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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  the best: (1) Examkrackers - I didn't get to use their "1001 Questions ... , which is actually a great time to start studying: far enough advance that ... mice in your room! It doesn't make for great dreams :( Topic 3: The Day

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  startups in completely different industries. I didn't get to see much since ... tech was going to be showcased at the Consumer Electronics Expo in Las ... to spend the money. I didn't realize how big of a deal CES was. Then I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  a life in the tech industry." "MAS.863 - how to make almost anything ... were a great way to get back into watching theater productions." 6 ... be a course 2" "WGS.101 taught me how to think about gender in a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  to get into the only theater in Boston showing Brokeback Mountain on ... Yo, I've been getting a lot of questions lately in the comments and I ... how some people might find it to be a little slow, but I personally didn

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  things work out following up on confusion

  

  , we get to learn how to code a variety of image manipulations from ... to decide whether to stay in our current major, 21E Humanities and ... wrote Axes of Confusion. In the end, what let us decide to dedicate last

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  19 Summers AHH I'm getting old :(

  

  on how to pluralize things like "June" and "July"? I had to stop myself ... : How I express disapproval to this day.   Summers 1 & 2 ... School in the fall. Summers 9-11: Sports camp, run by my school (oh, to be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

  went out to the deli to get turkey meat and an exciting new cheese ... enough adventure for the day. I wanted to photograph the Charles River for ... floor. The rest of B entry had gone out to Memorial Drive to watch the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  know how to do is stick their noses in books and that older doctors dread ... did to you, but if getting into MIT was his whole life as you say how ... I don't want to rule out. I'm thinking things must have changed in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  had to get it done during IAP. Maybe in just one night. I went in to ... .670 was all-day, in-person class that lasted two days. We learned how to use ... instructions got me thinking about how to use lathes and mills in a way that I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  . It's much better to be with great people in an older dorm than to be ... to get party hats, but I couldn't find any at the store, alas. Dorm ... , and send in the form to be run in the housing lottery. The form is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  get in touch with and reach out to. Not necessarily directly after class ... does it really take to get in and whether or not I still have a shot at ... don't need a Ph.D. in physics to get a good job -- you really need a Ph

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  ; I don’t know how to swim. I got two and a half laps in when I realized ... ![/annotation] You are required to swim 4 laps in the pool without stopping, with 3 ... in a pool deep enough for me to have to swim since I was, like, 8. So

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Accepting criticism please criticize this blog post

  

  my team to get some criticism. Now, it wasn't like they were my boss or ... my work to my lack of self-esteem, because at least that, I know how to ... close enough to that. I justify it in the sense that, having a regular

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  , and I decided to wait until now instead of posting it in June - this ... 't be able to catch up to these kids and as a result, coming in with no ... far behind my classmates and I'll struggle to get good grades (I know

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  in more than a month, and the time had come to catch up on MIT ... longer term than, say, to the first-time visitor. Bearing that in mind ... thing I identify with when I think about who I am and how I want to be

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  [/annotation] in the only way they know how: a group song. The last time FWACC happened, I was still a freshman, desperately trying to get on my feet. In ... [/annotation] and didn't get it. I auditioned for a solo in one of the Asymptones

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  too cool for this sort of thing. When you get to MIT for orientation ... front leg. When the Red Sox had their amazing comeback in the 2004 ALCS to ... Fenway Park to celebrate in the streets. I could hear the World Series from

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  which you get discounted meals but in order to break even, you need to eat ... were missing out on a great chance to come together in their communities ... . :-) Hmm. In all this talk about dining, I didn't get to the second part of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  .001, 6.001, etc. While this can be a great way to get your feet wet in a ... 'm happy to be getting lots and lots of sleep in my FULL SIZE (!) bed at home ... that they were trying to get people to think about and get involved in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  entered a randomized lottery to get placed in their basic required classes ... my next point... Pass/No Record is NOT an excuse to get a C- in every ... and figuring out what it takes to get an A in a class at MIT.  Aim high

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014