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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visualize this! My new UROP We've got some really cool stuff going on this semester

  

  such as “business”, “university”, and “comparison”. Unfortunately, the ... It’s a new school year, and I’ve started UROPing in a new lab! For ... Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab). Our work is at the intersection of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  and its surrounding forest into a state reservation, complete with ... this philosophy to its extreme, rejecting an offer at Apple (!!!) and ... 30 days, which comes with various, non-specific benefits, and lot of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  Dora '11, course 8 and Ancient and Medieval Studies double major at MIT ... is 1120 A.D., and the fates of four empires hang in the balance as the ... of Greece, Napoleon of France, and Frederick the Great of Germany, had

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  Delhi and Agra, we headed to the host university, living in dorms for a ... more about the culture and customs at other universities. i spent all my ... first friends I made here at MIT and my favorite "homegrown

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  the musical we’re currently listening to, Ghost Quartet, starts, and it ... to do well on the next two exams, final, and psets for us to pass the ... exam. See how we do. And based on that, make a decision on whether we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  . Last semester, I was worried about graduating and finishing with a degree in materials science and engineering. Now, I've finished that degree, and I'm two classes and one thesis away from a second degree in writing

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  For most of the semester, I've lived and breathed in the ever-growing and never-shrinking universe that is Organic Chemistry. Time and time ... living in a universe of Organic Chemistry. To the point where Orgo and real

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  that you take advantage of what we have to offer. And if you end up at a ... I really like learning languages. And MIT has been a really good ... treasured memories from my time at MIT and it reminded me why I love speaking

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  , then those people decide whether to accept our offer of admission, and then we decide whom, if anyone, we want to take off the wait list, and ... accept the offer, and thus how many beds you have available in residence

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  from our waitlist. This morning, we emailed (and will follow up via snail ... can then choose to accept our offer (it is an understood part of ... to consider accepting a waitlist offer) or decline it. The waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  in three or three-and-a-half years, four years feels just right to me ... together to finish my degree. In fact I can proceed at a comfortable pace. I ... school apps now, and am back from blogging hiatus! I've spent so much time

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  The blogs are back in town

  

  week with a three-digit (in degrees Fahrenheit) fever, but still he ... (aka "Moneyman") has also been updating his Money @ MIT blog and ... taking advantage of IAP being, well, independent, and is elsewhere for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  seventeen-year-old. “I’ll just take classes I like and major in whatever I ... majors here, and it’s hard to choose. # “What course are you?” a tour guide ... ?” “Engineering and humanities.” It’s a sort of joint major where you can do more of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  , kids. I had an exam yesterday, just got out of another exam, and have yet ... 've been doing with my life and which flights of stairs I've fallen down this ... cold and snow.) Here's a guest post from Sondy G on MIT's six independent

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  is universal, and many Ethiopians themselves do not understand rural ... is and just live in this state of not being fine, knowing that it will ... Content Note: This post contains mentions of death, depression, and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  process in which you are formally admitted into the university and your ... first day of the term where all the first year students to the university ... , Gonville and Caius, just had its matriculation dinner a couple of days ago

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  I spent this summer in a relatively “chill” state. My UROP that I did for the first half of the summer had only one real “deadline”, and that ... and on my own hours, which was very useful when I was in Pacific Time

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  tours, recitals, and contests. Here are some offerings from over the years ... If you think MIT is all work and no play, let us take you for a spin ... spring and fall semesters, the Independent Activities Period is a special
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  history of the universe, and what can cosmology tell us about the ... Universe, will be teaching 8.07 (Electromagnetism II) this fall - and has ... About How The Universe Works", and working out pros and cons using

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I screwed up a lot So a bunch of my blog posts are dead.

  

  are full of broken links. What up, guys. I got a degree from MIT and it ... ever: Delete your Public folder. Even if you try and fix it two minutes later and create a new Public folder and put everything back in your

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 26, 2010