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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  early evenings throughout the Infinite Corridor as I head to different ... ; "Here are the problems, use the equations, get the answer." Some weeks the problem sets live up to their names a bit more. They're problems

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  . Interviews are not a required part of the MIT application. While we try to ... may be contacted by an Educational Counselor (EC) if there's one available. ECs typically use the email address you provided on your
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  the story I told. But ultimately, I want to let this story speak for ... the downs. I am glad I got to be a blogger over the last two years, and am happy to have had the chance to share my garbage with the world. If

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.

  

  about the Institute. It's a challenge to convey MIT's vibrancy in a ... the office about a slideshow of MIT images or clips of MIT music to help ... students and their families to campus for the day, and Admissions people

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Turkey Time MIT Admissions will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

  

  to answer questions in the comments of this blog entry in the meantime ... documents received during the holiday will not be processed by the office ... fields correctly. ...and I think those are the answers to the biggest

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  conspiring, which means that I need to put that to an end. In the next little ... invented at MIT to teach the fundamentals of how to program. The first class was taught in 1980 by Hal Abelson and Gerry Sussman, the authors of its

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Riddle Me This The return of the puzzles.

  

  stifling. We just couldn't wait to get out of the place. (13) Enjoy! ... "How do I get to New Amsterdam?" "Just follow that road and don't be ... The return of the puzzles. Try your hand at this one. An entry about

  • by Bryan
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  pedal and accelerated the motorized shopping cart from 0 to (approx.) 25 mph in the gaspingly brief time required to scream barely the first two ... past three days. To anyone with the mildest glimmer of engineering

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  Last Thursday, I went to “Food Truck 101: The Conference”, a 4-hour ... planning to go to the Nate Silver event the same evening -- but that’s okay ... . To be honest, the food tastes a little too "healthy" for me, but plenty

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Noam Chomsky and the humanities at MIT Chomsky gives a talk on Iraq on May 23

  

  contributions to the field of linguistics in my Intro to Linguistics class (24 ... …) This particular talk was sponsored by NoMoreVictims.org, which “works to ... is to focus on direct relief to its victims.” Present at the lecture

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  school, we stressed about not being qualified enough to get into the ... getting enough sleep, and let’s all dedicate time to doing the things that ... qualified enough to get a job, and tried registering for extra classes only to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2029. The comments on ... that you’re strong enough to get over it, however long it takes." If you want to talk to us in the comments below, we’re here for you. We ask that

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Liveblog from Apple Store I copy Paul, 3 hours later.

  

  current roommate is also temporary, although you will get a chance to keep ... Hello world. I too am at the new Apple store at Boylston street ... black macbook to write my entry. I, of course, have to add MIT content to

  • by Snively '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  I'm briefly emerging from hard work in the application mines to share ... at least to when Les Perelman was demonstrating how the SAT Writing ... massive corpora of texts. This allows the model to complete many sorts of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  College Fair! v2.0

  

  Hello everybody! I'm still alive, I promise, just not at the computer. I will, however, be at the computer tonight from 8:00PM EST to 10:00PM ... from 8 to 10 and am excited to answer your questions. Stop by and say

  • by Snively '11
  • March 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  fastest descent that can basically get from point A to point B in the ... between the fall and spring semester. While some people go off campus to ... overshot the :35 that I was going for, and I was too impatient to go back and

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  you'll get a chance to be part of the community here. Please let me ... opportunity to help people discover the MIT that I know. Those of you who are ... Registration Day for MIT students (the official start of the new academic year) I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  . But I didn't want to be the guy who was estimating my position in the ... didn't want to be the guy who inquired about GPAs, or put my resume or ... lies the curse: if you're not comparing your performance to something

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  promise to drop off the pants at Baker when I get a chance. Fast forward to ... going? me: Back to the house… to study…. Them: False. You’re coming with ... house to work. This is not the point of the story, though. The point is

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I get a copy of MIT Facts?

  MIT Facts is a pocket-sized compendium of essential facts about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Unfortunately, we don't mail the booklets, but you can find it online!