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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  place, and why am I no longer majoring in chemistry? I have quite a few ... for fun, and when I checked things out, the "just for fun" classes put me three classes away from a chem degree. Regardless of what anyone may

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  one of the easier 8.13 experiments) and gives you, to varying degrees ... A month and a half ago, I posted the first part of my series ... to nothing. The IAP tide has crept ashore and I've been simply floating

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  , participation, timeliness, and presence are required, regardless of the state of ... ” MIT class is 12 units. This may mean 4 hours in class and/or recitation and 8 hours at home, a 4-0-8 scheme. Lab/design/field work classes have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  post a few weeks ago"]birthday[/annotation] today, and one of my ... ’t been in a while, and I’m really into it. I think the time I spent in ... absolutely lovely, all warm and sunny and shiny from the snow. It’s not every

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  big MIT event, there's a lot of hype, rumor, and mythology surrounding it, and I hope I can give you a better sense of what to really expect, and what not to expect. Your host: A team of admissions staff and MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  much level, from fostering student groups and Institute initiatives to ... CARE; and helped strengthen ties with the University of Zambia (UNZA ... science and engineering. As important as it is, international development

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  panicked state about choosing classes and a major, I meet with students who ... ’s snowing outside and the windows are cloudy with condensation. A couple of days ago I got back from Ireland, where I gave a seminar and served as

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  that. I’d probably go to a local state school and maybe apply for ... my life will never be the same.” The prospect sent me into shivers and ... ). And you know what I think about that now? I don’t. And what I regret

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Events

  TELETHONNNNN brought to you by Domino's

  

  , Washington (Nicole's home state!), and California (my home state!) Anji ... After my kickboxing class today I ran to the Bush Room and just ... balmy January evening? "HimynameisConnieandI'mafreshmanatMIT... and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  training for the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University ... twelve different authority figures telling us not to kill the kids and a ... of being emotionally and even physically delayed..." And to think, my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  Institute and the Broad are to the right, behind the Koch Institute and across ... my degrees (bachelor’s and master’s) when I finish my master’s in 2016 ... lab I most wanted to work in and least expected to take me, the lab

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  -In As we gear up for the second STARS (Small-Town and Rural Students)@MIT Fly ... specifically from rural and small-towns to experience life at MIT and gain ... expanding college access to small-towns and rural students through the STARS

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  The CrimZone. there are 2 impostors at harvard

  

  wheel, so Fatima and I made up fake identities on the spot. Our guises ... a running joke between Fatima and me that started about a week before ... free for MIT students. I filled out an online application and reserved an

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in Texas and Arizona Learn about three great schools at once in the American Southwest.

  

  Brown & Yale Universities for meetings in Texas and Arizona. Details ... opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors (that is, rising juniors and seniors) to hear from three great universities all in one place. Each school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  When I first got to MIT in August and checked in for Orientation, I ... Graduate." It's full of cool ideas about things to do at MIT and the Boston ... off of it and realize that there's more stuff that I can check off. (For

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  , and I just graduated from MIT in June with degrees in brain and ... the following: 1. Analyzing data and writing as much as I can on the rough draft of my paper. This is my last week in the lab, and I'm trying

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  our football team is a true Division III team, and the players play for ... the MIT football roster, and as I expected, there he was, along with the ... , looked interested, and did well. So, I had to go, and I dragged my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  visualizes dependencies and degree requirements, and lets you drag and drop ... with a propellor hat fashion resurgence and an infamous tenure as East Campus Historian, is the ubiquitous and indispensable CourseRoad, an open

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  , when I was sitting at work... er... my room... and I noticed Matt's entry ... if anyone has made an interesting comment, and I've noticed that some ... normal routine. And mine definitely has been. To prove it, here's a play

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  University, where for six weeks, I've be living and working with middle school ... writing an "apologies for being too hosed to post" entry and never finished ... it and don't recall ever writing the thing anyway. I've always liked

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007