Things To Bring To MIT (In Particular)

red remote · 07-14-2008, 06:55 PM

I've seen plenty of lists of what to bring to college, but I'm wondering what I should especially bring to MIT.

hazmat · 07-14-2008, 06:56 PM

BoSox hat and baseball mitt. Oh and swim trunks for that test!
Time to sink or graduate - The Boston Globe

red remote · 07-14-2008, 07:00 PM

btw...
here is a nice general list:
A to Z: What To Bring To College

kryptonsa36 · 07-14-2008, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by "Time to sink or graduate" - The Boston Globe

An electrical engineering and computer science major, she was set to graduate near the top of her MIT class next month and start a six-figure job as a Wall Street analyst.

What the heck?

thekidhere · 07-17-2008, 08:27 PM

MIT bloggers all have their own version of this post, but I like this'n.
MIT Admissions | Blog Entry: "College Shopping List"

jamesford · 09-23-2008, 11:29 PM

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set to graduate near the top of her MIT class

Ya that's weird. I thought MIT didn't have class rank/grad honors.

Anyway, the difference between the athletic abilities of some and others would really be astonishing. The varsity swimmers would have no problem cruising through 100m on day one, while on the other hand all of the kids who'd never been in the water/were simply too nonathletic put it off until the month before grad!

molliebatmit · 09-24-2008, 07:52 AM

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I thought MIT didn't have class rank/grad honors.

It doesn't. There's no way to know where you stand relative to everyone else, unless you have a 5.0, of course.

I put my swim test off until the last semester before I graduated. It wasn't because I was unathletic. It was just because I didn't want to take the swim test.

thekidhere · 09-25-2008, 11:34 AM

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It doesn't. There's no way to know where you stand relative to everyone else, unless you have a 5.0, of course.

Or if you get inducted into one of the many honor societies. Or if you look at the publicly posted grade distributions...