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• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  student/person/wizard/etc. for only pursuing a single major. Do what makes you happiest :D Okay. For me, a double major is how I've decided to ... research lab or go to graduate school solely for biology, I decided to take

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  -time MIT sophomore/junior/senior? Do you have time to drop 40+ min for ... requirements for my major, I decided that this fall semester was the perfect time to finally cross-register. Step 2. Figure out which class you want to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  Wir fahren nach Berlin! Bullet holes in the cemetery walls, plus Liv Tyler.

  

  went to Berlin for the World Cup finals! Things were appreciably crazy ... missed during our 36-hour stay. I was personally rooting for France, but I ... , Bebe Buell, was concerned with Stephen Tyler's drug use and therefore

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  decided to not include it in the final version of the website... burton ... posters to advertise for the event Deep Talks with Shallow People. The event ... ="Support Communities For First-Years"]SCUFFY,[/annotation] [annotation note

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  you to buy things off its own website? Was there some revolutionary ... I was going to save this post for whenever my summer job had given me ... month when he gave it to me. Fine. I can just use it online, right? After

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  , parents and the I-have-to-buy-groceries?-type : there are dining dorms with ... inviting. For Chipotle lovers and strangers to Mexican food alike, I have but this to say: you have to try a burrito from Anna's. If you're up for

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  until the end to see his really great advice for prefrosh! Melis: Can you ... medicine for my taste. There are times when I seem to make no progress and I ... are so many potential biomedical applications for controlled drug

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  go places to work online. That being said, it is doable. It is ... provided me, and I’d go to McDonalds for the Wi-Fi, where I would learn all ... go to websites that had things like: “Chance me with this SAT score and

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blended Learning at MIT benefits of technology in MIT classrooms

  

  for online problems Charts and diagrams to connect class topics and ... into an online learning platform, MITx. MITx allows educators to develop ... of videos, checkpoints, and online tutorials Discussion forum for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  all, I checked my exam grade for 18.01 on-line. Then I started running ... most of it for her. We hurried back from dinner in order to make it to ... most well-known around campus for being the go-to-woman for questions

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  trying to improve the technique for producing high-quality HRQAR images ... Most universities aim to attract well-rounded individuals with varied ... ) along with a minor in music (Course 21M). As a testament to the diversity

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  was symmetrical in order to reduce the need for aligning multiple parts ... development of effective drugs will occur much faster. Bryan plans to continue ... . His UROP advice to prefrosh is to be open-minded when you're looking for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Does the Khan Academy offer practice SATs?

  Students can prepare for college-entrance exams by going on an online ... , and tailored feedback offered by the popular nonprofit learning website ... , on the Khan Academy website.  
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  ;? Congrats to Bryan for completing it! Bloggers have strong track record; Mitra ... /AIDS initiative. He served for six years as Senior Advisor to President Clinton for ... happened, but I’ve got to get back to making pretty pictures for my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  was negative, which was incredibly rude to the kind person who gave me ... English and Amharic, so it was nice for me to review a little bit of my ... , more than ever, it is so easy to save the life of a child in poverty for

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  14 years later what I've been up to in the past one-seventh of a century

  

  . Plus I was paranoid about online privacy and using PGP to encrypt my ... -budget startups and nonprofits to pay me something resembling minimum wage for my ... pivot to a career unrelated to your major. Optimize for life

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  for you regular applicants to start writing your essays for all of your ... get good schooling. I will go to college for six years, get my Master ... prompt for this essay was to write a letter to your mother. Now, I'm not

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  . I wanted to buy towels and bedsheets for our new apartment. Adam wanted to buy Brain Age for his Nintendo DS. He won; we bought the game ... to not care at all for one time in my life? In reality, I may very well

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goal setting and organization how i organize my life!

  

  't spend too long on this section, but Google Calendar is a typical go to for ... can make sure you have the bandwidth for every to-do list item ... clicking a checkbox on a computer screen. I used to use a planner for school

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  me for taking pointless online quizzes, but I love taking them. I don ... the[annotation note="this also gave me an excuse to avoid studying for ... makes opening a new website tab for homework so much more enjoyable

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023