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FAQ / Interview
What if my interview is waived?
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FAQ / First-year application
Does MIT have required classes or language requirements?
We're often asked to recommend specific classes for high school students to increase their chances of admission. We don't have any required classes but consider an ideal preparation to include calculus, physics -
Blog / Challenges
New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done
machine for something Build 3 new things in the makerspaces Travel ... lectures for at least one class Watch 5 Studio Ghibli movies Watch ... something advertised on Dormspam Attend a sporting event for another -
Blog / Travel
[liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues
airport) for so long that blogging is the only thing that can keep me sane ... their business in for the entirety of the 6 hour flight. 8:30pm ... enough for dinner. [caption id="attachment_115909" align -
Blog / Academics & Research
Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.
appreciated the grading scheme for the class—fixed grade cutoffs with 20 “extra ... extra credit project for this class, I attended a panel where I got to ... ="attachment_112262" align="aligncenter" width="1400"] an assignment for 21W.744 -
Blog / Academics & Research
done with the b.s. 4 years of mit by the numbers
For my last blog as an undergraduate, there would be nothing more ... adjust to in-person MIT, classes for my major, a new dorm, mental health ... of teaching at MIT as well! I’ve been a TA for Single-Variable and -
Blog / Challenges
living away from home lessons learned
year and I've learned a lot. I lived for the first time with friends in a ... to learn over the past two years, or as much of it as I could, not for ... small reminders for myself for the future. finding a place Clearly -
Blog / Classes
four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule
I was taking a look at my calendar for next week, and I thought that ... seeing shooting stars for the first time because we’d gone hundreds of ... data for my thesis right now. It’s involved multiple reinstalls of Python -
Blog / Athletics
Skating or School? Why not both?
have in store for me. And yet, here I am, in my third year, still ... -time. Exams and psets I don't have enough time to study for or complete. Classes ... , training. The skating season is year-round, no breaks, hardly any room for -
Blog / MIT Life
East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"
. And yet I’ve been happy on the East Side for three years. That said, East Campus is not a dorm for everyone, but neither is any dorm at MIT ... community that fits you. For this post on East Campus pros and cons, I asked -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...
find summertime a particularly good season for the things I used to do ... those kids that would hide somewhere for six hours with a thick book (usually fantasy) until one of my parents found me and, for the millionth -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT
went a little differently for me as an upperclassman than it did for me ... seeing and doing on campus. They didn’t even register for the weekend ... together—or as back together as we can be until she comes home for Christmas -
Blog / Academics & Research
Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore
usually announcing an available UROP or a company seeking applicants for ... . Literally dozens of opportunities for you to explore new research or get a job ... experience I’m still stacking up on, which is a chance for me to babble about -
Blog / Academics & Research
Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal
for a tubular products company, TMK IPSCO. What I did not mention is ... to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one ... with some of the coolest people in the world. And it did happen for a -
Blog / IAP
Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people
, and it’s especially prevalent over IAP. I teach Hebrew for fun and as a ... especially useful for anyone planning on doing MISTI Israel. In one of the ... Engineering and Computer Science I'm doing two activities for this IAP. The -
Blog / Academics & Research
Campos on Campus A True Westside Story
major who has been a campus leader at MIT for the past 4 years. In ... . Check it out! So Andrea thanks for sitting down with me to do this ... for what I wanted to study. In my junior year I applied to the MITES -
Blog / Academics & Research
What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.
Well, for one thing, they are all whole numbers. For another, they ... you that =p SOOO it's T -2.5 days for all you Early Applicants! If you ... day, I'll be hopping on a jet plane, bound for the tropical island of -
Blog / Admissions
Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.
. This ended well for both parties - with a PARTY! Pun totally intended ... . Here goes: Zaira ponders: What type of laptop should I get for college ... , Marilee was def using a Macbook for her info session so I know that Macs