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• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  GPA isn't as important as research experience. Period. I have a 3.5, and ... lab equipment). Importantly, you want to get really involved in a ... 're like in the lab. This is a pretty important part of the package, since

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  decisions, decisions why are there so many of them

  

  was not a comfortable sleep. Luckily for me, my Amazon bed got delivered ... .121 (Microeconomic Theory I): Grad-level microeconomics, perhaps a bit too rigorous for ... ='i also was taking this in part to fulfill a requirement for a course 6 (cs

  • by Phi A. '21
  • September 9, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Homestuck Day! and advice about college decisions / cpw

  

  This is your reminder that your reason for choosing a college doesn't have to be deep or profound or whatever. Vibes are important. It's 100 ... : MIT had a subculture that was unabashedly nerdy, something I closely

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  go for a hot cup of cocoa, but I realize we don't have any in the house ... hope you all can hear us. The idea is for everyone to take a break from Tooling, to come out and join their fellow slugs for a hot mug of cocoa

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  11 / senior spring almost there

  

  to set the mood: episodes - mishegas here are some photos I took on a warm sunny day warm sunny days were rare this semester rainy, cold days made it more bearable to hole up in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  cooking for myself this month. I bought a lot of soup. A tad too much most ... weekly PSet for my two courses. I try to get at least a problem done while ... required course for a Full Physics major here. It is a six-unit course, and I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  to head back home for a week ago and see my family (Boston is amazing ... this point) and get a jump start on some of my coursework for next ... Theory. It wasn't a bad class, all told. Circuits are pretty cool, and I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  ’t always make smart decisions. we compete for free food and not for a high ... to you. the most important aspect of a college is how well you fit in ... adventures in space and time” thisissand, "a unique playground for creating

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  hazy mid-semester days what i've been up to lately (mostly, psets...)

  

  , but it lets me call my parents from 10 to 11 before my house gathers for ... , and my single one-hour break for lunch is obtained by skipping a ... 'll get a cheap burrito bowl, and on Thursday I'll spring for poke or

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  brutality instances. Rasheed A. ‘17 was an important member of that response ... , helped start a yearly Black pre-frosh fly-in weekend for Ebony Affair — the ... stood silently for a photo. We had more allies than we thought.  

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  do I want with a fourth one? (For the curious: my first job, as I ... a booth for Pixar there. I’ve always known Pixar as a fantastic ... with retractable cord, which I haven’t tested 8 tote bags 11 sharpies

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  things. For me, there is nothing to be said for locking yourself in a room ... top, and you take the elevator down). You would usually run for a team ... . Personally, I find this a lot more exciting than Mystery Hunt. I mean, there

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Eating Disorder Awareness Week – The Secret I Kept by julia p. '24

  

  For as long as I can remember, the world has been a scary, anxiety ... grade overall was good for me, as I found a new place where I felt ... eating disorder again as a coping mechanism. 11th grade was probably the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW, via Video Experience (or relive) Campus Preview Weekend through online videos.

  

  For those of you who couldn't make it to campus for CPW, here is a video recap of much that occurred! I hope this is helpful =) And for those ... ... CPW Closing Ceremony: Jacob Sharpe '11 For my money, Jacob's juggling

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  Bridge for a day to film 21? (More on the movie itself later.) #35 - Wait ... 'd probably look pretty different...but that's a challenge and a list for ... A lot of the day-to-day communication at MIT happens, not through

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  For My Fellow Coffee Lovers Out 3 choices will soon be 4.

  

  The Tech announced yesterday that Anna's Taqueria will be getting a new neighbor this summer - a 24-hour Dunkin' Donuts, right in the student center. YES!!!!! This may surpass even my excitement for the

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  for the career fair. A couple days after that, we stayed up until late ... and a cupcake for doing my laundry rappelling cooking an edible meal ... college? what?? Like many I’ve talked to, I’m still stuck a couple

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Events

  HST Forum 2006… for real The real thing.

  

  recipient of a Presidential Medal in 2001." I will post photographs of the poster session once I can steal them from the MIT News Office. I know for a ... AIDS Research Center, a world-renowned biomedical research institute. He

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  character would. For example, let us say that your character is a middle ... week. The Guild provides a wonderful, low-pressure way for actors to ... [by Susan Shepherd '11] Here at MIT, you can find students pursuing

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  year!) A compilation: September 10, 2006- On Orientation September 11, 2006 - What AM I doing at MIT? September 25, 2006- On the HASS ... , 2008 - On Freshman P/NR (but it's only for one term) March 08, 2008

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010