Search
Search Results
-
-
-
Blog / Admissions
What’s the big deal about 40^2?
application, I just glance at the test scores to get a sense of them before ... student host didn't ask me what my SAT scores were. At MIT, people care ... . People at MIT don't compare GPAs (I didn't know any of my friends' GPAs -
Blog / Admissions
Visualize whirled peas
much at peace. Last night I went to see the opening night premiere of ... little break from reading, eating some dumplings I bought down at Super 88 ... does the reading process work, you ask? I'll take the folders one at a -
FAQ / QuestBridge
What happens if I’m not selected as a Match?
All QuestBridge College Match results are announced in early December. At that time, there are three things that could happen: You could be matched with a binding school and must attend your Match school. You could -
FAQ / Academics and research
What is the HASS Requirement?
100% of MIT undergraduates study the humanities, arts, and social sciences. At MIT, we consider the humanities, arts, and social sciences essential—for educating young engineers, scientists, thinkers, and citizens -
FAQ / First-year application
I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?
that non-traditional applicants take some college courses at a community -
FAQ / International applicants
What if I don’t have a school counselor?
school official at your school may submit your high school transcript -
FAQ / International applicants
How do international students apply to MIT?
admission and select a major at the end of the first year with help from their -
Blog / Classes
Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april
innovation internship at the Boston Veteran Affairs (VA) Medical Center through ... rounding team at one of the VA campus hospitals, and visited the VA's Brain ... catch the 7:30 bus for the first leg of my morning commute. I shopped at -
Blog / Life after MIT
Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)
Admissions, helping to run these very blogs with Petey while also working at ... 're actively at MIT"]KERBEROS[/annotation] HAS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING FOR ... communications for an oncology-and-AI research group at a big biotech company a few -
Blog / MIT Life
(Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…
="108229" /] In honor of holiday meals at home, I want to share a holiday meal away ... chaotic spreadsheet, we’ve arrived at a (prospective) menu: Is it ... Foods to pick up our turkey–which, apparently, was NOT small AT ALL. Oh -
Blog / MIT Life
I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to
: "why in the hell are admissions coming out at 9:14am on 12/14/19?", as if ... , it's just because they are releasing the decisions on 12/14 at 12:14pm ... that-- my friends have become ghosts in my life. Or at least, they will -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
an unsolicited review of the whitney biennial (not really a review just stuff I liked)
American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the ... ="1000"] “[This painting] looks at how multiple things can be true at the ... stairwell, [created] entirely from vocal sounds that at times have an ambient -
Blog / MIT Life
[Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26
realize that at least for me, I won’t know what I am interested in for at ... like though! At MIT, I have explored areas that I never have before in ... even learned to sow at the Metropolis Makerspace and made a reversible -
Blog / Challenges
I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!
1940s after a high volume of drowning-related deaths at war. It’s been ... dumb. I can’t swim. When I was little, I took swim classes at the ... and not put my feet down. My friends worked at a pool, and I know that I -
Blog / Classes
Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student
college life, particularly here at MIT. I’ve only been on campus for a a ... , philosophical, and ethical look at the future of biotechnology. Despite it being ... from graduating seniors at my high school that the social aspect of -
Blog / How to Human
feeling old and coming home
'll go to class, but at the end of the day I just want to go home, back to ... three semesters left at this school. I've been here long enough that when ... out anymore; I usually go to bed at the oh-so-early hour of 1 AM. I -
Blog / Academics & Research
Communication Intensive Jumping on the semester-in-review blog train
English – especially not at (hopefully) MIT!” Boy, was I wrong. (Thankfully, not about the “at MIT” part.) As part of MIT’s general institute ... during their time at MIT. Two are humanities classes, and the others relate -
Blog / Academics & Research
mid semester check-in all about my classes
other computer science class I have taken at MIT. Still, I thought because ... .006 is taught and was seriously considering dropping it. At brunch on ... haven’t dropped a real class at MIT before and it was definitely not my