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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  Sometimes I get so engaged by a project that I forget to eat. Yesterday, I woke up at 7:35am.  Starving, I got a sandwich to-go at the Student Center and then trudged off to the basement of Building 35. Along

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  desensitized to event emails because we get so many every day or 2) I am oblivious to the world around me. Both are valid options. Either way, I got ... performer/entertainers are invited to perform on campus. This year, the comedy

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  sophomore who is still unsure what course to major in. But the reality is not ... graduate as so, but this semester I'm taking: 1.00 - Introduction to ... must not leave MIT without being able to robustly code something and 1

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Associate Advising and the MedLinks Program I'm sick of unpacking, so here's a blog post

  

  seems like a good time to tell you about two programs that I'm involved ... and want to help guide them through their first year. We can provide a student perspective on things like class choices, deciding whether or not to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  Midyear Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to be completed by you, the applicant. The Report serves two purposes: to provide your updated grades since you have applied, and to mention other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Honduras: D-Lab students in the field D-Lab students Chelsie, Miho and Nina report from Honduras

  

  D-Lab is an interdisciplinary program at MIT committed to working with people around the world to create and disseminate affordable ... remote communities with tools to improve their livelihood. Students, D

  • by OEL
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Design in Boston [By Doug '14] Events that showcase the creative capital in and around Boston.

  

  changed my major to 2A and decided to concentrate in product design. I was ... . Design is applied art. It is Design Museum Boston’s goal to show ... of the world. On October 6th I went to my second DMB event where The

  • by ARTalk
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT EECS students travel the world

  

  : Based on a language model we use a context to improve Google Search Result ... : Bangalore is the best city to work in India –cool weather, awesome variety of food, not too terribly crowded and close to a number of beautiful

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  finally gave out bids to some awesome freshmen (and a sophomore!). They'll have until 8:00am this Saturday to decide whether or not they want to pledge. Rushing isn't an easy job, and popular culture doesn

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  frequents these blogs! * The word "prospective" doesn't distribute to parents ... Admissions blogger. If you want to read a little bit about me, you can check out my bio here. If you want to find out a little more about me, feel

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Metropolis and the Alloy Orchestra "The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart!"

  

  to accompany the visuals. What drew such large crowds for this ... year” to attend. The Alloy Orchestra, based here in Cambridge, is ... accompaniments to several classic silent films such as F. W. Murnau’s

  • by ARTalk
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Me again (but with flamethrowers this time) yup, it's a shameless ploy to catch your interest. But it's working, right?

  

  snow:no snow ratio is. I bid someone to go forth and Google! And then get back to me). Anyway, at this point, there is really no place for the snow to go anymore in Boston. The snowbanks beside the roads are 3-4 feet

  • by Alina G. '11
  • February 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  research on colonial United States up to the Declaration of Independence and the formation of the Constitution, and yet she was willing to sit down with the six of us - relative novices in matters relating to the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  , unrelenting rain, and chilly temps since the weekend. Welcome back to Boston ... weather attempts to dampen our moods, campus-wide excitement will not be ... Freshman Pre-Orientation Program, and was so excited to explore MIT for a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  sounds like. Clearly MIT is refusing to let me graduate without a few last hard kicks in the face. (Remind me to tell you about how I failed my swim ... applied to MIT in the first place. And now that you're in and you've sent

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  I had literally never taken a screen shot until I got to MIT. Seriously. I guess I just never had needed to or something, but once I got here I started taking them all the time, just to remember that day the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  available to admitted students, including: Campus Preview Weekend ... the Medical Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book ... your classmates have checked in to introduce themselves. Since only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  over to the Bush Room to join several other MIT students in calling youuu: the RA admits! I think I got to call and congratulate about fifteen or ... people :( Since I'm from the Houston area, I begged Matt to let me call

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  My Entirely Unexciting IAP see title

  

  So, compared to my IAPs of years past which I spent studying abroad ... , or the exam that tests your ability to choose correct responses to 144 ... the SAT is bad, wait till you get to the MCAT. But that's enough

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 28, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Snow-bama Snow? Obama? At MIT? AHH.

  

  snow-that-can-barely-be-called-snow deigns to appear about once in ten ... midst of 30-something-degree weather, it began to snow. Much to the ... -2010 academic year was pretty exciting to me. But not nearly as exciting as

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 23, 2009