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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  might course 2 (mech e), or 2-A, or 8 (physics), or 8-B, or 6-1 (ee), or ... questions about specific majors and I will try my best to answer them or find ... address the topic in a proper way. First, some questions. Is Physics major

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  most of the people who got here in September 2015 will be graduating. The ... in the middle of a month? Or maybe you live off campus, and the place ... for another week. And maybe you were planning on doing an internship or

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  start at the stroke of midnight, at the sun’s first rays, or at whatever ... ”. For documentation purposes, my last last day of school will begin with ... middle of May. As an aside, it may or may not be of interest to note that

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  -person interviews. This happens in NYC or Boston, where apparently alums fight over ... admission department to reach out to kids in areas where an in ... Skype and IRL interviews. It's a great way for us to reach more of you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  makeup, i can't make any mistakes or else i will look extra Incompetent And ... , just to share how my semester is going. somehow, 1.5 weeks into classes ... wasn't too thrilled about, i've finally reached the promised land, a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  them on Briggs field. We were still playing at 1:30 or so, and had agreed ... this reflects a general trend in my life, or is just a phase) so here ... . BIZARRE THINGS - AN OVERVIEW Bizarreness from 1 (a little peculiar) to 10

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  comments and questions! Please continue to do so...or, if you're lurking, don ... . Some classes heavily discourage or forbid collaboration on work, though ... do my hw. but my friends don't know mrs. einstein and can't call her or

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  As the November 1 Early Action deadline approaches, we have been ... litany of disasters and/or disruptions: fires, blackouts, strikes, typhoons ... yourself, your family, your community, and your safety.[/annotation] You will

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  , Part 1 There are a lot of machine shops on campus, so in my massive ... the precursor to modern robotics. CNC mills or lathes are machines which ... will write the CNC code for you, upload that code to a CNC machine, then

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  want to, or simply because you think it will get you into college ... # of AP's for admitted kids was 5 or 6 (that's total for all 4 years of HS - i.e. 1-2 per year if evenly distributed). Many admits (most likely

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

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  States. It will not tell the reader how to get into college or how to run a ... work, or even to identify those who will finish a four-year undergraduate ... families will go to ensure the lifelong success of their sons and daughters

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  instructions will teach you how to make your very own acrylic signage from scratch!   Step 1: Visualize the sign in your designated space Alright so I'm not like a super cracked Autodesk user or anything but I do

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  't; trying to predict what happened millions of years ago or what will happen ... demand or whatever.  In that same vein, if total eclipses occurred daily ... with no distractions of cameras or telescope, and I’d let myself be on

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  :00. Write ’til noon, or 1; definitely not after 2. After that, I’ll head to lab, a 25-minute walk down Mass Ave. Usually the day is clear, or ... ://open.spotify.com/playlist/3EGKKO6m7WI5iA1Z7eHb40?si=6c3b4351813f4ae0 Monday My general plan is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  her e-mail address, or merely give her the change I had recieved for my ... her if I could borrow a dollar or two to pay for my burrito. ...and ... gazed heavenward and opined, "Someday somebody will do a favor for my sons

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  portlets in the next month or two based on requests that you've made for ... the not-too-distant future, although it will take a lot of planning and ... right (new portlets, fresher content, online community) or if there are

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  will still be selling mangoes by the dozen and the tap-taps will still be ... about being in a country where nobody has electricity or regular access to ... of people here don't have electricity at night - or at all, so even

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  can't invent it); however, until then you will just have to settle with ... last week or so since I have arrived at MIT, but that would most likely ... will probably do a few later posts about the details of things like

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6 / New Year, New Me Looking back, looking forward & staying in the present

  

  teaching at a high school for MISTI Global Teaching Labs, and traveled around ... started the semester at ETH Zürich as 1 of 6 MIT exchange students Started ... and Europe, Swiss culture, and meeting new people: Fig. 1: Fernweh Fig

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 12, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  , kids) or taking a (very) brief study break. But something whisked me away ... release of Early Action decisions, we aren't allowed to blog on Saturday or ... , we split up, I towards Harvard to buy a Christmas present for the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011