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• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are Psets?

  If you're interested in MIT, you have to learn a little bit about psets. Problem sets are the backbone of our teaching in many subjects; for many, problem-solving is the essence of the MIT education
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I play football at MIT?

  New England Football Conference crown and were selected for the 2014
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer transfer credit?

  If you're admitted, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of study that are substantively equivalent to corresponding MIT subjects. If your academic record doesn't appear to merit credit in a certain subject
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  collecting vinyl for a while, but i've only ever bought one record. it was ... ="upperclassmen often sell their belongings for cheap on dormspam as they're moving out ... bee movie (which i got for my birthday in first grade). i liked flipping

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  my high-speed data for canada, there wasn't much to do on my phone so i ... . every semester, for teacher-parent conferences i guess, teachers would ... extensive yet beautiful notes (back when i was into that sort of thing for

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  afterwards. During the early pandemic I had lived with J’s family for a few ... partners for Science Olympiad, so I was in his garage all the time, arguing ... ’s high school days. “Do you remember when I would take you guys to UCLA for

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unsolicited review of the whitney biennial (not really a review just stuff I liked)

  

  for years, ever since I learned that they’re host to (almost) all of the ... , with a different overarching theme each time. It’s known for 1) focusing ... favorites, in no particular order! PS sorry in advance for the terrible

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 25, 2024
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  We Stan Matt Parker i'll try not to mention the parker square

  

  student (at least, for a high school student). But I remember sitting in ... before. For example, I asked these questions when I was learning about how ... missing the exact right words for this, but to put it frankly: Calculus felt

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  apron and ruminated. Hair salons in particular are very good for this type ... long I had been dying my hair, and I faltered for a moment, realizing ... of care for my hair was pretty ironic, since my hair is incredibly

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  Maine for about 20 minutes, but I still think it counts."]three states ... find for ourselves, a kind of an Aristotelian mean which we are always ... blogger name. MEng, by the way, stands for Master of Engineering."]MEng in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  hill at the Killarney end of the Gap of Dunlow, which I might try for ... worked in construction, structural steel, for thirty years — in many ... there’s a charity event for it. Folk come from all over the world. He

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  to tell your story and for us to get to know you as a three ... ). After you submit your application, you may be contacted for an interview ... about it (I will talk more about this later); it’s one way for us to get

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  I once asked a boyfriend if he would give up his life for ten billion ... is probably not worth ten billion dollars, so it would be better for me ... morally wrong choice. But how can anyone truly blame him for it? Back in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  new experience to sit on the subway for so long. We ate lunch together ... excited to try new things. For the first four semesters of MIT, this has led ... strawberries for a dollar each. It was a sweltering hot day, so we retreated to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  : Mechanical Raymond took 15.S20 Design for 3D Printing as his first foray into ... designing the model, Raymond knew he wanted a turntable for easily maneuvering ... lot of torque due to its size. The Nerf Gun In order for this to work

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  that two people both ordered food for the event. I was worried we would ... they'd leave. I waited on some random sidewalk for another fifteen ... laughed. He was apologetic for taking so long to cut my hair, when it had

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  IAP trip to the natural history museum! turns out nature's history is pretty cool

  

  of different unusual classes and events that you can sign up for -- but ... things that you don't need to sign up for. I went into this IAP with no ... scheduled around psets or paid for in punted psets. One such spontaneous

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  eating at me for a couple of days now and what better to rid yourself of ... were going to be friends for life. i thought this was it. i thought you ... once i got out of here. that i would make you feel sorry for ever

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  Lord knows that I've beat this dead horse and milked this subject for ... I don't like for the sake of getting it? I knew of 21E, but I had my ... pursuing computer science careers? or am I thought as lesser than for not

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  residential exploration, but without a residence on burton conner culture continuing to thrive

  

  little clue how things were run, but was now responsible for making REX ... with several space coordinators last spring to evaluate our options for ... submitting nine events for my floor, which was more than we've done in past

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2021