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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  a close friend. In this post, I'll describe how I made the decision to ... about how they would handle the fall, I decided to seriously consider taking leave. I realized that taking leave would allow me to feel in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedules are up!

  

  division biology elective which gets great reviews in the student subject ... take 21A.100 (Intro to Anthropology) -- I'm concentrating in anthropology ... knows how I write, so I won't get the obligatory first paper boost for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  syllabus (written, to my surprise and great relief, in modern English) into ... my solution will get graded. To my delight, my theoretical training in ... our solar system, and getting a broad introduction to the universe using

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  schools admit you, you'll go on to achieve great things in life. This is ... -curriculars, either in an essay or on the application form, try to make it more than a ... In my previous entry, Joan Tran from Louisiana asked for some general

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  administration in some form or fashion. Most of these get sent to dorm mailing ... audience of this site. I support Snively 100% in wanting to have that ... or negatively), not something that needs to be worked out in real time

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  was going to be in the best mood ever and they'd get away with murder ... in. No, don't give me that humility crap, you get into MIT and try to ... drive from my house. In fifth grade my parents and I were driving to my

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  research on this puzzle, nobody was able to finish in less than 8 months. It ... and support that so many people provided in order to make this the ... ,000 piece puzzle to leave out in Simmons for people to solve over IAP? If this

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  going to get canceled for the almost two years I had it planned, and the ... "C's get degrees" and move on with my life as soon as possible. But--in ... everyone takes anyway, so I'm here to explain how your first midterm seasons

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  good idea to live in a quad because I'd get to meet three other people ... freshmen was also a great way to get to know my fellow classmates. However ... , 2003: Bryan boards flight 382 from Houston to Boston. So I get to my

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  (thing is true) but why? I go to MIT 100% (or so I've been told) I get these ... longer in high school and b) supposed to be somewhere (read: class) right ... how likely I am to Do A Thing today, we can ~extrapolate~. To figure out

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 16, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  to one another, so sticking the Masterman visit in the middle wasn ... that my mom has moved back, I'd really like to get to know the city better and this was a great way to begin doing so. So that was Monday

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"

  

  In case you haven’t been able to tell by the lack of bloggage across ... . WHY DID I COME TO THIS SCHOOL.”), and with classes wrapping up today, a ... Caf√© 4 yesterday: Me: Hey, how are you doing? May '11 (grinning): Hiii

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  , and to get in touch with the admissions office. Good luck! Anonymous ... get there in the fall. Did I read that you get to drive the ambulance as ... know when you'll be getting a call. So there's a lot to keep in mind, but

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  . Will I have to take multivariable again in MIT if I get accepted?" I'm a ... college to become a RN. How do I put this in my application?" Amended from ... great but I wonder to know if all the information in there is the same for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Notes From The UK [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and not only…

  

  together last term. We get along great now (or know how to fake it with ... transition temperatures that allow you to burn information onto a CD. In ... . However, I am glad to be getting a taste of both because I do now have a

  • by Cambridge
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  in Boston to celebrate gaming, and it is completely free to the public ... being totally in control of that process. All great games come from a ... putting previously successful ideas together. And she went on to advise how

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  told, I haven’t necessarily had to do before. In the end, the month was ... material. It is, in the big picture to me, a tradeoff. In comparison to last ... be done in terms of this city, and got to have a much-needed week off

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  campus to discover there's been a hack in Lobby 10! The hack is two giant ... pages]. 9:15am: I arrive at the President's Welcome just in time to see ... surgeon. 9:28am: A parent's question: "How important is it to choose a major

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  struggles in her life up to that point, and how through the hardest of times ... students had been putting in to plan, rehearse, or prepare for these ... -streams to display the work they had put in up to that point. We want to talk

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  Now that I'm a junior in college, I'm supposed to be almost an adult ... apparently, this means I'm going to have to go find a job- also in the real ... how much enjoyment I get out of yelling at the television during

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008