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• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  with the arrival of the eastern seaboard’s very own polar vortex, so the ... degrees Fahrenheit. For perspective, I saw a chart on the internet that ... frostbite. Thankfully, we were indoors for most of the trek across campus

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Events

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

  

  your understanding of the resources available to you as a new member of the MIT community. No really, why? Because of the free stuff, obviously. Here’s a brief inventory of some of the notable mementos I’ve acquired so

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of first-year learning communities are available?

  -year learning communities offer a distinct kind of learning environment that provides students with the opportunity to study and socialize as part of a smaller community while still taking advantage of the intellectual and
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  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 ... restaurants around offer good vegetarian options. For example, on my list of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  the spring. Two of the three freshman chem classes are only offered ... those of you who just skipped the beginnings of a rant above, here's a ... -PART LIST OF EXCEPTIONS TO THE RIDICULOUSLY SIMPLIFIED SCHEDULE ABOVE (Numbers

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  how to make a minecraft bot reflections on my microsoft internship

  

  accepted the offer. I did have another micro-internship offer, but I ... about her in-person experience here) but due to. . . the state of the ... decent work set-up. The first week of January was full of onboarding tasks

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  by Eljakim Schrijvers, the lead coach of the Dutch team at the International Olympiad in Informatics, and Rob Kolstad, the former lead coach of ... well-served by computer science enrichment programs as the coasts. I like

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  For the the first time ever, we spent a prolonged period of time ... about our classes!)"]spending-most-of-the-hours-of-the-day-apart[/annotation] but rather spending-all-of-IAP-on-opposite-coasts-apart! Here’s what

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  I split the month of August between three states, between two coasts ... unfamiliar home. The coasts, west and east; the mountains—high desert and the ... scattered. I spent a good part of the month here, at the Sufi Foundation of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  own. As admissions officers, we talk about one way the residents of ... . The details of the project change each year, but it's always ambitious ... of the 2015 roller coaster (which I rode, and which some of my

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Visit YouTube to Participate in the World Economic Forum! Have world leaders watch and respond to your video at this year's World Economic Forum!

  

  will watch and offer video responses to the highest-rated videos. The website offers five tips for increasing the likelihood of your video's being ... ://www.youtube.com/thedavosquestion and post a video response of no more than three minutes to the following

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  ZigZag Episode 7 A new episode features Commencement highlights and an interview with the party button guys.

  

  from the beautiful roof deck of McCormick Hall; it's worth watching just ... working on a Masters in Fine Arts degree full time for the next year; Zig ... Episode 7 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is out now. Stories include

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  -senior" status) to finish up a degree. I'm excited to be taking advantage of this ... , these are some of the highlights of some of my favorite places to sit and study on campus over the past couple of years. 1. Sloan   2. MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Recent Questions! Fun for parents @ CPW, enrolling questions, etc...

  

  to Housing and Dining. This will be a great overview of the variety of ... disappoints. 7:30pm–8:45pm Official Welcome for Parents. Perhaps one of the ... education - and this will tell you about much of the rest. 2:00pm–4:00pm

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  new MIT frosh go to a bunch of events and check out all the different ... people to —again, literally— pick me up off the ground, I found a lot of ... ^3 offers all kinds of help for pretty much any kind of problem an MIT

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  anything new. I bought the camera to celebrate the end of my dual degree ... me three classes away from a chem degree. Regardless of what anyone may ... (now five) classes I needed to add for the degree. I still don't want to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  have secured a full-time offer for 2024 in the specific type of role I ... interviews, and . . . Well, you get the point. Sort of wish I had the ... the first time), and I have a better grasp on the actual stakes of a

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

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  . Then there's the feeling of relief. Whew - I don't need to cram 6 classes ... I ensure that I've made the best out of my four years at MIT? Will I ... dwelling on that. While some of my friends have completed their requirements

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  introspection, sometimes they creep into my life nonetheless. (I'm the daughter of ... completely not-sappy movies like March of the Penguins and Sahara.) Today was ... Miller, was out of town today, so the Brain and Cognitive Sciences

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  expected. The high for today is 59 degrees, with a low of 51, and while I ... . Starbucks works during various hours of the day. For instance: 1. The busiest ... stretches all the way to and sometimes out of the door. 2. At any given time

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011