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• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  sort of math and science. Walking through the new Center for Theoretical ... First off, congratulations to the Class of 2012! From what I hear you ... meet on MIT's campus, but hopefully I'll see you around in the real world

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Town Cambridge: university and city.

  

  was taken in the fall, courtesy of Olay '09, another CME student. For ... too many pictures of the Cambridge as an actual town in this blog. So I ... in Cambridge. Even though it is the middle of winter, you can see the

  • by Cambridge
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  much a lot of the stuff written in the MIT forum (and elsewhere, for that ... Lausanne, Switzerland, where I've been living for the past 10 days. I ... on the Internet, but I need to have time to acquire a power adaptor for

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  VSEPR Google News is the best.

  

  soon enough; for now you can check out the awesome article above which proves that even 100 million years ago, the beaver was dominating the area ... DID YOU KNOW? A jurassic beaver once ruled the riverbank. I've had an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Randomness

  

  . The French never ends. (Well, the class is over on the 1st, but then I jump right into French 2 for the next term.) I have a 150-175 word ... Well, as Laura said in her latest entry, tonight was the "telethon

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?

  Advanced Standing Examinations are one way to earn credit for MIT subjects outside of the classroom itself. If you're confident that you ... test out of it. It's essentially like sitting the final before the class
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  some 3E lounge or other for the rest of the day. Sometimes, I go to the ... reasons for this. For one, at this point in the semester, I had a growing ... extracurriculars in the last semester, and I was slightly annoyed at myself for

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  are not. For the curious: "DUSP EXPLORER is an online, interactive ... urban planning and design." For the still-curious, scroll on. These are a ... sustainable infrastructure for the US or the developing world. As I started to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Summer

  turning back time now your clock can follow the right hand rule!

  

  counterclockwise. Rejoice! The next day, I created a custom face for the clock, one ... direction. We hung it up in the main lounge for the world to see, and a few ... was the easiest part. 4. The children YEARN for the mines clock factory

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  gratitude happy thanksgiving

  

  be grateful for every moment of existence. That’s the philosophy of the ... suffering to “prove” they are grateful for the gift of life. At least, this is ... ’t expend much energy on pondering the concept of gratitude. In that sense

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Decisions Released Today

  

  An update for our transfer applicants: Emily Sheldon, who coordinates transfer admissions for our office, will be emailing all applicants ... students are some of the very best MIT has to offer. I highly recommend

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’M BACK!!! This, kids, is why you should store your passwords somewhere safe, just in case Firefox…

  

  finished blogs too for that matter). So I started the arduous task of trying ... Ok, so long story short (I'll blog the whole thing later), I use firefox to remember my password to login to the MIT blogs website. I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday

  

  , and Saad Zaheer and myself from MIT. We'll each speak for ten minutes, with the remaining 50 minutes reserved for questions, answers, and debate ... 's assassination and the polarized dialogue to which it has given rise. I hope to

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions Beginning To Arrive How are you guys doing?

  

  Hi everyone, It's been one of those weeks here in the office - I can't seem to get anything done. I'm working on the big Q&A thread that I've been promising you for weeks. I also owe you my post-EA thoughts. Both

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 13, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote memorization, but rather if you truly understand the metrial. MIT is dedicated ... groups, and the first year is graded on a pass/no record system. While your
• FAQ / First-year application

  Who will have access to my application information?

  At MIT, we hope to get to know you better through the application ... limited data with other offices at MIT for administrative purposes (for example, the Registrar’s Office and Office of the First Year) and with some
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  . Well, first I lowballed myself. The suggestion I had given was too low for my ... . I've been at my living group for six semesters. I dated the same ... Near the start of the pandemic, I decided not to come back to MIT

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Events

  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  -credit class that meets twice a week for an hour and spend the rest of my time ... meets for 9 hours a day 4 days of the week. That sounds like a plan ... working on the same puzzle for the last 4 hours answers the phone. "Hello

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  want to talk to us in the comments below, we’re here for you. We ask that ... may be a difficult time for you, as that is the spirit of these blogs ... be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2029. The comments on

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  classes are over!!!! i feel so free

  

  Today was the last day of classes for the spring semester—and, as a senior, the last day of classes for my undergraduate career. So, after my ... [annotation note="a wonderful Next House subcommunity where I live called 4W, or the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 16, 2023