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• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  shop. But few simple things can make you feel so at home as walking up to ... those skills. You may be surprised by the things you like to do, and the ... Spaghettios to make them not worth eating on a Saturday afternoon in your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  News bites from the Institvte A taste of what's happening around campus.

  

  to find a way to make Jerusalem "just, peaceful and sustainable" by ... require frequent missions to deliver fuel, food, and spare parts. Two MIT professors have created a software tool to model interplanetary supply chains

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  This post is intended to [annotation note="consider viewing them side-by ... break, some folks attempted to make actual change. President Reif and the ... like the classes most willing to make actual change were also the classes

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  the umpteenth post about balancing art and tech version: slightly jaded

  

  today, while my friends and I were walking down the river to Trader Joe’s. [I’ve been planning for a while to have a midlife crisis and switch to ... sufficient 2A credits,” to which I respond, “You’re right,” and submit my 21E

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 30, 2022
• 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 ... 've already mastered introductory coursework at MIT, then you can take an ASE to ... begins. If you do well you get to keep your grade on the ASE as your
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  makes no sense to me. It took me an entire semester to figure out that DNA ... does that make me? I grew up in Taiwan but I went to an American school ... I got back to Boston from summer vacation September 2, and it's like

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Symphony 9, Op. 95 “From the New Blog” I'll to pay you to hang out with me and watch me type.

  

  follow me around and make me look cooler. I'd like to dedicate this entry ... that Gwen Stefani, in addition to designing a bizarre new line of clothing, has now taken to paying an entourage of four Japanese girls to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  had really low lows (largely due to personal issues, and, to make ... improve aren’t large tasks by any means. I spend a lot of time thinking to ... Fun fact about me, on days when I don’t have much to do, especially

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  ready for people to play. I'd like to end by congratulating those of my ... improve their skills at characterization and improv. If you like to make ... [by Susan Shepherd '11] Here at MIT, you can find students pursuing

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  make a design more complex by just solving all the little sub ... incredibly difficult to make work correctly, so we abandoned it for a much ... to making me live a happier life (well, eventually. This sleepless

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Show In Town [by David Freilach, Guest Blogger/Assistant Director, LVAC] ARTalk guest blogger David Freilach checks out the…

  

  [by David Freilach, Guest Blogger/Assistant Director, LVAC] The entrance to the new Central Square Theater. (Photo by CST) I had the chance ... outside. It was tough to see how they would be finished by opening night

  • by ARTalk
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  people appreciation post <3

  

  . I wanted to appreciate the people who make my MIT experience what it ... over text by Alan. and everyone else who I have failed to mention here, I ... . shoutout to Dennis, who in addition to all of this, also makes sure you never

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  life that you can basically do whatever you want, and I wanted to make ... This week I bring to you a guest entry from a very talented musician ... Goldberg Variations, of which you can listen to here (LARGE file

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  that each September I seemed to get acclimatized more quickly: the ... were frantically scrambling, trying to figure out how to sign up for classes. My friends going to university closer to home had all signed up in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  initially suspended our testing requirement due to the disruptions caused by ... criteria to ensure we make good decisions for the right reasons, and we ... continuously studies our processes, outcomes, and criteria to make sure we remain

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  doing so allows you to make sound decisions by seeing past the fog of ... it felt to be held by you”. it’s a strange line at first glance because you’d expect this sentence to be said by someone who was held in the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  can make your week fun to rid of all that anxiety! On Thanksgiving Eve ... with their lives. Inspired by their successes, we then decided to form an ... performing “Icarus” by Bastille (the song some lounge critics proclaimed to be

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  , swayed by other factors important to me, including distance from home ... , and I think thats what makes many so humble and open to helping others ... barely scratches the surface. By trying to give prefrosh the option of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  work in a short week, professors seem to believe that it is perfectly reasonable to assign the same amount of work in a short week and just make it ... . I guess it's also to make us really really really thankful when we sit

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  easier due to symmetry. I quickly caught on to signs of spherical and ... If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point ... . Let me be frank: If you were to look at my external transcript, you

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012