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  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  years, we get two student holidays in the fall, in accordance to Rules and ... additional vacation periods: — A Friday in September on or after the 15th (except when Labor Day is September 6th or 7th) to be determined annually by

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  into Maseeh Hall, where I awkwardly approached the wrong desk to check-in ... my mom in the beginning saying, “well y’know, I mean, I kinda talked to ... my friends and I played, or trips to Boston Burger Company I went on

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and ... university's general approach to accommodating students who were undecided or ... students to switch into any major or double major across any fields. I was

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  hard to do safely in the dark), or hiking 20 minutes to a pitted gravel road, and then driving or walking (also slow and hard to do safely in the ... in Boston and driving it to our venue."][/annotation] I knew I was

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  makes MIT...well, MIT. In this entry, I wanted to not only tell you a ... crazy, fun, and/or ridiculous things I've been up to this past week. To ... destroyed in a game of Stratego. (I should take this opportunity to note that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  , MIT gives you a sink-or-swim style remedial course on study skills. In actuality, not everyone has to study intensely through high school in order to ... year will likely be in a course you might not like or care much about

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  , or 20, or maybe 10.  And the best way to know if you're interested in a ... OCW or edX or hacking - and I really liked that. In the op-ed "A love ... in terms of credits (one credit roughly corresponds to one hour per

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  them relatable or interesting. But when I expressed this worry to one of ... readers, there might still be just one person, or one in a hundred, for whom ... come roaring back to me. Over IAP, or the summer, I always end up

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  I came, I saw, I stirfried Foray into non-ramen cooking

  

  or not. To continue this exploration in the dorms, I've completed step ... -minute walk from studio. That cannot be healthy or economical in the long run. This summer, I had the opportunity to live in an apartment in Somerville

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  madly in love with me. Or something like that. At the moment, I'm pretty ... fact, all that hard; it's a lot harder to get into law school or medical school than it is to get into PhD programs in biology. And because not as

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie Part II My schedule

  

  movies related in some form or fashion. It has the potential to be an ... freebie entry, an entry in which all we have to do is share with you our schedules and then we can feel accomplished. I present to you, my weekly

  • by Snively '11
  • February 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  burning of the flame itself that spoke to Shadow in the dark place under the ... untamed, moving too quickly. Gods struggle to survive in such conditions ... 's progressed to the point where people send in applications, and dozens of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  true or not. I just wanted to be in a singing group. I also explained ... really want to be in a music group, or if you tend to get really nervous at ... smaller role in my life. I was very wrong. When I came to MIT last August, I

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  points if my job allows me to write in a format that’s not just code or ... month in response to my choice of dorm has been astounding: “What does ... in public, or playing with cats. It’s a very special place and the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  millions of Americans have already voted by mail or in-person; more will cast ... voting, and faculty have been instructed to avoid scheduling assignments or ... live and vote in Cambridge, there is a [annotation note="MIT is, to my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Hayden Christensen Comes to MIT, Looks Pretty Pictures of the top of Hayden Christensen's head inside!

  

  in order to do that, I have to teach you quantum mechanics. It'll just ... information through conventional methods, like radio or light, to point B, and ... to the electron at point B, which will result in the electron having

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  from existing in the capacity it's used to, so people would end up moving away to frats or sororities, where they would have the ability to ~vibe ... might not be able to exist in the way we want to once we move back in, the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  whether or not to come to MIT when really I kind of just want to eat liquid ... chance. Wouldn't want them to get jealous or anything! So tomorrow, while ... -run emergency medical service. If you've ever wanted to ride in an ambulance, you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  bit of butter. With this in mind, I set out to find a tortilleria or in ... out the flavors in tacos al pastor or enchiladas, while flour tortillas ... being the first in your family to go to college. Sigue leyendo. The

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  science programs and a history of sending students to big schools. In group ... , these students put in an immense amount of work and were able to overcome ... high school. In fact I loved my high school. No matter where I went or

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016