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• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  actually not required for the computer science major, and I was a comp sci ... into two six-week halves, 6.0001 and 6.0002. My first attempt at getting credit for 6.0001, by taking an advanced standing exam, didn't go so well

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  activation energy for doing so was dummy high and because I didn't want to miss ... ridiculous, but most of them are interesting and great for prompting ... into MIT was for us in the grand scheme of things, and our answers varied

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  looking for bloggers with good judgment who can write clearly and regularly ... for) writing consistently and well tend to be the most compelling ... for them to ask staff and student workers for clarification on matters

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  up at the first bump in the road - speak up, connect, ask for help, and ... post, I'd like to briefly introduce myself, and then talk about how to succeed at MIT. My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT. I

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  , four-time IMO gold medalist and Putnam fellow, has his own entry on ... devised a new cheer that we want to do with the crowd and cheerleaders. We're going to try to premiere it at this week's men's ice hockey game and, if

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  Hello everyone, prospectives for the coming years and prefrosh alike ... Jones waiting at the table for me... and any other prefrosh. No matter, I ... experience and expressing my zeal for the program he was very enthusiastic

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  register for standardized tests. Help you complete and mail you college ... for you and your parents. Write letters of recommendation for you ... interests, hopes and dreams for college. Most of all, be honest about what you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  Viji wrote, "Hello, How do I RSVP for the info session? Your links takes me to the school and Yahoo maps. Interested in attending the Sept ... ://mit-admissions.org/rsvp/session_link.asp. At the Sacramento meeting, say hi to Stu for me! Vivek asked, "is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  're registered for classes, and the emails begin to pour in! It's all very exciting ... what you want it to do, and this will be the one for me. I will try to ... just for fun (as opposed to for fun and for prerequisites, like all my

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  one wall, and a comfy chair for my reading corner...and finally, I was ... the space that he lived in for 3 years. He walked in and said, "No. No ... in the same room forever, I have lived in a different room (and a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  't come for me"]Fencing was an amazing time[/annotation] and I'm glad that I ... make a meme generator for like an hour, and then bailed to play pool at ... !"]UROPing[/annotation] at for 2 years, and he's the main feature of the study that I'm running

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  an engineer or veterinarian in London in my apartment for 1 and some ... whatever my whims ask for next, and it seems to have worked out. I have a ... second of my time seemingly is spent thinking of what will be and I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  for boldness, big ideas, hard work and hands-on problem-solving. Our ... support for our Muslim friends and colleagues. As an immigrant and the child ... students from Iran, 1 from Iraq, 5 from Syria, 2 from Sudan, and 1 from

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  student's obligations year-round."]for a while.[/annotation] and when i was ... and emails that i've left to sit for weeks, because the longer i put it ... help from other people--and actively asking for that help. when you're a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Mac4Change MIT students raising money to feed the homeless on Veteran's day

  

  , Veteran's Day and the last day of our campaign, we set up at one of our MIT dormitories, Maseeh Hall, from 7 to 9, to fundraise and spread awareness. Our ... message and empower students like us to believe that they too can make a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi on Pie So much pi[e].

  

  ’s Random Hall weekly-ish study break. In honor of Pi Day Irina O. ’15 and Luisa B. ’16 baked from scratch 1.909859317102744... π pies (and I did ... bottoms are excised and their insides are pudding.)    Here are the pudding

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  customer representative for an hour and a half to keep the second leg of the ... built for getting lost, with streets lazily labelled, alleys and bridges ... for a meal was more like a minefield, where I regularly misstepped and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  and a phobic aversion for and intolerance of uncertainty.” I’ve learned ... beat, and a high-pitched beep every two seconds. My sheets were warm and ... and the sun’s rays streaked through a break in the clouds as if the

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  professional association for guidance counselors and admissions officers, and ... -Chapel Hill and Kenyon College. Dave Barry, syndicated humor columnist for the ... For the past three days, I was at the conference of the National

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  . The content was totally fair and just challenging enough not to be ... made the mistakes and realized what the right answers were as soon as I walked out. In light of this, some serious cheer is in order, and so I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025