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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  . Photopolymers and jobs. How did this happen? It took a lot of passion about a ... all, it took learning how to MIT. To balance life with classes and ... concentration in writing in one semester, and it got me thinking - maybe I could

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  The Next Big Mailing (NBM) is on its way out the door. Formally known ... . So, what does this "NBM" include? Among other things:A cover letter ... . For many students, it doesn't really set in that they're an MIT student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  driven/flown a long way to come to a meeting, I hope it was worth the long ... janaury test date if i have a different situation here? and what does it ... Session. Mad props! It was definetly something I'd attend again, even though

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  it was 364.4 smoots + 1 ear long. Google even considers the Smoot to be ... familiar, it's probably because you've seen the work of his distant relative ... . And today, I was hoping that we'd go 3 for 3! But, it was announced that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  .) (Does anyone get these references? Anyone?) It surprisingly wasn't that ... "Last Night" -- get it?! I took my 14.41: Public Economics final in ... confused about the name of 14.41. I have heard it at different times called

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  “i can only draw stick figures” musings on learning to draw

  

  was a long three hours, but it was always so worth it. As a class, we ... 3="89714" /] [visually_hidden]C: how was it different than drawing a ... being drawn. How does the angle of the eyebrow compare to the angle at

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • June 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  ’s talk). The question: how long does it take for all audience members to ... developed long before language, which is why it’s easier for us to think ... find out how deep it is. It takes T = 4 seconds for the stone to drop

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21W.762 Poetry Workshop some poems from the class!

  

  not strong, it will never be the biggest or best or bulkiest but it does ... . It is the slice to your heel that causes your collapse. Oh, how your ... memorable and it's stuck with me for a while. I don't think this poem does the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 22, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  well, well look who's inside again

  

  eloquent since honestly I don't really know how to explain it, but sometimes ... your lesson I did and it hurt That's how it works I question my ... , though I don't think it always was there. I wonder how authors and actors

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 11, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  any other college, did and does this. MIT, however, decided that it didn ... pamphlet-creating admissions officers can't convey. MIT does its best to ... revolutionize the way colleges advertise. MIT is no longer a photoshopped ad, it

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  A week told through food warning: lots of food pictures

  

  . Apparently Subway does catering, and it came in boxes with a sandwich, chips ... Some of you may wonder: how do people eat food without a meal plan ... blog post, and here it is. This came out as an experiment to figure out

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  out about it too much :)     3. How to prepare It really ... you can add some context and details to your application. It’s a chance ... based on the availability of alumni in your region of the world.  It is

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  you can care about things revisiting stoicism

  

  people around you, often in significant and long-lasting ways how do ... - it doesn’t actually reveal how to accomplish anything you want, but ... does, but you can control how good of a friend you are, so you should

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • July 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  an internet fee or anything like that in the dorms? How much does it ... , "how is the english department at MIT? Does it suffer at all in a big ... grade. 1) I've taken the Korean SAT II and did well. How would it seem if

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  safety of MIT. I remember how flimsy I felt, how out of place. It felt like ... and my discomfort and how we can work to fix this because frankly it ... them as individuals. It's hard to put it into words, how I know that they

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  you don't need to take. So, here's how it goes. Physics: The GIRs are ... people don't take it their freshman year, put it off as long as possible ... middle of it, in the process missing the first hour of our ultra

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  closely to your desired major will suffice? Also, how long does it take to ... years per graduate degree? More or Less? And how does MIT feel about ... you; as long as it's not, say, an art school, you'll find a major that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  -book, open-note, or both. This does not make them easier. It makes it less ... -2 years after graduation...or does it make one less marketable than in ... college, but I wonder how long after that would be all right, if I wanted

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / CPW

  how to tackle CPW ...i totally have the authority to write this

  

  experience it for themselves, and the other half knows exactly how you ... OH MY GOD IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR CPW!!!! Class of '26, we cannot wait to meet you!!! I know how excited I was for my CPW, so I can only

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  WOW CPW IS HAPPENING IN TWO DAYS!!! APPARENTLY IT IS ALSO SOMETIMES CALLED 'KAPOW'!!! IT IS STANDARD ETIQUETTE THAT ANYTHING RELATED TO CPW ... students, so it's best for everyone if logistics are handled ahead of time

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017