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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  anything new. I bought the camera to celebrate the end of my dual degree ... me three classes away from a chem degree. Regardless of what anyone may ... (now five) classes I needed to add for the degree. I still don't want to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  whatnot. MORAL OF THE ENTRY: You can be pre-med at MIT, but you'll have to ... like something out of The Running Man, except without Richard Dawson ... they have a ring of flat-screen monitors all around the stadium that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  on the front page of The Tech. It was kind of cathartic; I was a chunky kid in high school and standing at the finish line of the Boston ... training into it. In the past five years I've done a lot of thinking, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  Bluntly put, this was the worst week of my life. Geez! you say. That ... a throw pillow*. Alright: Let's just say that the week of October 19th left much to be desired. I will elaborate on the details of “much

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  expected. The high for today is 59 degrees, with a low of 51, and while I ... . Starbucks works during various hours of the day. For instance: 1. The busiest ... stretches all the way to and sometimes out of the door. 2. At any given time

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  the spring. Two of the three freshman chem classes are only offered ... those of you who just skipped the beginnings of a rant above, here's a ... -PART LIST OF EXCEPTIONS TO THE RIDICULOUSLY SIMPLIFIED SCHEDULE ABOVE (Numbers

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Get Your Wii On. A Dome Hack!!!

  

  In honor of the release of the Nintendo Wii the Great Dome found ... back to one of my favorite video games from when I was a kid, Zelda! The ... bond with Hyrule -- the world they had created. The Goddess Din offered

  • by Bryan
  • November 19, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  “poverty” doesn't always refer to the consequences of astronomical tuition ... , the average MIT student is more than conscious of problems that don ... commencement address for the Class of 2008, as well as a response in the opinions

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  sunny and there's a high of 73 degrees tomorrow. i haven't shared ... corner. the blankets on the floor are on top of a standard foam mattress ... Doctrine -- the enthusiastic belief in the liberating power of technology

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  only completed about 5 of the applications by mid-December (under the ... onto his website to watch his mailbox for the arrival of a big, beautiful ... there was a giant blizzard in Cambridge, MA, which delayed the shipping of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Interning Remotely my verdict is that it definitely could be worse

  

  months ago, when I was struggling to the end of the jobs season without an ...  hours[/annotation] of practice and preparation, the stars in charge of determining ... how hard some companies were hit by the lack of revenue. Luckily, Twitch

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  with the arrival of the eastern seaboard’s very own polar vortex, so the ... degrees Fahrenheit. For perspective, I saw a chart on the internet that ... frostbite. Thankfully, we were indoors for most of the trek across campus

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  , and could only admit ~1600 students. But most of the students to whom we ... applies. The inability to offer admission can leave you thinking that because MIT or the Ivy League or wherever did not offer you admission, that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…

  

  Tomorrow, we will mail out the first of four batches of letters ... invitation to our meeting in your neck of the woods (haven't yet signed up for ... different member of our staff will visit different areas of the country. In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  from a library book about reproductive biology, with a degree of ... , never let my education get in the way of my learning.   Love you, mom     One of the best ways to learn is to teach, both

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  . But I'll probably fail. The topic of today's entry is my own amusement over the number of characters in my major. Most of you are familiar with ... in Roman numerals, as far as I know....oh, the intricacies of MIT

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  , the process can seem sort of random. It's not like that interviewing for grad programs. Everybody applies to basically the same set of ... happy to find out the current state of the Institvte. (They all say hi

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Red Sox *wwooooossshhhh!*

  

  has to be a game, because I just heard the last little bit of the ... Hey, did a Red Sox game just start? The dorm just shook and it sounded like a bunch of fighter jets just flew by, another benefit MIT has

  • by Snively '11
  • April 7, 2009
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What summer programs are available?

  the dorms. There are a number of small, specialized summer programs on campus, but they're not run by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Most ... MIT doesn't offer a traditional open-enrollment summer school program
• FAQ / International applicants

  Can I apply if I am undocumented?

  information, check out the section of our website for undocumented applicants. ... Yes! Undocumented and DACA applicants submit the same application components and go through the same selection process as all other students. For