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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  internal advising use only, and may have +/- modifiers, dropped ... than standing for Standard Temperature and Pressure, S refers to transfer credits, T is a temporary placeholder for a class still in transit, and P

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT’s Tribute to Boston Lights from the Green Building.

  

  I'll let these pictures speak for themselves, but I thought this was a lovely gesture and wanted to immortalize it on the blogs. Much love ... Admissions Facebook page and Michael C.

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  Residential life is a big part of going to college, and the unique ... wave hits a difficult spot, knowing the people you live and learn with is ... -speak for RAs and they are the "grown up" figures in the house. (We

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  on the floor I realized I was in the wrong classroom, and the right ... , suspiciously asking the class to introduce itself and not talking about protein ... , I’m Lydia. I’m a sophomore. I’m in courses 6-7 and 18. I’m not in 7

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  part of the Internet - though culturally close and easily accessible via ... to me, and on to you. It is pretty awesome, and another piece of data (I am tracking this very closely and rigorously) supporting the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  , graceful, and the kind of person who, when I'm tired and crying at 2 in the morning, will bring me a box of chocolate (Twix ♥) and offer me a hug. I've seen her in a variety of roles over the past year and a half or so: she

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  (Materials Science and Engineering) and an MSIII cadet in the Army ROTC program ... training), one military class, and one leadership lab. But I'm not here to ... , and I want to show you how awesome that can be. Once a semester we go

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  -up to my first post about trying new things, and looking for adventure ... down time - and it's a lot simpler than trying to approach the speed of ... blurred together, and time zipped by. This summer: I got my first

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  , August 2nd! Snap to it! AND NOW BACK TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED READING ... to vacation together during the summer before I and each of my two ... leaving for school in the fall, and since it's unclear when we'll have the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for Admitted Students

  Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2014! We feel like we already know you, but feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates. FYI, the reply form and CPW portlet in My

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  .125 focuses more on theory and 11.131 focuses on practical issues. For instance ... students are formative or summative, and 11.129 is more likely to talk about ... like this one. Photo courtesy of publicdomainpictures.net And of

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  Hey all! I haven't been around this site in months, and rather than ... myself to you applicants and prefroshers and even preapplicants out there, I'm going to go right in and cover everything interesting I've seen

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MITblogs: The Next Generation Look ma, a hack!

  

  Courtesy of the prospective Class of 2013, I am amused and happy to present eight applicants' humble homage to the MIT admissions website: mymit.info And, of course, where would be without a little help from

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 11, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m in New York Picturesss on flickrsss

  

  Staying with my friend Larisa in her and her mom's swanky apartment across the river from the city. And taking some pictures. Finals seemed like forever ago. Taking the train back to New Haven tomorrow.

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Christmas Hug [UPDATE: New picture!!!] *squeeze*

  

  spend your evening drinking cider, hot chocolate, and eating cookies. There was Christmas music, a happy atmosphere, and there for all of it was Susan Hockfield, MIT's one and only president. A friend of mine pointed

  • by Snively '11
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Legacy of a Media Storyteller [by Leila Kinney, Comparative Media Studies] Recently, Leila Kinney attended a Symposium at the Media…

  

  Media Studies] On Friday, June 20th, Media Lab alumni and colleagues gathered to recognize and remember Glorianna Davenport's 30-years of research and teaching at MIT. Above: Glorianna Davenport of the Media Lab

  • by ARTalk
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  learned about in school. Later, I met The Snively and The Ben Jones at check-in, and walking down The Infinite Corridor, I saw The Admissions ... staying on The 5th floor of The West parallel. And, I was at The MIT. It

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Teehee

  

  Chris, my new Junior Lab (and cheerleading stunting) partner, w/ a little girl we met while cheering at a basketball game. Photo courtesy of Rita and her cell phone.

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Halloween Every day in organic chemistry is a holiday.

  

  Happy Halloween from my organic chemistry professor, Professor Buchwald, and yours truly! Because organic chemistry doesn't always have to be soulless. And neither does applying to college - remember

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-Italy: Working With Ferrari The MISTI experience of Patrik Kunzler.

  

  sounds resonating through the factory grounds, trees in factories, and some of the best architecture for office and technical buildings. Together with the people working at Ferrari, their expertise, openness, and

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 27, 2007