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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  is in the West Lounge on the second floor of the Student Center (which ... . Accuweather says it's supposed to be 40s-50s and mostly sunny for the rest of ... , do we sleep on the floor of our host's dorm, or are we actually getting

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  away. I write to you now from Frankfurt, Germany, with the title of “MIT Grad Student”. I start my second year of a dual degree program in ... heading back to Cambridge for a quick apartment move before the start of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  What now suckas!? That's right. I have a brass rat. What.

  

  get started with this entry, let me dust the cobwebs out of your head ... , at the very beginning of the semester. Since then, all the sophomores ... recognizable rings in the world—the Brass Rat, the West Point ring, and the Super

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  -A degree program instead of taking the traditional full Course 2 route ... Courses 1-24 (with the exception of Course 19 (which was called Metallurgy ... Languages, then Foreign Literature & Linguistics.)) A history of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  excerpts

  

  celebrate the end of our time at MIT. We gallivanted around the West Coast for ... everything, here's some quick snippets of some of the things that have happened ... , etc.). One even offered to take photos of us on top of Angels' Landing c

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MFA Boston A trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

  

  last... This ship is part of the "Things I Love" collection, on loan ... 's website: "Founder of The Oxbow Group, one of the top 500 privately held ... benefactor of the Museum, Koch is also a passionate collector, described by The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer a pre-med program?

  Prehealth Advising during the spring semester of their sophomore year. ... Approximately 10 percent of MIT's senior class enter medical and other health profession schools each year. MIT doesn't offer a premed or
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Oh The Things I’ve Seen Warning: Hold on to your socks

  

  , here is a complete listing of all the moving picture shows I’ve viewed in ... House Lie to Me Bones Men of a Certain Age The Game Meet the Browns Numb3 ... no guys) Two and a Half Men Law and Order: SVU The Real Housewives of

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas the night before the 8.01 final and all through the Haus, everyone was studying like nothing else. Including me. Just not…

  

  windows of 5th West: Oh, the holiday spirit. This one may require a bit of ... ! Woo hoo! With that said, here are a few of the things I've seen while ... , on my way to the Student Lounge off the Infinite, I saw that this hack

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 17, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of first-year learning communities are available?

  -year learning communities offer a distinct kind of learning environment that provides students with the opportunity to study and socialize as part of a smaller community while still taking advantage of the intellectual and
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  offers and picked the other guy. After all, most of the professors are ... ! ...if you're a girl) and to lead a tour of my UROP lab. But the one thing ... telling people my major in words instead of numbers, and I always say the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  alums, and that's from a hall that has a lot of them. I hear, in the ... mention get to know the halls of our new dorm, so we decided to visit each ... from the Lord of the Rings movies, with the long blond hair and elvishly

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Updates CPW, admitted students parties, the "telethon," and financial aid.

  

  A few quick notes for the Class of 2010... The deadline for ... Washington, DC). If you went to one of the admitted students parties, send your ... the red CPW box on the left side. Also, tonight MIT students will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  , filling every square inch of this (albeit slightly smaller than the previous ... over the course of winter break. I am left thinking: I hate change. A ... closing of the door, the camera cuts away to a peaceful Next House Dining

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  today! And third....the CPW weather machine appears to be in need of some ... . At least a few hours. Try to visit most of the dorms! Even if there ... the wonders of MIT, and you’ll learn a lot more about the people

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  to wait six months for it to come in). Like many of the members of the class of 2010 who are straggling onto campus over the next few days, I ... you can see the colors of their towels, and you still can't see the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  . Breathe. Your time at MIT isn't defined by the number of units you're taking. If you're the kind of person who can maintain your sanity or enjoys the light chaos of taking tons of classes, go for it, but the number of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide CSS Profile waivers?

  Some students of certain incomes are able to have the their CSS Profile fees waived by the College Board. MIT is not able to offer a fee waiver directly. If the cost of the CSS Profile poses financial difficulty
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  of philosophy, MIT is committed to the idea of equal access to higher education for everyone. It has been our experience that the cost of applying ... costs of running an admissions office are vast, and the application fee

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  Yesterday was the first day of classes at MIT. I remember the ... examples, I went to the Facebook and looked at the class schedules of some of ... because of its incredible teacher, Professor Don Sadoway) 21L.011: The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005