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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  freshmen are offered sophomore standing, but I’d estimate that the percentage that actually accept is probably closer to 10-15%. There are a lot of ... of those huge classes where you need to work up a lot of motivation to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  . Sure, people will go visit other floors, but the floors are all very ... awesome. Sometime during the day somebody made a joke about it being cold and that we should just bounce inside. "Right, sure, where would we put

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  california since that's where all the cool kids are going these days, and, you ... her options open- maybe there are suitable caves in other cities as well ... improbable any of them actually are... hermit in cave in Hong Kong

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  matriculation dinner where all the students who matriculated that year are invited ... process in which you are formally admitted into the university and your ... first day of the term where all the first year students to the university

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  There are certain...traits, shall we say, that are generally ... true of all MIT students, but are certainly not true of people anywhere ... -2 and 8-2 don’t exactly line up, or that most floors of 11 are awkwardly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  and acquaintances are teachers, and they are fantastic. One of these ... tables and are asked to solve problems too complicated for one. So, they ... State University of New York at Stony Brook where he earned his masters in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  center where the largest finals are held"]Johnson Track ... If you are reading this, it means I am successfully on my way out of ... freshman have ~PNR~ their first semester. This means all classes are reported

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  26-100, which is MIT's biggest lecture hall. Movies are shown in there ... surreal to lecture where Eric Lander lectures. It was also totally surreal ... looking for the right plug (THERE ARE SO MANY PLUGS AND CORDS IN THAT ROOM

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  where you can send us your latest grades along with any other relevant ... free to contact the office. I already graduated high school or I’m not ... don’t have any updates for us. There’s an option on the form where you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The fight’s begun but not yet won me vs. vista

  

  resource right at my fingertips. You see, MIT offers free MATLAB to its ... . The catch is you have to be connected to the MIT network, that's where ... enough, I had a big problem on my Dell where the installer crashed every

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  of an MIT Education are available for free, online. It doesn't mean ... . The actual topics covered are "Proofs and Number Theory, Structures ... supply the details.” “The other 253 cases are analogous.” “...” 4. Proof

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Time to Complete the MIT Midyear Report Applicants need to fill out the form on MyMIT by February 15th.

  

  . Please submit this form as soon as your midyear grades are available or by ... transcript, you are still required to submit the MIT Midyear Report.  There is ... school. Finally, my colleagues in the Financial Aid Office are happy to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  know what an MIT ID card means, right? It means you are, officially ... RULE THE WORLD! well, not so much. What are MIT ID cards good for (other ... is a huge city with a bunch of neat things going on. There are art

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  caves, and got a few diamonds. diamonds! i won—and that’s where the story ... where it goes after the day grows dark. thus, i ventured out. i sprinted ... operations are executed in your computer by running electrons through tiny

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  fall I made the mistake of solving problems with my study group without ... other end of the spectrum where I did all of my psets entirely by myself ... time-management skills alone are not enough; not even close. You also

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  !” she would say. “Your parents are idiots and you’re the son of idiots, so it’s over Ted!” “I need a shower,” he said abruptly, rising. “Are you ... ages. He applied body wash over his stomach—where hints of an eager pot

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Yeah, I’m turning twenty, it’s terrifying one year of mit

  

  trailers are right in front of Medical, and the line went in front of and ... , where they scan my ID, ask me for my last name, my date of birth, my phone ... Campus that summer, and somehow that made me feel a little more connected

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  our hotel, Hotel Regent where the air conditioner was semi ... . Now this made me a little perturbed, and if you who is responsible for ... Colosseum, we walked out to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier where the monument

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  .07 received a free copy of The Maxwellians on the first day of lecture. On the ... , my interest in comparing mediums had evaporated to the point where I ... free candy to the 1000+ freshmen. As president of Undergrad Women in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  free fries for students ayy"]Saloniki,[/annotation] the two places ... "]Roxy's.[/annotation] Now, most of these places are closed, so if I'm too lazy to cook, I have to go elsewhere. Thankfully, there are plenty of opportunities to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020