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  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  externally. (Here is a list of all the letters/symbols that may appear on an internal grade report.) You'll notice the usage of STP freshman fall. Rather ... overestimate of the time commitment of this class, which had a weekly 1 hour

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  suggested events to attend and tips on making the most of your CPW experience ... Sadoway, John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry, will welcome the ... MIT Parents Association and the MIT Club of Boston, this reception is

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  our “daily walk” around the track, followed by a vigorous round of ... pretty psyched to see just how cool the PE offerings at MIT are! A small ... classes were spent quickly going over how to use each of the machines and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  seem very nice; the lady offered me one of her crackers. We're flying ... , listening to the Prince of Egypt soundtrack (Hans Zimmer AND Stephen Schwartz ... of Mountains In The Continental United States, so I stopped a random

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  dear friend on a Christmas tree farm. The other half of my possessions ... back in March. The drive west gave me a lot of nostalgia. In junior high ... spent there shaped a lot of my perspectives – the independence of living

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  .  Part of the moving-to-Indiana process involved selling my house.  I ... just had an offer on the house, it hadn't actually sold.  Well, in late ... , my buyers withdrew their offer.  All of a sudden I had a house to sell

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  consistently the same day in the Gregorian calendar."]fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar [/annotation], it’s also sometimes known as ... leaves and sticky rice, the former of which they did not have, which I only

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  Since nearly two-thirds of the admitted students are attending Campus ... Machine": One part of CPW mythology is the "Weather Machine" -- that somehow ... substantial portion of the Class of 2012 will be on campus, so it would actually

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  3-108, which was part of the [annotation note="Now that we're no ... passageway between buildings 3 and 10."]complex of rooms along the Infinite ... ="Overlooking...Chipotle."]new office,[/annotation] on the second floor of a new building, E38, which is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  we (the class of '24s) were supposed to just get it. Like we were ... felt like it or not, I was a sophomore. But of course, with the speed at ... over the semantics of whether or not the class of '24 are seniors right

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  -least-favorite day of the year, after moving-out day (which additionally involves ... steps to the process, and all of them are inconvenient and involve lots of ... renting a truck at the beginning and ends of the school year to transport

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  . So, I thought I'd post a few up here. To spare you the trouble of ... 't offered at my school. Does that eliminate my chances of being accepted to MIT? 2. What does a day in the life of a physicist look like? 3. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  this week, but I was just never really in the state of mind to finish ... for my voracious academic disposition, but I'm actually one of the three ... of my life. BWAAAAA!! But in the end, it was all good because I GOT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  could aid the transport of vaccines in remote areas. KoolPool, an ... but with… …a rendition of What Does the Fox Say by a live band ... while I sagely pondered the mysteries of the fox. After that, the course

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  Without fail, if I could only eat one food for the rest of my life ... went at the end of last semester before it was time for us to take our finals. One of the nice thing about Tosci's is that they have some pretty

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  an assortment of other feelings – exhausting. My dad had the smart idea ... a lot of energy. When the seemingly endless elevator rides ended, the back of the truck was locked, and my key was returned to the front desk

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  case the last three years of blogging and my recent distress over ... bacterial colonies makes me want to shoot myself in the face. (Speaking of my ... class in the morning. I am not one of those people. My name is Keri

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  part of why I chose my company this summer was because it paid the highest out of all my offers, plus it was in the Cambridge, MA area so I ... didn't quite stir up the spark of wonder that MIT offers. Much thanks to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  future of their industries. Sadly, Disrupt fell on the same weekend as MIT ... missed what was literally the party of the century, but I'm still thankful ... alert as soon as the next round of tickets were announced. A week later it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  previous posts why I decided to take a Leave of Absence this year. The event ... 's response and the new reality of being an MIT student during COVID-19. At first, the idea of taking leave was just a small seed in the back of my

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020