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• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  reason. First semester is on pass/no record (P/NR) in order to give ... probably take you a while to get used to college life and on P/NR you ... to use Freshman P/NR to take the absolute hardest classes and get them

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  would be writing this blog post to you. But that isn't how life works ... else who had gotten into MIT and struggled to meet other kids. In ... 't know how to confess these reasons, because they seemed so shallow

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  ), please contact Michael Yang in the Admissions Office to request the extension, and be sure to also be in touch with your financial aid officer ... 've already said NO to MIT: Thank you for having applied; it was great getting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  clicking through the 6.031 Reading (I’ll have to actually read it in the ... for the people in my life, to ensure that I will see them. I am mindful ... it still goes wrong? How many people is it possible for me to

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  about how to address certain longstanding dynamics in the house that ... and a new community needed to form; Pilot 2021 was our first attempt. In ... and a number of faculty, staff, and alumni in work to promote personal

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do Alums do? Are you exceptionally forward minded? Already thinking about what you'll be doing as an alumni?…

  

  what to expect when you get to MIT. Floatillas, Liquid Nitrogen, and peak ... while they were in school, and so they tend to continue doing really cool ... kids how to read. So have no fear kids, the fun never stops when you

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  A Monday in the Life So many to-do’s, so little time.

  

  getting anything done is really just remembering to actually do it, and I sometimes don't ever get past the recall part, so I decided to outsource that ... of notes to self. And with that, I will try to get those 7 hours of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  ’s his duty to chat about the Yankees and the Red Sox with the person in ... didn’t get their farecards in advance. Meanwhile, my sister and I, with ... to cave in). At one point, the crowd even began to chant “Louder

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  our tempers and egos to get the better of us. But one way or another, we ... initiated together as eleven new brothers, the way it was meant to be. Beyond ... I grew up in a house composed almost entirely of girls. Genetic odds

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Charmed, I’m Sure What I did my 2nd IAP

  

  finding someone to go with, since people tend to get offended when you suggest that they, um, need lessons on how to dress and flirt. Matt not only ... that two people sat on every step in the aisles. Props to Kevin, whose

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  considered trying to move to East Campus for awhile, but in the end I decided ... to actually read the name of the dorm they've been assigned to AND get ... that the bike wasn't going to fall. In fact, it looked pretty cool up

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  late to find an internship in another country right now, which is cool ... cabin to stay in, but, you know, we're not losers. I am, however, kind of ... New Hampshire and leaving the cabin, I managed to misplace my wallet

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  out exactly how it was intended. In the spirit of most hacks, though, it was rather impressive. How did hackers manage to get a 600 pound ... Hacking at MIT is steeped in tradition and still occurs to this day

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  Green Building in order to double-check the radio equipment as well as ... asked me if there was anything in particular I wanted him to take a photo ... - which you can see in the photo above. (My house is the third brownstone to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Odds and Ends It's what's left

  

  in at a pathetic and embarrassing two (not counting the two days we get ... it will converge to midnight in approximately June 2012.....hey! That ... time to do it I'm pretty hosed (I leave exactly how hosed as an exercise

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 3, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Procrastination For Finals ...so I cooked dinner instead.

  

  rice to get the consistency you see in risotto) 1/3 can of beef stock (in ... and pepper to taste 1. Wash the rice once with cold water, and place in ... My last assignment for the semester was turned in on Tuesday, and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  turns entertaining my little brother, and somehow, I managed to get him to ... , and got picked up by an auntie to go to my grandparents’ house in Fuxin ... ’t even remember how they’re related to us anymore. I’m just going to refer

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  effort you have put in to letting us know how much you love MIT. As someone ... admitted students choosing to enroll at MIT (also known in admissions ... 't end up getting in), I'm actually glad that I ended up where I

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  up this Thursday ( O.O ahh ), and in the process of studying for it, I've realized how much I love it. <3 Every algorithm we've learned in the ... know how to do this, but why is this important?! And why should I care

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  which was just singing is now in shards on the table, speaks to how ... cool enough to make me continue in the physics track, so I showed up for ... waves traveled through the wires to create mechanical waves in the speaker

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011