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• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  impact of One Direction itself. High school is an awkward time. I was a ... I usually reserve these kinds of posts for life-changing classes, the kinds of classes that let me discover things about myself and about the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do homeschooled students apply?

  MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students and these students have been successful and vibrant members of our community. We don ... applicants, like all of our applicants, are considered within their context
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  bible of all the classes offered at MIT in the fall. personally, i've got ... for lack of better things to do. michael from 2E is part of the dev team ... .) courseroad 2.0 was also released recently, and although it's in a bit of a

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  . There are tons of prep courses offered by Princeton, Kaplan, and even ... .112, the next level of chemistry, which meant in order to keep the 18 ... half-week of classes, and my first problem set, which was intense. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  year anyway b) plenty of people get in from schools that don't even offer ... , the current state of my life and psyche, and the existence of God ... all of your concerns about MIT and thus help me become a better blogger

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  MIT – Problem Sets = IAP! Today marks the beginning of IAP 2007.

  

  Today marks the beginning of the glorious month known as IAP, which ... , MIT students get the chance to enjoy everything that MIT has to offer ... dizzying number of activities to choose from. For example, I could

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  (flashback to middle-school me, scared of being 'unpopular' because of looking ... “intense” dorm of people with no shoes and dyed hair. But, not everyone who ... ’s perhaps my favorite aspect of the Institute—the chance to grow in a tight

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  was a Monday puzzle and one of the clues was “MIT’s business school ... Part One: On the last Friday of April, a stubby little rocket made ... . Unfortunately, I was crouched on the grass for the majority of the 6 seconds (I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  subtract the 4 minutes I spent staring at the squiggly darkness inside of my ... , still a respectable amount of time by most peoples’ standards. Saturday ... match of the season, instead of the spry, bright-eyed youth that I should

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Stuff that happened on Pi Day (besides decisions) pastries and pie-ings from around the institute

  

  a few days later with some of the other stuff that happened on Monday ... ="73497" image2="73498" image3="73503" /] Department Events Every Pi Day, lots of ... , Koch Institute, Division of Student Life, MIT Dining. Meanwhile, the MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 16, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  the IAP acronym, and then spending a quarter of an hour trying to come ... exercise...) As we learn, the impressive-looking parts of parkour have ... , a version of multivariable calculus that starts in the fall and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.

  

  CANCELLATIONS IN ALL SORTS OF TRANSPORTATION DEPENDENT BUSINESS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS NEAR OR ... MERRIMACK VALLEY OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW... WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  busy. That being said, I begin with two plugs: -- Check out the second issue of the MIT International Review at http ... , Paul and Karen, are among the authors. Here's a picture of the cover so

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  differently over there. Namely, instead of 2 or 3 tests a term and then a final ... rooms are filled with piles of psets. AND, here’s what I think is ... are at the beginning of Easter term so there’s panic over the last

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  are pretty busy by day, but at night we've been heading to this sports ... Manhattan, but I'm not complaining. That's one of the things I love about New York - you can find every single kind of person here, even Red Sox fans

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  keep going down this road At the beginning of senior year, I began ... -making is a skill. Like many skills, there's a body of knowledge, scattered in ... Boston and work in industry? Never mind the question of what industry I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  often find occasion to derail the discussion of extracurriculars and ... best-kept secret about being part of the MIT community. For this reason ... Craiglist. None of that matters. There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  powerless and beaten down has colored my perception of a school I used to ... For those of you who don’t keep up with the blogs, I’m Sabrina M. ‘19 ... a lot. For the sake of clarity: Senior House is a building. It is

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  ="aligncenter" width="372"] My growing school of jinbe[/caption]   Note about ... feeling useful. Productive. Only after six years of losing and almost ... ’t let go of. Things I cannot live without. Only now, have I started to

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Experience FAQs from high school counselors

  

  , Ukraine, and moved to Central Ohio during my freshman year of high school. I ... like Veterans Affairs or Harvard Med School!   What kinds of support services does MIT provide?  MIT offers a lot of resources. The

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2017