute and getting around LA

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  's Worcester. I'm going to teach you how to pronounce it now, you ready? Pretend ... total n00b when you get to MIT. I'll help you out. First, pronouncing ... . Very few people actually know how to pronounce "Stata." I've had just as

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  knowing how badly i keep in touch with people, i'd have stopped talking to ... . i was given the chance, in april 2021, to spend the first half of 2022 ... decision, and talking to people, and declined in the end, because i "didn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  , you will get a sense of how much things cost. If you’re new to buying groceries, here is a reference for food prices. In general, to see how ... ’s much easier to carry groceries on your back than in your arms. When

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  attachment. It's easy (especially to do a UROP summary), fun, and you get to ... news headlines include: *Macular Degeneration Induces Reorganization in ... *Why Do Insects Stop "Breathing" To Avoid Damage from Too Much Oxygen

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005