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• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  Identity. At first I didn't know how to take the news. This placement was ... to shop around for a new one. At first I was actually pretty worried ... on a weekend morning before going to sleep. Not surprisingly, the FIRST

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  I definitely do not regret going to. The first event was the Inaugural ... come to MIT, we wouldn’t even have the time to find rotten tomatoes to throw at her. This past weekend was an extended holiday because of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  and ask you to spit into a tube and run some tests. Upon our first few ... analagous to January 24th, the 24th day of the first month. You know what ... My freshman spring, I had planned to put up this post about pi day

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  nineteen behavior mice, as I am done testing them and they are to be ... actually sad here.) In their honor, today I'm going to talk about one of the projects I've been working on at my UROP for the past two years. So first

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 2 A recap, with pictures.

  

  . Went back to my office for the first time in 2 days; checked email. Akash ... Another insane (in a good way) day! Got to MIT early; checked in with my fellow admissions peeps. Not bound to the Reg Desk today, I made the

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 8, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I submit the MIT application with my QuestBridge application?

  If you are named a QuestBridge Finalist, you do not need to submit an ... enough information for us to evaluate students for admission. However, you will have to submit our MIT QuestBridge Supplement, which will be
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  that stuck with me. such things tend to stick with me. we were talking ... the word. literally, african american refers to people who live in or ... black people can relate to each other and speak to each other - it's a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  First thing I want to do is apologize for not blogging in a while ... beginner pistol first quarter of my freshman year because I wanted to start ... stepped into the first class and everything clicked as to why I enjoyed

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  , that I've decided to devote an entire entry to it. First things first ... So all freshmen are assigned to a faculty advisor who helps them make ... advisor, which is an upperclassman who acts as a something of a mentor to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  order first. On behalf of everyone at MIT Admissions, I want to reassure ... people to be students and community members first, and applicants second ... Southeast. Meanwhile, according to ReliefWeb, there is flooding across Latin

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  diagnostic when you first get to campus. The results of the diagnostic help you ... continued through IAP in January, something I didn't want to do. The first ... , and eventually got me switched into 8.01L. I went to my first 8.01L

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  BEST WEEK OF 2007 ...a self-rewarded happiness.

  

  for undergrad. So anyhoo, this is just the first hurdle. I still have to ... by a little I mean a ton. I was invited to interview for my PhD at my top two choice schools!!! Needless to say, I did a happy dance. Still

  • by Bryan
  • January 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  New MIT Viewbook Is a viewbook as useful to you as it might have been for my (pre-internet)…

  

  missing, if anything. Also: you guys are the first generation to truly ... from beginning to end. We'll choose a firm in the next few days, and the first strategy meetings will begin next week. If you guys have opinions

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  the first two years). In the case of the PE requirement, you’ll need to ... taking 4 technical classes in your first semester to avoid burn-out. I made ... example, I started with 18.014 my first semester. Then switched to 18

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  to retake them December first. Also, I will take the SAT 2s (math and ... Hi folks, Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or two. I apologize in advance to the folks who have

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  problem set and all the rest by myself, and I found myself going to my first ... . Throughout my entire time in high school, I used to complain to my math teacher ... decided to take the course that honestly was overbearing at times, and I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  CALLED 'KAPOW'!!! IT IS STANDARD ETIQUETTE THAT ANYTHING RELATED TO CPW ... ; VERY IMPORTANT INFO: First, you should have already been contacted by your CPW host. Please respond to them as quickly as you can--school doesn

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / CPW

  how to tackle CPW ...i totally have the authority to write this

  

  live in a dorm your first year on campus, so wouldn't it be great to find ... to meet you!!! I know how excited I was for my CPW, so I can only ... event on Sunday that people shockingly showed up to, despite me putting in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Next Big Mailing is out Choosing your email address, and more.

  

  The first wave of the Next Big Mailing (NBM) has been sent out ... class from the Admissions Office to the Academic Resource Center (ARC ... ? A cover letter from Marilee, formally transitioning you to the ARC

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  . With Pass/No Record in place to make the transition easier, first ... to first semester. Classes Taking classes at MIT has definitely been ... When it comes to MIT you can put everything you do into one of two

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012