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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  washing machines and ridiculous gyroscopes in 8.01, I felt pretty certain ... .02 curriculum. I mean, isn't that why the class numbers end in the same 3 digits? In any case, I was pretty scared. Then the first week of classes came

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  agreements and the threat of prison I can't tell you a whole lot about it, but I can give you a basic feel for what I do. I'm given bags of action ... . Hasbro is AWESOME! I mean, let's face it, I work in a toy factory. Anywho

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  figure out how any one man can have that much information in his head ... Science Fiction. Admittedly, I was mainly interested in this class because ... reality game (ARG) in a style influenced by I Love Bees. This is completely

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  . Regardless, I covered my costume, went to a really cool meeting in the morning ... and I were going to the local supermarket, Shaws, to buy ingredients to ... A typical day in East Campus. Okay, it was not quite typical. It was

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  , so I’m not complaining.   I’m in Black Valley Hostel, a ... with beds below $70. Tomorrow I'll hike as much of the Way as I can, then ... to 23% when I charged it in the bathroom of an old abbey, and had

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  (Only in Texas can you legally drive 80mph on an Interstate highway!) This week, I drove about 1200 miles from my house in Arizona to the Fort ... . I start in a few hours. Now ordinarily, the trainman wouldn't be

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Letters Are In The Mail You are an incredible group of people, both academically and personally.

  

  Well, you heard it here first. The letters are in the mail. For the record, I can't believe what an incredible group of people you are, both ... room in the Institute for all of you, I really do. I'm off to enjoy a

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  I have been reading applications for 5 days in a row. Well, I took ... -minute read. Actually, pretty much every reader in the office can pull off ... meaningful stuff in 10 minutes. Plus he can do it in the middle of the Diesel

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?

   grade in the class; if you do poorly you can simply take the class and the ... 've already mastered introductory coursework at MIT, then you can take an ASE to
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  in A-Entry for the summer -- actually, strictly speaking, I had been living in A-Entry for my first three years at MIT. But I'm moving to D ... suite door. Adam and I are living in a two-person suite, and we even get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  while and i'm really excited to finally be in it. i was a bit irritated by ... is [annotation note="unclear why they can't just have the lecture in a ... get a B i'll be stoked. 6.911 and 6.912 (GEL) - i'm in the gordon

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  Life on Campus? remastered 2021

  

  -packed in the closet. Now, I’m buying a dresser and unpacking my clothes. As I ... I loved living in Macgregor. Every weekday, I woke up at 6, brushed ... :30 sharp, clad in sunglasses and head-to-toe rain gear, I yelled at my

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  Wallet receipts in my inbox, I’ve spent an average of only $4 per day on ... squash, football, or chess - people who can play Set faster that I can deal ... to major in anything evenly divisible by three. I am not making any of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Everyday I’m Trufflin’ But not really since it takes 4 hours

  

  , It's A Pain. For Chris M. '12, It's Amazing Pterodactyl. For me, I think it's in between a party and a pain. Maybe something like a picnic ... wants to have in Boston that day. Who knew it snowed in Boston?? (Just

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 25, 2012
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I submit the MIT application with my QuestBridge application?

  cycle using your QuestBridge application, you can do so, but must let us know in advance. Learn more about this process here. If you applied for
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  (mirar) with different verbs. I can't think of an appropriate transitive ... ."[/annotation] In my head, it's kind of a mash up of escuchar and mirar. You can give ... to have research experience. I have about two years of experience in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  first time in cdmx and first time out of the US, but not the first time having an ethnicity…

  

  --a storm, tornado, [annotation note="In 8th grade I was supposed to go to ... 's here where I got my first chilaquiles (my favorite food?) in Mexico and ... inside of the house, but it was definitely pretty. I always get weird in

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 15, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Lies in MIT, lies about MIT these are the lies that i tell myself at night

  

  you've handled this many classes in the past, so I'm going to approve ... these are really lies. When I find MIT academically intense, in some ways ... parties, that I happened to find things to study that I enjoyed so much. In

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  . My interaction with Prof. Silbey was in Spring 2010, when I took 20 ... serenaded a girl in the class. Now I realize my view may be a little biased ... people like him at MIT. I consider myself very lucky to be in the company

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  been here for only 38 days, I can confidently rank Boston higher on my ... and actually go explore the city I live in. One of my first ~outings ... what could be. Just like with Dali and surrealism in general, I feel like

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024