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• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  between the courses you're interested in and major requirements. At MIT, a ... semester system universities. Most classes are 12 units; some are 3, 6, 9, or ... science, math, and writing, so I've chosen the following mixture of classes

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  old and unprepared heading into senior year - I just underwent adult bootcamp and lived alone for ~3 months with a job and a nasty commute - my brother's starting college in a month and that makes me feel even older - I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  , and Sam is awesomely posting this for me. My group has been here for just under a day, and we are staying in a guesthouse near the capital for ... University of Zambia (UNZA) before we begin our trip to the community of Mwape

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  turned out, it was a Boston University fraternity and was understandably ... of the frats, which are largely on Beacon and Bay State Road. The house ... -page tome emblazoned "MIT CPW" in bright tangerine and maroon block type

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  Hi, I am Stu Schmill, and I am responsible for organizing MIT ... cars. Mine were the Chevy Lumina, Olds Cutlass, Pontiac Grand Prix, and ... followed my passion. I quit my job at GM and became a full time crew coach

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Look at Unified Engineering and the Aero/Astro Department Back in business.

  

  questions such as 'Just how excited are you, really, about airplanes??' and ... to my entry #2 about bottle rockets. The pains, and gains, of being a ... because they'd done well in their 10th grade Jet Propulsion class and found

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 30, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  I asked a bunch of people, professors, current and former students why they do math and their thoughts on the MIT math department. Here is ... !"][/annotation] (let's call them) Z: I'm a recent MIT alum who majored in 18, and now in

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  longer accepted by MIT students and the Institute administration, especially in a world where leadership, interpersonal, and management skills ... link between the student body and the Institute administration. The UA

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a very informative and entertaining event. I am going to have to ... world these days. Mention eating, and people say 'cholesterol.' Mention

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  National Gallery (East Wing designed by MIT alum I.M. Pei) and maybe the ... how different our grade system is and how we don't use GPAs etc. My ... , and any supplemental materials helping us to understand those grades are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  to spatial ability by nearly a full standard deviation, and in attempt ... testosterone and differences in brain wiring in capacity for spatial thought. It ... visualizing rotations of two- and three-dimensional shapes in one’s mind, and

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Classes Online (...and a bit about a fall class, too.)

  

  class "Sex and the Institute" watch a pair of half-hour episodes, each ... . Check them out! Here are a few highlights: 2.007: Design and Manufacturing I Prof. Alex Slocum Develops students' competence and self

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  of classes and try to get as many degrees as humanly possible. My ... I am double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Biology, with a double minor in Biomedical Engineering and Economics. Who does that

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi, I’m Lulu ...a different kind of blogger; I take pictures.

  

  Hi, I'm your second new blogger, there's Keri, and then there's me ... basic things you need to know about me and this blog you can read about in ... I was 8, and then to several other places before settling down in New

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  5, 2005 Smith's ''genius" for designing simple and affordable ... . ''Usually a degree in engineering means you'll eventually be working on cars or bombs," said Smith. ''I don't drive a car, and I don't kill people

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  Studies and Planning. The number of applicants for admission to the Graduate School greatly exceeds the number which can be accommodated and it ... appreciate your interest in MIT and sincerely hope that you may be able to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  anxious students and family members who are going through the college application season, and are either trying to vibe out whether they want to apply to MIT, or they already have and now must wait a grueling amount of

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  , East Campus, and Senior House) dorms plus Burton Conner allow students to paint their rooms. Other modifications, such as lofts, and I suppose ... TV and fridge, sure- you're welcome to put whatever you'd like into

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2023 i3 videos megapost

  

  Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these were recorded to VHS tapes, and later DVDs, and mailed to adMITs, but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Times

  

  curve and certainly looks real enough - if decidedly tricky to make. Dr ... Institute of Technology, is the leading theoretician in the emerging field of ... to the longstanding "single-cut" problem and the "carpenter's rule

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005