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• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  ="Anytime anyone from Hawaii visits the mainland, a good portion of their suitcase ... “Massachusetts Institute of Technology” is a name with 37 characters, 12 syllables, and a state name that I am still completely incapable of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  first semester of my master's degree here. GPA isn't that important for my ... have secured a full-time offer for 2024 in the specific type of role I ... Twitter. Since my blogs do a decent job of encompassing how 2022 went for

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  -day fever dream. Here’s a diary of everything that went down during GELcamp… Day One Hello! I am currently typing this in 14 degree weather, snuggled ... Wellesley. Today was our first day of GELcamp (more formally known as Camp

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  out right.) I feel like the purpose of a class plan is really more to decide if a given set of two majors is feasible, rather than setting out a ... at least once a semester from the end of freshman year to the end of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  knowledge of what it entailed prior to MIT. And to some degree, you're never ... , the process can seem sort of random. It's not like that interviewing for grad programs. Everybody applies to basically the same set of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  From The New York Times (check out the awesome photo of Paul, Jess, and Chris M.!): M.I.T. Taking Student Blogs to Nth Degree By TAMAR LEWIN ... fell asleep during a Star Wars marathon. It wasn't a result of sleep

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  completely new place full of strangers and challenges and legends and horror ... little New England town that you probably haven’t heard of. Enter freshman ... ’s worth of orientation events that you really should go to. Why? To enhance

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  restaurants around offer good vegetarian options. For example, on my list of ... Here are the answers to the questions you've left in the comments of ... know of any other really good vegetarian/vegan restaurants in the area

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  unmanageable. A sign of first degree squalor could be that you might be ... out of hand. Signs that you have reached second degree would include ... in squalor, but Second Degree Squalor. Most times when people laugh I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  . Breathe. Your time at MIT isn't defined by the number of units you're taking. If you're the kind of person who can maintain your sanity or enjoys the light chaos of taking tons of classes, go for it, but the number of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  This year the city of Boston turns 375 years old (that makes Boston how many years older than me?) And of course, who has a 375th ... when I hit 20). To kick off part of the festivities, free hot air

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “So, what HAVE you been doing?” less sad shit lets get a lil more hype in here

  

  As per my previous post, I've been going through a lot of shit! But there's also a lot of incredibly fun and freeing things that I've been ... just because I find it kind of weird, maybe a little jarring. I prefer to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Landing  Your Aircraft Has Arrived at Gate '21 

  

  was a witty combination of orientation information and MIT ... did not know much at the time. I was absolutely terrified of what the ... ’t know if I was going to make it. Today, I’m at the other end of the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 4, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  was stored on top of a tall cabinet out of harm's way. The very first ... . I've always been a Mac guy. I don't fall into the stereotype of the ... of this was because I grew up on Macs, and so I've always thought in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. As a matter of philosophy, MIT is committed to the idea of equal access to higher education for everyone. It has been our experience that the cost of applying

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  ’t think this degree of flexibility is necessarily bad, even if it can lead ... like a pretty regular set of classes to take for a chemistry degree ... game. Each class taken unlocks branches of other exciting classes, and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  -deserved diploma. https://youtu.be/AdwPeNsMmGM I helped select the Class of 2018 ... Today, the Class of 2018 graduates from MIT.       ... exceptional. The admitted Class of 2018 includes mathematicians and marksmen and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  This entry will employ reverse chronology, kind of like "Memento," which I have never seen, or that episode of "Seinfeld," which I have seen ... seriously, yesterday was almost the coolest day of my life, ever, and it just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  probably won't make it, so you have to assign degrees of importance. Drop the ... summer, I'm usually a ball of anxious energy just waiting to be released ... string is everywhere, splayed out in front of me like...like...well, I was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2019
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I take a summer session?

  During the regular Summer Session, MIT offers a limited selection of the subjects available in the academic year, as well as a few subjects designed for special interests and needs of MIT students. All classes are for