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• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  take an overenrolled class. Generally, priority is first given to seniors ... the first class and decide the class list then.  I’d like to share the ... endeavor. Aside from making sure that I’m on track to graduating on time

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  I'm writing today to remind our applicants that we do not give any kind of preferential "bump" to students who apply to MIT during Early Action. This is a longstanding policy. There is no reason to rush your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  . First, they provide all parents (not only women) with more resources to ... my FIRST Robotics Team. “Why do you want to spend your birthday in a ... In middle school, my first foray into robotics was with the FIRST

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline Tomorrow Questions? I've got answers.

  

  today, I've been helping answer your calls and want you to know that ... teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in our office by ... will still be fine. Please note that materials only need to be

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 31, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Massachusetts to Michigan guest post by Liz O.'21

  

  first sign of a setback. I try to generally identify the problem as much ... my resume to half the booths I walked past because I may have gone a ... enthralled. Then, as I was about to head back to my dorm and call it a day, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  long showers. “Oh, I gotta remember to audition for a capella!” “I could ... green next time I visit East Campus. It’d be so cool to live there, too ... . Prior to the visit, I was terrified of taking Biology at MIT. After CPW

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  , so that was probably my first introduction to the area. In the future ... ’t think of a good way to write this blog about all the stuff that comes to ... major. I had a pretty clear idea of how I wanted to approach this, but

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?

  

  to have an after-work event at which parents would construct gingerbread houses for their children to decorate in school the following day ... of moms, trying to follow instructions from Miss Stacy and Miss April

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  , and who am I to refuse free stuff? First, it took me under 10 minutes ... OMG. Bikes are amazing. So, I'll admit it: I'm stubborn. I like to ... was totally wrong about bikes on campus. I've always walked to class

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing! !!!!!!!

  

  to go sailing for the first time ever :) MIT Sailing has various days ... the first one of the fall semester. The five of us headed out to the ... . aaaah - i just went and slapped samvaran some more me: is he going to be

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 3 Independent Video Games, X-Men, and Interstellar

  

  " website, is going back and redoing two weeks of bundles, allowing us to ... it's a good time to stock up on cheap games! The Boston Festival of ... , are happy to hear *X3 SPOILERS* the death of Xavier, Cyclops and Jean

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can get anything you want… ...excepting Alice. Or a good blog entry.

  

  It's been hectic for past few days; I had my first German vocabulary test yesterday and I had to learn like ein bazillion words for that, and ... , Freshman have been so adorable this week struggling through their first 5

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 17, 2005
• FAQ / Testing

  How does MIT consider test scores? Does MIT Superscore?

  . Standardized tests are required for every first-year application to MIT. However ... We require the SAT or the ACT from first year and transfer applicants ... evaluated within an applicant's context. To view test score statistics from
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  to Preston’s note. * * * Much of First Light takes place at Caltech ... spent the first semester of senior year frantically trying to make plans ... ?” -Anne Fadiman, in the preface to her essay collection Ex Libris

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  you do it before entering your first semester, you just have to take an ... blood to get extra credit in AP Bio (no, really) and she passed out in the middle of it, in the process missing the first hour of our ultra

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A suite surprise My suitemates find out I'm a blogger

  

  the best! And shoutout to you too for reading my first blog post! I've had an amazing first few weeks here at MIT, and I can't wait to share it ... Yesterday afternoon, I walked back to my suite in Burton-Conner after

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 19, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  I came, I saw, I stirfried Foray into non-ramen cooking

  

  School has already started, but I have one last part of summer to share, and that is how I managed to feed myself for three months. You see, this immediately ties into how I'm going to feed myself for the next

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 7, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  amazing first two years at MIT, I decided to spend my junior year abroad at ... food and a thing you do with food. You'll probably never need to pronounce my last name. I only know one other person with the same first name

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  sitting ahead of me. First order of business: back to bed. ... I woke up today to blowing snow, the sound of fire trucks (from the ... first snow day I have had in years. The view from my window Back home

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  New ZigZag video podcast & behind the scenes An inside look at the new video.

  

  would be like to be a first semester student on campus. From there, we ... sent out an email to a dozen random (and awesome) freshmen that I know well, to see who might be interested. I found five who would be around

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2007