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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  Illinois, I wouldn't have *matriculated. Though the MIT campus within itself ... , I love learning about different cultures, and cultures aren't just ... morning as I was riding the T to that other school I take a class at, I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  term), and 700 undergraduate majors. Don't let the size scare you! - you ... during a term will face a stage of self-doubt: they don't understand some concept, they are struggling to keep up with the workload, they didn't do as

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  .) I couldn't attend it, since I had rehearsal for the Musical Theatre ... everything I try to say sounds like it isn't adequate enough of a description ... wait, why was a writer speaking at MIT? Don't you go to a science and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  'd raise my SAT verbal scores through the roof - to this day I can't remember ... . Don't tell me you weren't wondering. Well, now you know. Don't you feel ... place. It isn't for people who are afraid of hard work, and it can get a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  an official unit of measurement, click here if you don't believe me ... . Unfortunately, he does not seem to have any MIT ties =( Don't despair! Today, in ... roommate didn't want to watch TV and I didn't feel like studying for my test

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

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  Harbor, and who knows what else. Heck, I didn't even have time to call Sam ... you know what happens when you assume, don't you? Well, I guess some of our more ambitious code monkeying students wouldn't come out of their

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Engagement Party Salsa dancing with Benjamin Franklin and Optimus Prime

  

  submitted names didn't attend the party, and you had some intense problem ... historical character Shannon couldn't assign was the one she herself had to guess, so her fiance decided to give her OPTIMUS PRIME. Don't feel bad

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  than grad students, or something (I don't know why; I work half as much ... ). Well, as far as MIT goes, I don't think that's true. For one thing, we ... . This figure doesn't include recitations -- a recitation is a discussion

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  , it was. Moral of the story: whatever classes don't kill you will only ... MIT, but they admit that still doesn't settle their nerves. I totally ... bubble of context, and that you don't have to have a certain GPA or certain

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedules are up!

  

  starts -- they put up the fall 2005 schedule in late May -- so I don't ... interesting, and it fit in a really nice place in my schedule. (Don't ... professors are that demanding on the syllabus, it doesn't bode well for the

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

  Come in, we’re open

  

  well as a box I don't care enough to unpack yet.   The ... was 109F -- 42.8C!) and because I whined that I wouldn't be able to sleep if he didn't put the AC in. I'm so good at what I do.  

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  applying to college/MIT: Don't lose yourself in the craziness of trying to do ... and you'll have a better chance of standing out. Don't get hung up on the details--we don't really care if your essay is 499 words long or 550

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  to do it in high school, but I was afraid I'd get homesick and wasn't ... . Since I hadn't taken any lab classes or worked in any labs, I wrote about ... really lucky I did, because I didn't get a job offer until two days before

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  how different our grade system is and how we don't use GPAs etc. My ... always welcome, and wouldn't put you at a disadvantage. existential ... reporting midyear grades (particularly if they aren't getting those grades on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  first walked down the Infinite. I knew college changed you, but I didn't ... . 1. Live and breathe PNR. Don't stay up until 3 in the morning to finish that one pset. Don't skip meals to study longer. Don't miss out on

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  seriously considering it as a career path. However, I don't know whether I ... see which suits you better. Personally, I don't think that engineering ... adversely affect your chance of getting in; don't worry about it. A

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Shoulder Season Treat A little something for rising seniors to jump-start their exploration of MIT

  

  time when the Admissions office isn’t quite finished working with the ... have a little treat... OK, that might be a bit of an exaggeration. I don’t ... checking out, if I don’t say so myself. I will point out that the podcast

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  Christmas music every morning on the drive to school, but I haven’t heard much ... field was COVERED IN GOOSE SH!T. Put your hands out, palms up. Pretend ... of goose sh!t in it. Which means that I had been lying in a LOT OF

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Collections Simple

  

  sense. I don't feel as concerned about anything. I don't feel the pressure I once did. I don't think as deeply about the opinions of the people ... first, I wasn't buying into it. I've always considered myself a very

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  The semester is over and I didn't go home for winter break because I ... .390 Introduction to Machine Learning I generally liked this class, but I didn't like ... or techniques don't get adequately proven, and there's some level of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022