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• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  preparation based solely on the absence of SAT/ACT scores, but will instead make ... requirement again, we drew on our experience from this past year, when most of ... note='As I wrote last year, despite the limitations of these exams, our

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  hopes of making good impressions but i realize at this point it will all ... relationship with mit like on one of those public facebook post thingies it ... group. hell, join a dance group too! add a urop and misti on top of that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  is the in-class atmosphere: the feeling of classmates cheering on peers ... my approach to MIT (more on that later), I've finally figured out my classes for junior fall. One of the classes I'm in this semester is 6

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2015 This week, the new freshmen arrive on campus!

  

  This week, the new MIT freshman class begins arriving for orientation ... number #1 overall winner of international Olympiad competitions, and many hundreds more who have never heard of international Olympiad competitions (I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  floor actually has an Apple Bake Chair. While a lot of people on the other ... last fall when, as a result of the competition being on Saturday instead ... ! Apples will be provided by your GRT on Friday, October 21. Entries are due

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  want to pound my head against a wall, and it costs hundreds of dollars per month to operate on top of that. Overall, a terrible product ... remained that way until one fateful night this summer when I was on a call

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  valleys. Mornings are foggy; nights are cold. On the 4th of July you can ... I grew up, from 13 to 18, and where I spend most of my IAPs and long weekends when I can. PA is colder than Boston, or it feels that way. In the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  been gone a long time but I was reminded of this story when I went out on ... on their first vacation they thought their parents were so much smarter ... , or Waitlisted for the Class of 2013 and I know you all are waiting for

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  , for too often they have replaced a human lunch. Soon I will run out of ... .112. Principles of Chemical Science, 18.022. Calculus, and 18.100B Real Analysis ... intervals on the same day. I call it Dark Thursday. Learning at MIT is hard

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Listen to “MIT Is…” with Cynthia F. ‘18 on the MIT Trashion Show, escaping the MIT bubble, and UROPing at the Media Lab

  

  with Holly, who works on our communications team, about applicatons, art ... around the idea of an audio thing for awhile, and decided to give it a shot. One of the people we'd been kicking it around with is Kellen Manning

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  small seminar-style classes heavy on reading and discussing the primary literature, which is way more fun than doing problem sets and taking tests ... -- I can go into his office and plop down on a chair and whine about my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Blogger Pets some serotonin for your noggin

  

  very therapeutic although she's not good at handling tears because whenever i cry in front of her she kinda just looks at me like ...you good ... 's attached herself to my mom. she's a bit of a picky eater and likes wet food

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  following: Focus on taking care of yourself, your family, your community ... ’s understandable that there’s a lot on your mind right now, and the last thing we ... of you are still dealing with damage to your homes and schools and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  My IAP Mugs, polymers, cats, and pineapples.

  

  . First of all, IAP is MIT's Independent Activities Period, where MIT students have the whole month of January to do anything they want - from working at an awesome company to making teapots to throwing things off of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  part of the cycle. Ben is on his way to even bigger things. And that ... quad, and I couldn't help but be reminded of last summer. It was my last ... on to discover the even greater joys life has to offer. Earlier this

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year of the Origami Dog A beautiful folded-paper version of Evie the dog.

  

  Following last week's Lunar New Year post, Joanne got a beautiful gift: an origami Evie. The most amazing thing about the piece is just ... was created by Jason '09, one of MIT's terrific origami artists. Count

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  adventure on my way to Zürich! Tschüss! ... mattress pad, cooking utensils, etc.), and the rest to bring with me on a journey around the world. With a 50-lb suitcase maxed out on the weight

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  ) "On the 14th of March, MMXXV, The High Elders foretold a cursed ... announce Regular Action decisions on Pi Day every year. But, what exactly ... digits of pi? Or maybe there's a mysterious tradition that even I don

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / Classes

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

  

  on grades...the most I've ever taken), so I opted to stay on campus instead to meet my deadlines and work on projects I've been dreaming about ... Charles River, and even after so many years here, the beauty of Cambridge in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week: Anjum Sharma A salute to one final senior.

  

  time with Matt McGann and the rest of the advising group freshman year. I didn't like the way the bobas tasted so I started shooting them out of my straw at random targets on our walk back to campus from Chinatown. I got

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2006