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• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  won't teach you as much about the SATs, it's a good way to get you ... TA you like the best and go back to sleep.) So I finished my first ... , and it IS pass/no record. This way it also works out so I get finished

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  . The best rule of thumb is to go with what really interests you, because ... must win to get into MIT, like there is no set course of actions that ... with your SAT scores is anything above a 700 in each category (the same

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  to the application fee, choose the fee waiver option. There is no need ... your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT from ... your application is complete by then and you did not match. We can

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  lesson to take away from this is, well, I’m okay. Here’s a list of the ways ... : N/A   Ok. Now let’s get to the juicy stuff.   21W.755 ... , dropping my A to a C. The sad part is that I still cared, even though it was

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  not just because it took two buses, the T, and an hour to get there). I ... you down the toilet and drag you out by ...well, you get the imagery. At ... next semester is going to be a lot more challenging. It’s the end of Pass

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  geography. That is to say, many international students live in the US, and ... need to give a student during the admissions process. What we do is choose the best students we can without regard to how much money they will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  killian and up to the big dome, and think about how wild it is that i'm here ... biased to believe that because the ways that i changed in college were more ... how i interpret those values, the ways i choose to live them out, the

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Events

  A not-so-typical day in the post-FYRE life Reporting live from ESP's Firestorm

  

  exam. By noon, I was bored with the GRE practice exam, and decided to use ... Milliseconds of 35 MIllisecond Pulsars How to Finish Your HASS Requirement in 50 ... Theory, or How I Learned to Stop Losing and Love Math -The Cities of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston becomes Pottersville The MIT area is full of celebrations for the release of "Harry Potter and the…

  

  on by the Charles Hotel here in Cambridge. Their plan is to turn ... away), there promises to be possibly the best of the area's events ... book directly to your room. In the hotel's courtyard, they'll have an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  tuesday another blog about an ordinary day

  

  the door by 9:45. 10:00 AM arrive at work. my 'commute' is a foggy, yet ... what kubernetes is for a moment to walk to the desk of [annotation note ... phone to see the message, "Lunch is running late." i decide to play beat

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • August 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  what has happened or is on the schedule to happen today. My day started ... and talk about things, and how to cope with the pressure that is MIT ... would have the most common allergy, an allergy to Nickel, which is a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  want to get a UROP for the spring? Should I take another technical class ... -country-bread. Anyway, the takeaway here is that IAP is a great time to try new things and ... pencil down and saying goodbye to genetics, at least for the time being, I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  streetlights, and the path by Harvard is crooked and bumpy, the asphalt broken by ... Cambridge: the closing times of cafes, the bus routes and T stops, how to get ... lab, a 25-minute walk down Mass Ave. Usually the day is clear, or

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  . And one way he did it is by encouraging us to daydream. Thank you ... As I mentioned earlier, Neil Gaiman is coming to MIT! The lecture he ... expecting Neil to be here by now. There is A few people start clapping (widely

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  comments that entry received: "So, what can our students do to get your fair ... your AP courses. In many schools, I know, AP courses are the best (and ... . What makes me sad is when students focus on their studies to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  impossible not to notice the tremendous amount of resources that MIT is pouring ... , takes the principles of D-Lab: Design to a real-world level by showing you ... semester to delve into how grand the problem of poverty is and the kinds of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  : how to delegate things. delegate is a fancy word meaning getting someone else to do it. in esp we have a saying, which is "your job is not to do ... that responding to emails quickly helps get things done faster. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  Steve Jobs, take a moment to think if that's your best choice. The goal is ... The following is a guest post by Jorge T. '18.   The Power ... Speech at Stanford, Steve Jobs said, “Have the courage to follow your heart

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We all campus for iCampus Innovation and Entrepreneurship: We all love iCampus! (~8 pictures)

  

  , "Academics" it is. The MIT Outreach Initiative "seeks to disseminate ... charges up your energy meter. The energy meter is depleted every time you ... goal, isn't it? The Outreach Initiative with which I am most familiar is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  things that make noises for those lost

  

  't really seem to get rid of. it gets in the way of your coherent thoughts and ... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA in your head. this is fear. a close cousin to anxiety, but not ... respond to fear. this is known as a fight or flight reaction: your heart

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 15, 2023