FAQ / Life and culture
How hard are courses at MIT?
to collaboration: problem sets (psets) are typically completed in ... getting in the way of their schoolwork.
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FAQ / Life and culture
What are the housing/dining options?
undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in on-campus residence ... might prefer to live in a cook-for-yourself (and often, your friends -
FAQ / Life and culture
Can I play football at MIT?
The 2014 Engineers were the winningest (real word!) MIT football team ever! In front of an enthusiastic home crowd on Senior Night, the MIT ... -game undefeated regular season in MIT history. The Engineers captured their first -
FAQ / First-year application
What’s the difference between Early Action (EA)/Regular Action (RA)?
Early Action/Regular Action isn't a big decision at MIT. There's no difference in the review process or criteria used for admission in EA (non-binding) vs. RA, and thus no advantage or disadvantage to applying for either -
FAQ / First-year application
What are the deadlines for first-year applicants?
new test scores” link in the application portal. The deadline for ... them by following the “Add new test scores” link in the application -
FAQ / First-year application
Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?
available in your application portal in late January and should be completed -
Blog / Blog Projects
[joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28
note="and i must clarify with the pain in my heart that i now also ... at blogger meetings and occasionally wave hi in the corridors ... , with a when2meet. in true mit fashion, this attempt turns out to -
Blog / Classes
hazy mid-semester days what i've been up to lately (mostly, psets...)
It's that point in the semester when days and weeks blur together in ... just on the horizon. I wanted to share what my daily life looks like, in ... , and[annotation note="Those of us in cold climates, anyway. The rest of -
Blog / Academics & Research
Meet My True Love: Notion a tool for stress-free college applications (and much more)
existing productivity apps because they had limited formatting (in terms of ... summer, I finally started using Notion! It's an all-in-one workspace that ... in browser or download the app to your computer. It's free, and you can -
Blog / People & Identities
an anime fan’s dilemma am I a weeb? please GOD say yes
="a volleyball anime lol i'm not even interested in sports ... spent binging 400+ chapters of it while in Japan four years ago"]Tower of ... friends again, I can't help but reconsider anime's presence in my life. It -
Blog / Extracurriculars
A blast from the past Looking back at things I wanted to do at MIT
, fyi"]taking 66 units[/annotation]. I had probably hoped that in a future ... 'd go over them in this blog post and see which subset of them I ... only problem is that they’re all in Japanese and take me eons to read -
Blog / How to MIT
MIT-ish on being MIT enough
MIT, and whether or not I made the right decision in coming to this ... ." I've found solace in my writing classes and creative outlets: writing ... 'm reminded of why I'm at this school in the first place. Being an MIT student -
Blog / Miscellaneous
You Can Save the World a post on Kanye West
musical innovation, but also in his ability to continue to stay relevant and provocative in such a volatile, fast-paced media world. Obviously, he's said some rather controversial, if not just blatantly offensive, things in the -
Blog / Academics & Research
done done done end-of-semester happiness
junior year. i haven't blogged in a while, so i thought i'd write up a post ... the first time in recent memory, i don't feel burned out at the end of ... loved (not reflected by my spotty attendance). in many of my course 14 -
Blog / Academics & Research
Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo
picture lying in my aunt's bed, listening to my favorite song of all time ... , college in a week, "1979" on repeat forever and ever A photo posted by ... Instagram in over a year, so my profile is cluttered with content from -
Blog / Academics & Research
Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives
midterm, and the greatest pleasure in the world is ripping my glasses off, dragging pajamas on in a hurry before jumping into the softest bed for a nap ... off long hours of studying, check in with friends and fellow midterm -
Blog / Academics & Research
Awesome People of 2016 part 1 of an incomplete list of the greatest and coolest
mentors gathered in the conference room for a final learning session and de ... things to say about everyone else. Really, we all loved being in that room ... audition for a play, something I hadn’t done in over ten years. It worked out -
Blog / Academics & Research
Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices
’ combined. Of course, this was typical: in high school, I perpetually resolved ... materialized and my daily calendar just symbolically slouched untouched in the ... class so I could sleep in. That’s OK, Joel, you’ll survive - you can get -
Blog / Challenges
For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break
We all have those weeks. Some sort of tragedy happens - a death in ... extracurriculars, the negatives and the tragedies all add up to be, in a way ... them all away. I went to a new counselor in the morning who taught me -
Blog / MIT Life
Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…
incredible traveling to Los Angeles and dipping my toes in the Pacific Ocean ... summer in a row. His major is Course 16, or Aerospace and Astrological ... NASA field center in Pasadena, California. Pasadena is about an hour bus