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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  subject, but the O grade can be converted to a grade of OX” and OX ... undergraduate education in the case of an undergraduate student or by the dean for graduate education in the case of a graduate student. The faculty member in

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge?

  One of the highlights of MIT's yearly academic challenges and competitions, the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge, connects students with the passion and talent to improve the world with the experience and resources of
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  minute. For as long as I can remember, I was one of the smartest kids in my ... at that. But in the interest of full disclosure to you guys, I should ... school, and I figured that once I was mixed in with some of the smartest

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  I realize that the title for this post could be the title of a hymn ... that they're worthy of MIT, and prove to themselves that they can handle ... , start locking themselves in their rooms, and episodes of people screaming

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedules are up!

  

  starts -- they put up the fall 2005 schedule in late May -- so I don't think it counts as my favorite day of term.) I know for sure that I'll be ... year, and we can all connect the dots on what that means. (I'm not

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  There are a lot of phrases in the english language that can be used to describe me- "athletically inclined" is not one of them. I can ... tired of my routine. "It's like you're deciding you can't climb these

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  .01; Physics I)! 3 excruciating hours in an indoor track field - can't say I did ... thought as tightly as I can." Kim D: "I'm on the 6th draft of my MEng ... !  Instead of feeling like I was kicked in the face I instead feel like I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  AM. Since I have the worst luck in the world, I had a serious case of ... hard kicks in the face. (Remind me to tell you about how I failed my swim ... art's an important part of your life now, it can be an important part of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  So much has happened academically in the last month! A while ago, I ... , it's not...that great. But I digress. I actually wrote the bulk of this post a month ago, so in the interim, I've also built a ray tracer

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  , Adam and I headed to the Museum of Science -- MIT students get in free ... So, I'm from Columbus, Ohio, home of Jungle Jack Hanna and the ... !) and pick the movie -- March of the Penguins. It was awesome, although I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  audience that I have ever seen in 10-250, one of MIT's biggest lecture halls ... , after all, had authored one of the books that I'd used for my report in 9 ... . Professor Nergis Mavalvala, whom I mentioned previously in the context of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  In the middle of an already-packed IAP, I received an email: I’d gotten off the waitlist for blacksmithing!  I was in a phase of trying to ... , I can get caught in my head; I like the freedom to pause and breathe

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  't get in because I wasn't enough of a special snowflake" or "They probably ... hear about how cool MIT is. In either case, I have something for you ... . This new group hosts a monthly forum in which attendees discuss issues of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  since you can declare yourself "undesignated." I've done a lot of thinking ... 's limited to 100 students in a lottery. So, we'll see if I can do it. I ... CPW was a lot of fun, and it was great meeting so many of you in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  .♪ ♫Close up of the red thing in front of a building that's orange, Oh how I ... .♪ ♫And here's your typical pic of the Dome. Still can't believe I can call ... ..hmmm, ance, ance, uh..uhh.....pants -_- ♪ ♫Uhhh...uhh..I'm out of rhymes

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Activities Midway Each year, MIT exhibits its 300+ student activities. Friday, I checked them out for you.

  

  power of self-governance here! [full disclosure: I am a former officer of ... , which was held in the Johnson Athletic Center. When I arrived, I was given a list of the ~250 groups that had booths. You can view the list

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  One Life to Live In which I use the title of a soap opera as a motivational phrase

  

  plenty of time to think about this and you can go during high school. But I ... otherwise I'd feel incredibly bad for spending my entire morning writing in here instead of studying for the TWO exams I have on Tuesday. This way

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  destroyed, and I found myself with unexpected free time in the second half of ... ahead of my peers, so this came as a disappointment. I resolved to take 6 ... of which were 6.0002. One of the four was 6.009, the second class in

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome 2014s!! :) See you in the fall!

  

  finally made the decision on matriculation! For all of those that replied in the affirmative, congratulations! You're in for one heck of a ride. ^______^V but don't worry, you'll be in with some of the best company you will

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  that token, you can tell that I'm certainly not new here anymore. (In ... class in the morning. I am not one of those people. My name is Keri ... in photographs on the rare occasion when I am in front of the camera

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009