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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Time! All my classes managed to schedule tests within a week of each other.

  

  knowledge was fragmented. 8.022 is definitely helping in this arena. The test ... ’re apparently low-stress enough to be called “quizzes,” even though the one on ... Linguistics, this test doesn’t deserve the label “quiz,” because it’s a full-on

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  late. And now, to hit the road for Vermont. Hope this helps with those ... TWO YEARS. I should get a raise for that), it's Cam's thoughts on the ... the previous run-on aside cause you to forget what I was talking about

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  beeping it's driving me insane I am so tired This has been going on for ... .10 might have been a C, but I'll never know - I took it on Junior-Senior P/D/F, which is exactly what it sounds like. You can take up to two classes on

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  from the car. With a little help, I mounted the (roughly 20 lb) camera on ... -nighter on the last day, finishing just in time to glue the bellows, roll it up ... bellows together before falling asleep, leaving the bellows half done on the

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  'd just met seventeen or so of them, and she regretted she was on her way ... . [...] So, we do hope this first issue of Angles will help undo that "best ... -winning writers on the faculty. I was surprised to learn that, apparently, MIT has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  decision. If you're still undecided: How can we help you make your decision ... the guestbook on MyMIT so you can stay in the MIT Class of 2012 Facebook ... , and letting go of other options can be hard on both sides. That can be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  were on your own. But where you really needed help- mainly the theory ... equipment, successfully conducted your first experiment on this equipment ... bent on teaching you Matlab. That was one thing that was pretty brutal

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  videos on how to be really really evil in various fields, and all the ... proficient they were in each of the seven deadly sins. These helped unlock ... , which led them on a goose chase through the halls of MIT and down into

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  for rising juniors interested in helping people. In this entry, I will ... Fellowship -- concentrate on issues and communities that are of particular ... : science education, women working on women's issues, issues affecting

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  would have quit long ago. Anyway, the rest of this post is on a somewhat ... too far. Oh, just read on to find four things you'd never expect to see ... study on our reactor, so we only need to set up this UV spectrophotometer

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  new york without i*stagram who are you performing for?

  

  , people watch, and reflect on how you should compensate for your ... an insult depending on your personal philosophies. personally, i find ... the number of lives it took to make these extravagant jewellery pieces

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  's letter to the community on November 9, the day after the election, he wrote ... with them to help navigate the academic, personal and social aspect of ... current undocumented students, and hope that this blog post helps clarify

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  outside of your family who can help you to determine your need for a waiver ... MIT are those who have no compunction about asking for help. If you need ... are some examples on which we take a dim view: I am applying to 25

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  students shortly, to help you manage those complicated feelings. 

  • by Decisions
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds It's crunch time for college decisions.

  

  With 10 days to go until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you make your decision? What more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  feel may be helpful to us in evaluating your application. Every
• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  the end than I am to the beginning. As I reflect on the fact that I have ... on psets and office hours and tutoring only to be greeted by C's and D ... allows me to jump around so often, I can't help but feel I've thrown away

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  has a lot more free time for me to do other things and really focus on ... helps to save people's grades a little more. Given the difficulty of my ... convince me to take 5.12 (Organic Chemistry) with him except on listener

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  , but if any of his grad students would be willing to help supervise, he will sign off on the papers Leave the meeting thankful and hopeful ... independent study because the grad student seems very willing to help and also

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  expertise is learned from prolonged experience with good feedback on mistakes ... on the telephone; chess players find a strong move in a single glance ... the regularities? The answer here depends on the professionals

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011