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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  get in contact with alumni, among other things. You can sort through ... going to be in Southern California, I narrowed the list down to Californians in a healthcare occupation. Using those filters, I was able to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  event was so much fun! First everyone got in line to get their rings to ... would be me in a year. Well, this is that me ^^^ from left to right and ... to coordinate with our different friend groups to get pictures together

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  always a luxury students get to enjoy). I've been known to spend an hour in ... into the bookstore, getting a refund at the end of the year equal to 7 ... 're interested in buying a bunch of MIT gear and you don't have access to campus

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  interests with others helps to get your thoughts and priorities in order. In ... ), all you need to do is fill out a form and get it signed. Basically ... would-like-to-graduate-in-four-years thing: if you took zero aero

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  haven't seen in 3 months are coming back to campus. This is what August ... 's website if you really want to know). I'm not quite done yet - there are ... what we call the dressers. I'm pretty sure I need to climb on top to get

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  very sensitive to subtle differences in bright objects would be overwhelming; it's more important to be sensitive to subtle differences in dark ... magnitude corresponds to a change in brightness by a factor of ten. The reason

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  you get to know  Now I’m in a big city. I don’t go out into Boston as ... learn, and there are many cool MechE classes I won't be able to fit in to ... , just from talking to people, but I know so little about the programs in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  to do this for me. Later (in a silvery package) I received an official ... 're interested in and excited about that don't have to do with classes. The ... terrified. I worried that I wouldn't get into any school. I spent that week

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  roommate before in-house rush (at least according to the Next House website ... live in MacGregor? Or will you just get randomly assigned to them as a ... promised to get back to her on that. Class plans are mostly useful for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  --students narrow down their course selections to somewhere in the 4-7 range (usually ... run across the street to turn in homework, but I do appreciate how new ... interested in exploring. Drop by Media Lab Needed to pick up a rec letter

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  . And I'm still upset that I didn't get to fully enjoy being in a ... my friend and I tried to build a sleep scheduling website for ... in an airport never fails to invoke some sort of Feelings in some

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are ... , learned independently how to program in Matlab, conducted your full set of data analysis in Matlab, learned how to use Latex, written a 4-page

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  hobbling around on crutches, and didn't get to take the swim test with your ... office lady: "You can leave a note for him and I'll get him to e-mail you ... the lane you want. Lifeguard #2: "Okay, you have to jump in, then swim

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Are We Waiting For besides this video from the freshman arts program

  

  (appropriately) to the MIT Movies Emeritus page. In its place, you can find "What ... If you're returning to our site today, you may have noticed that we ... we could feature it on the website, and they said yes! Starring

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  Let's face it: none of us are getting younger. In fact, I'm getting ... Oxford comma advocate.  Gotta stick to some principles in life.) And so I ... , but also in the knowledge tested on exams.  You can't expect to skate by

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentations Live Webcast Project Engineering Processes aka The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can Have Without Their…

  

  .009 course website:  "In 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, students work in large teams of approximately 15 to 19 individuals to design ... 'm so excited to work on my 6.005 final project for probably the next

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 7, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  , helping everyone in the Cambridge area get their data where it needs to be ... Last week, I was lucky enough to get to see something very unique ... . In the future, the Radio Society is hoping to develop a couple really

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... 's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... point where a lot of us in admissions are talking about ways to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  here so it looks like we get to skip the Intl admissions part of the ... to take just as many humanities classes in the humanities as you do in ... 's important to see what you really are interested in during your freshman year

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  's website to see if I could afford one.  The math never worked :( In late ... house in 2013.  $11k down gets you a $205k house.  As my house was nearing ... an offer in December and, after realizing that I was about to have $50k

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016