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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  other side of the argument. If there is a subject you are really ... you score a 5 on Calculus BC, you can get out of 18.01, Single-Variable Calculus. If you score a 5 on both Physics C tests, you can get out of 8

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  they do. I've never seen a more packed Kresge. Not even for a Logs concert. Mythbusters on stage. Now, what you might not know is that the ... Not these guys, I hope. Hopefully, instead you'll call these two

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Not Admitted A forum

  

  There were a record number of applications for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a great number of incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  % constraint, and our increased yield, there you have it -- 377 admitted students ... While this is a much smaller percentage of the class admitted early than many other places, remember that here, being deferred is not a "polite

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Mail Date: March 11 Hang in there guys, I know this is a crazy stressful time.

  

  As you've probably read via the homepage, Friday, 3/11 is our goal. If that slips for any reason, I'll let you know. Less than a week until I get to shave... NICE Hang in there guys, I know this is a crazy

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  Hi everyone! CPW is in full swing. I haven't been this tired in a ... been right here with me the whole day; she is a total trooper. The good ... . Marilee is speaking in this pic... ...followed by a performance from the

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  last fall / last fall it's senior year and i still haven't learned anything

  

  -and-white answer in vain; that this is a question where you will only find answers by ... failing. Perhaps this is a question that can only be answered by having a ... number of other ones, including a few where I was tasked with representing

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  is like 5 minutes away from my house unless you're driving a car that I ... underwear: we all have them and they all stink, and also you can use them again if you turn them inside out. But the point is: no excuses. So I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  't there. that desire for motivation is placed in a footnote, drowned out by ... contrivance where students take turns presenting topics, usually following a ... , so it doesn't feel like i'm "learning" anything. as you can see, the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling old and coming home

  

  a blog about the trip in the near future. This blog is about feeling ... 'll walk out into the kitchen, where E. is making [annotation note="shout out to Paolo, actually, for the recipe. in a quirk of fate, Paolo is the B1

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  got a job working at the computing help desk last semester- you know, I ... of physics is trying to figure out which angle is which? I mean, you ... . Where is theta, and is the component mgsin(theta) or mgcos(theta)? That

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  New Things I’ve Tried mostly experimenting with some looks:)

  

  with practice I can get better. What’s a lot harder and intimidating is ... =" seriously, I can't stop fantasizing about a life where work ends at 5PM. If ... people, or really any situation where I can’t blend into the crowd.  Hair

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 9, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  (maybe the most underappreciated thing a good college applicant can do is make sure everything is done on time!). As you may know, we have our own ... you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  Period, where MIT people can do "whatever they want."']IAP[/annotation] has ... [annotation note='this is a program run by CAPD which has, in the past, been called the "externship" program. i did an externship last IAP, and you can

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  surgeon like you, but at least i can cook a fried egg without burning my own ... 'm terrified to leave MIT. How do you make new friends as a new grad? What if I ... ourselves in uncomfortable positions and this is a necessary step towards

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  if you've chosen a major that fits you? Fit is a fuzzy concept, hard to ... best way to learn is to push yourself so fast that you faceplant, and ... team. "Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  The MIT Midyear Report is now available! You can fill it out now at ... available for a while. You can note in the Midyear Updates box that you are ... -- have no concept of "midyear grades." This is okay. You can ignore the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  that is going to have to take a back seat in order for me to document to ... make a reference to the scene in Veronica Mars where Logan was attacked ... '10 (yeah, my next door neighbor is named Laura. And there are also two

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  , sitting on stage at Symphony Hall.” “Pops” is a portmanteau of “popular ... his own film scores. His name is John Williams, and in case you haven ... film scores in a concert without John Williams slipping in there

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  I'm a little exhausted from answering questions right now, so this is ... assuage my curiousity, what is it about MIT that draws you personally? I'm looking for a large sample size, so don't be a lurker -- tell me why you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005