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• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Splash?

  on origami? Lasers? Neuropharmacology? Over the course of 21 hours ... flood MIT’s campus to take classes, taught by MIT students, on anything and everything. From music theory to Hungarian history to aircraft
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Majors

  

  them. (And those are just the ones on my walk to work, and just the ... my case, something I REALLY like and I'm REALLY good at, at the same ... opportunities for you to learn about the different departments. At CPW (on Friday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  , filling my body like helium. All the energy would leave me and I'd lie on my ... the most convenient timings. Never before a call I have to be on or a ... worksessions and game nights. Because having something on the calendar keeps me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Riddle Me This The return of the puzzles.

  

  can hurt me--and they do. (8) You're the best man I'll ever know. There's no way I can ever go. (9) Nothing can be altered, there is nothing to ... "How do I get to New Amsterdam?" "Just follow that road and don't be

  • by Bryan
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Latino Cultural Center It's Mes Latino!

  

  it's just a basement thing), but after being officially involved on the ... ...) are shared with the whole MIT community. Festival this year will be on 3 ... Hidden from most of the hustle and bustle of classes and rushing to

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  Favorite thing about MIT: The people. That students and staff are engaged in so many things, have many talents, and are focused on what is really ... , the place is remarkably fun and laid-back.Favorite things about Boston

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  your light to the world in new and different ways than you may be ... point. I admire your tenacity and your resilience through classes and the ... how MIT can play a further role in your story. For others, it will be an

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  GET A BIKE very important psa

  

  okay. i'm super behind on this and that's my bad. but... when you ... ="aligncenter" width="585"] the long and arduous journey from burton conner to building ... 've left around 10 and gotten to class in time!! what about the infamous 15

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  to be scary intimidating interviews like the ones portrayed on "The ... admissions officer portrayed on "The Scholar." I hope that through my blog and ... choice. Filmed on location at the University of Southern California, The

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

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7:15PM ET!

  

  (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my ... , consensus building, and the value of communication.  The final project ... , and covered by MIT News, the Boston Globe, and other media outlets. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Trans-Consciousness Messaging Protocol! Of course I can't resist. Who do you think I am?!

  

  For those of you who haven't seen today's xkcd comic, I'm putting it here, because it seems all too fitting for the state of our comment pages. ...what, you don't think it applies? (I do have a huge post coming up. This

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  . Anyhow, I just wanted to point out and celebrate the 5th Leap Day in my ... pretty excited because I can now write the date as "2-0-0-0" rather than "1 ... , when I was in Mathcamp - ah, the naivety of young minds). And now, 2008

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I hurt myself again And again and again and again.

  

  whatever), and repeatedly getting caught on the laces of my badass new shoes ... exams I took last week, and since it is the best grade I've gotten on an ... on one (1) set of steps in front of Senior Haus and nearly hitting

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Quarrying Around Ice skating in an underground tunnel

  

  extremely interesting, and I really want to go on more trips with them in the future. I hope that I can go to the quarry again next year and make this an ... adventure with the MIT Caving Club. I really enjoyed it, and I wanted to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts on Removing the Long Essay from the Freshman Application So long, extraneous passages of florid prose.

  

  Brevity is wise. ...but I'm not the one being affected here. What are your thoughts?

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week, Minus Finals all the non-academic shenanigans

  

  birthday celebrations. I can't recommend it enough. and that's a wrap on ... . This blog will be updated over the course of the week the things that are ... took a study break and went for a walk! nice weather, viewed from the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 20, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT: Progressions what the students thought of the place in 1969

  

  ; I'd seen (and we've posted) MIT: The Movie (1992), which was (unbelievably) still used on fall travel recruitment well into the aughts. There ... what's amazing to me is the salience and relevance of this film. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 18, 2017
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  is graded on a pass/no record basis: if you pass the class you get a “pass” on your transcript;  if not, there's no record you took it. The ... may designate up to 48 units to be graded on a pass/no record basis
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home Away From Home Complete with Batman mask, kettle corn, and ticket stubs

  

  's zoom into some of the more interesting parts! On top we have a couple ... comics, Calvin & Hobbes and Dilbert. From there it leads into the ... nice split of comics from the big two and independent distributors. Next

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 4, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2023 For all of the Blogger/Spotify Data Junkies

  

  but mellow enough that you can tune it out and focus on work.] Here's a ... be in the top .001% for a big artist like Taylor Swift, and apparently ... Abby 2018 In 2021, my top song was The Monster Mash, and I listened to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 10, 2023