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• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can I find admissions statistics?

  If you're looking for admission statistics that's a good sign because ... students, and SAT/ACT score ranges for admitted students on the Admissions statistics page. The International Students Office has interesting stats on
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  , including one where you get to build furniture for your room (a picture of a ... seminar also serves as your freshman advisor. This way, you get to know the ... you want to get into and how long the waitlist is). Also, once you get

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  important for you to get your Calc GIR out of the way as soon as possible ... ) Besides, you're on pass/no record first semester, so what do you have to ... I feel slightly weird to be typing away on the MIT blogs again, when

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  soon as I went on a dorm tour during CPW. It helped me get a sense of all ... -specific events! A lot of clubs will hold CPW events for you to get to know the ... any specific questions you have while you're there :)   On that

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  program. Teams get evaluated based on how well they live these core values. You get judged not only on how many points your robot scores during the ... only based on how many points you scored, but by how well your team

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  , except now we get to use FPGAs that are more than 10x as powerful as the ... ="aligncenter" width="768"] Even Google's AI gets it wrong! However, I should note that ... rainforest to run."]entirely on a laptop[/annotation]. However, these

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  get back into running. I’ve been on break for too long, and it’s time to ... yet.  So now I know I need to make a change. But how? How do I get out ... strong enough to get things done on my own, and I shouldn't need help. In

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  selected to travel to Stanford Splash! Let me know if you're still available ... grad students excited to teach. Kids excited to learn on a weekend ... on their kid taking all the classes he or she wants to take (trust me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  getting a 100% and a 70% in a class will show up exactly the same on your transcript. hence, don't try to get a 100"]A, B, or C[/annotation]) or No ... would be a D or F). There are a few existing camps of advice on how to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  CHICON 2008 by C/4C Adam Fuhrmann '11, C/4C Patrick Ernst '11, and C/4C Daniel Darlington '11

  

  AAS business sessions in order to pass resolutions and make decisions on ... lot of useful information and gained insight as to how we can improve ... was also a Conclave-wide on-site activity during which everybody got

  • by ROTC
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  hard to imagine how it could have made the 20-mile trip across the ... about the point where my phone died, so I didn’t get to take pictures of ... wanting to be flown back home because he can’t work on the grounds during

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  browsing through some stores, I returned home to get ready to head to an ... th, but I know we're going to have a blast. July 3, I plan on checking ... time on the 4th leaves me high and dry in terms of getting remotely

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  money that I didn't get Lollapalooza tickets, but that they had put me on ... probably connected to a lot of deeper things than this blog can go into ... as productive as possible, I hate the idea of not being able to do

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  ! Anonymous asked, "Hi, Mollie! How did you and Adam get matched up with your ... ? And how did you get to be hosts? Are all the bloggers automatically ... getting to campus. If you're arriving by air, you can take the airport

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  on. Right: Mari and Gisele watch the serenade. Also related to ... finest memories of walking to class in the morning from my dorm were on ... years back (its site is now home to Novartis Institutes for Bio

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  you to read ;) -Cam *footnote: word on the street is that we’re getting ... are likely the ones viewing MIT admissions on smartphones, to whom I say ... reasonable pixel density compared to your phones. Yeah, text

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  how to keep students from cheating on them. Yesterday in 11.125, we ... also want your input on something else for 11.125. I need to sit in on ... does that huge increase in mass come from? I want to hear your answers

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  or stressed to work on anything but your psets. Here are some truths ... applications that I knew I wouldn’t get. I went to Blizzard’s on campus ... would like to get in contact with them to ask further questions, please

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men

  

  -generation... If both your parents went to MIT... If you intend to major in the ... rose to, “If you have fears about your ability to handle the workload ... fraternities, sororities and Independent Living Groups tried to get the MIT

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  reflecting on how I've spent my time outside of class. Of the various ... learn how to keep them motivated without frustrating them but also without ... breakfast and lunch each Saturday. I also had the opportunity to tour Google

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019