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• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  MIT Admissions home page] All []s represents edits to this entry made on ... the test that makes you look best. Q. What score should I get on the ... January tests on a case-by-case basis. I hope that covers most of your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  my friend and I tried to build a sleep scheduling website for ... books I want to read into my suitcase, then put on my velvet tracksuit, and finally hopped on an Uber to the airport with my parents. [caption

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  . Before I take off on Saturday, though, I have to deal with what I think has ... was definitely worth blogging. Before I get back to packing, I have two ... me keeps on asking, "Okay, so you finished one year, congratulations

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  ? Am I good enough to get into college on my own?" I want to tell you ... that you can't get into college on your own? One value I hold higher ... science competitions; to get into Harvard, you must score above 2300 on the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool People. And Lunch! visiting committees = awesome.

  

  each class who would like to have lunch on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 with ... faculty separately to assess the state of the department. Your feedback is ... respond to this e-mail with your name and your year. In the case of too many

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ask me (an mit alum, maybe) anything! aka, am(amam)a

  

  something along the lines of "I think you're asking this to get a gauge of ... 'll check in on this post every so often to try and answer your questions ... answered, and I'll try to get to them quicker. Examples of questions you can

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  ) will teach you something new. To be busy, then, is hardly a disaster ... want to be; more on the method to the madness, later, probably ... get back to less busy, but it's hardly a disaster. —And in the end if

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  answer session. A New Jersey MIT freshman had come from her spring break to ... being on the fencing team to more general "time management tips ... turn to be the "cool kid" on the block. They're the eager prefrosh who

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  your code to run, then try more things. i was able to get guidance from ... ), and then adjusting your views or beliefs after looking at the data to a new distribution (called the posterior) on the parameter. III. Geometry

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  . Nor have weekly deadlines. Instead, every day, I have new readings on ... classes alongside similarly involved people, and thus don’t often get to ... (try “Science, Technology, and Public Policy”). I don’t get to turn in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  On Monday, the first thing on my to-do list, after an exceptionally ... : I needed to either buy groceries or start working on my problem sets ... dedicate the rest of your mortal existence to the study of rocks. Just try

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  With Orientation set to begin for the new MIT freshmen this weekend ... touch," Kreminski continued. New to the US, he blazed a path ... special program that teaches new immigrants how to speak English. In his

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  to get involved with some new activities and continue some old ones ... , I talked for hours with Dell representatives, but to no avail. On Tuesday, I took my computer to Information Services and Technology (the on

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  continue your career while being around your children more. On another note ... repercussions on the job market. First of all, it is very competitive to find a ... definitely reduce your chances of getting hired because of the risk that your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  ."']here at the office,[/annotation] we are all getting ready to read your ... Action. This is a longstanding policy. There is no reason to rush your ... and an aging parent and hasn't been able to get it done yet. Judging by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Events

  The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri's novel comes to the Cambridge screen

  

  visited campus again as part of a symposium on Asian Diasporas and New ... Last Friday, I went to the AMC Cambridge to see the big-seen adaptation of The Namesake. The film was based on the fantastic novel by

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  get enough sleep (and food) on the two flights it took to get to Manaus ... were going on an all-expenses-paid trip to Brazil to learn about their ... MIT). To get there, we took a boat ride up the Rio Negro – one of the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Diabolo, Pandora, and Bad TV Shows You figure out what they have in common, 'cause I sure as heck don't know.

  

  've been wanting to blog about. THE SHARPE BROTHERS A while back, on the ... will pause until you click to let it know you're there again (unless you ... first two seasons are on there, so I have to figure out how I'm going to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • June 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Summary

  

  flywheel I designed for fun) and then use another program to take your drawing and tell the machine exactly how to make your part by defining the tool paths. Then, open your file on the computer connected to CNC mill or

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  for that on eBay or something? The other thing I have to share with you ... was the last day to turn in your finished product, so I spent the entire week leading up to that moment doing nothing but eating and working on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007