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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  I'm in a cool HASS (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) class this ... semiweekly reading handouts, the oral debate, or the 3 essays we've crafted, I ... typically aren't concious. Sometimes I catch myself grinning as our hockey

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?

  . Students who have already graduated select the "I'm not currently attending
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  Please don’t be overly concerned about your class rank or GPA (grade point average) or even whether your school calculates them. With our holistic admissions process, we’re much more interested…
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  Another Questions Omnibus... as always, I wish I had more time to write entire entries on many of these topics, and I'll answer more questions as soon as I can... "A Probably Not So Important Question That Might

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  As I mentioned in my last entry, Change.org is running a competition ... ' to Empower Problem Solvers" was among them! I owe that victory to you, and now I'm counting on you to get this idea into the Top 10. Let's send

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Do I have to submit a math/science recommendation with my QB application?

  MIT strongly recommends a letter of recommendation from both a math/science teacher and a humanities/social science/language teacher. We accept QuestBridge applications without a humanities/social sciences/language teacher letter of recommendation, but…
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?

  Advanced Standing Examinations are one way to earn credit for MIT subjects outside of the classroom itself. If you’re confident that you’ve already mastered introductory coursework at MIT, then you can take an…
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change?

  You may! Understanding the complex, long-term changes in our land, air, and water requires breakthroughs in measurement, modeling, and prediction. Responding to these changes requires innovative policies that comprehend agriculture,…
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I submit the MIT application with my QuestBridge application?

  If you are named a QuestBridge Finalist, you do not need to submit an MIT application. We feel that the QuestBridge application provides enough information for us to evaluate students…
• FAQ / Visit

  How do I sign up for an info session and/or campus tour?

  We look forward to showing you what makes MIT so special! We offer in-person info sessions and tours as well as online sessions. Head over to our Visit page to sign…
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a bachelor of science and a master of engineering. In which I make a Voltaire reference and the soup is a metaphor but luckily…

  

  My thesis is done. It is 384 pages long, 2.0833% of them text, 4.9479% of them pictures, and 90.365% of them code.         Here is potato soup,…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 21, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  in one of the organizations i'm in, esp, we toss the phrase ... officer forgets to transfer a mailing list. i've seen some success with ... mailing list. the other strategy i've seen is having alumni stick around

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  spoilers for the book siddhartha   i. at the beginning of my ... , feature roman domes and greek columns i remember learning about this and being confused - i thought at the time that art was supposed to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  Crafts for Ukraine~ Among other fundraising projects

  

  This is, admittedly, a kind of quickly written post, but I wanted to write something about the crisis in Ukraine, and stuff that I’ve been ... had dramatic results, on families, communities, finances, and more. I

  • by ana~
  • March 11, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  good things i have seen  recently, in no particular order at all. come ... ;3 baby seal: much like this baby seal, i am a potato whose corporeal ... ? small animal skateboarding: at first i thought this was a pig. now i

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Springing into Junior Year actually not Springing, just Spring

  

  looking back at old blogs, I quickly realized that I’ve never posted my ... I should start as the only blogger in [annotation note="civil and environmental engineering"]Course 1.[/annotation] So, here’s what I’ve been up to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 4, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  hitting the gym? Besides, after this humongous pie I'd say it's time for a ... that I highly recommend for its numerous benefits, such as the fact that ... up with a clear mind and higher spirits, ready to face the day. I

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  -born children, eager to introduce them to their home away from home. I've been ... every way possible, every night I lie in bed, the brightest colors fill my head. A million dreams (and jet lag) keep me awake. I reminisce the early

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  semester which is different and wonderful Oh, boy, I have been awake for many hours and in one more hour (it's midnight rn) I will drive to ... flights out of my local airport were cancelled today and I have attendance

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  I switch between saying I study "computer science" or "math" but neither one can hide that I usually live my life lost in abstract ... hedge my bets, I've set out on a crusade to learn more about regular old

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017