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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  January -- the intermediate period between winter break and the spring ... ! These classes are limited-enrollment and available by special lottery only ... , Italian, and Spanish during IAP, and it's all included in your usual tuition

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  Last night, my roommate and I ventured (slightly) beyond MIT's campus ... Danes, Jason Schwartzman, and Steve Martin star in this supposed comedy that has promise but lacks substance and believability. Claire Danes

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sam Videos Hurry, read this entry before Sam comes back from Maine and forces me to delete…

  

  Sam's undeniable nerdiness and my own insatiable appetite to document ... the hell the Biot-Savart equation is, and make you work harder on your MIT application than on any other. (And that last reason, my friends, is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Majors

  

  exploration at MIT and if MIT has its way to help people find interests and in my case, something I REALLY like and I'm REALLY good at, at the same ... major you choose at MIT. You could have written Computer Science and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  realize our applicants are very committed to their schoolwork and with their ... choose from and write about in their MIT application and that students in ... . Remember that your application is reviewed in context, and that we look to
• FAQ / First-year application

  What’s the difference between Early Action (EA)/Regular Action (RA)?

  -binding) vs. RA, and thus no advantage or disadvantage to applying for either ... meet the same standards and go through the same very difficult admission decision-making process. MIT’s Early Action program is both nonbinding and
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  and Premed (we have a really cool major that lets you combine Mech E ... , DC), and I <3 MIT (among other things, including parentheses)! I ... the Dominican Republic. I went with my family and we stayed at a French

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  butch blues by leslie feinberg"]reading[/annotation], and a lot of ... moleskine notebook since the beginning of junior year of high school, and now ... everywhere and lashing out to try and blame it all on something, anything — but

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  for undergrad and grad students who are passionate about or practice any sort of art. The group hosts various art-related speakers, outings, and events and is a great way to join an artistic community at MIT!  One of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  about how I wanted more of the proof and verification for all these ... decided to take the course that honestly was overbearing at times, and I ... was to teach you how to write proofs and not necessarily focus on the

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

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  world: sailing, friends, food, and warm weather. Woo! Every spring break ... Snapchat and were keeping up with the social medias last week, you already ... packed and ready for Charleston. The flight was about 2 hours, and from the

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  Because freshmen are beginning to trickle onto campus and moving into ... being admitted to MIT, students are invited to CPW and get to explore all ... ), and, after some housing algorithm magic, a couple months later you are

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  internships elsewhere) and I are trying to take advantage of the random opportunities around Boston and MIT campus. A lot of these adventures start because of the MITOC (MIT Outing Club) mailing list and other email

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  sciencey things and learning cooler sciencey things and getting paid for it ... to develop and test these sorts of things in an environment where if your algorithm doesn't work, an astronaut nearby can just pick it up and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  might want to apply to college, and high school freshmen and sophomores (and even my sixth grade daughter!) are choosing what classes to take ... her personal growth and genuine enthusiasm for learning. In the piece I

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  total isolation, we are often pasty and atrophied, our voices hoarse from ... objects and the ones that make it into our eyes are the ones that comprise ... , from your 'camera', and see what objects they hit. And by 'bounce' and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  day relaxing and then have to recover from the effort of recuperation ... and IAP, I did my best to take it easy. That’s the wonderful thing about ... or be on campus and take classes and do a million things? You can. Or

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  -stop studying: 8 cups of coffee Three exams: 5 wrinkles and 3 gray hairs Having 2+ weeks of winter break and a month of IAP: Priceless Winter break is upon us and promises to be a grand ole time. I'm especially excited about

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  last first day (take 3) there are so many other blogposts with this title

  

  of London, Paris, and Amsterdam. It was the perfect reset before coming ... I missed and loved the Boston-Cambridge area. I also just really ... -class semesters and I need 180 units beyond my requirements to graduate

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 8, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Accepting criticism please criticize this blog post

  

  , more often than not, I can write whatever I want and post it without a second thought. I write math handouts and make web apps and stuff, but no one criticizes me for them. No one goes up to me and says, well, the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 31, 2021