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• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  people fret over what to wear; its one of the things you can control ... able to use my IELTS score instead of TOEFL for admissions? Also, can we ... , but it would be troublesome if the name I use there is different to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  ), and I'm heading to a PhD program in biology. And it's all super ... Although I do make active attempts to avoid goopiness and ... a woman who cries at telephone commercials, and I'm actively trying to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?

  've already mastered introductory coursework at MIT, then you can take an ASE to test out of it. It's essentially like sitting the final before the class ... Advanced Standing Examinations are one way to earn credit for MIT
• Blog / Travel

  spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen

  

  it in New Orleans, so I told myself I needed to finish the paper by the ... the day, and we decided to take it as a sign to go back to the hostel ... together to form the never-ending firehose, and there's really no escaping it

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 16, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  ever fall into the Charles River that borders MIT campus, you can swim to ... test, which requires you to tread water for FIVE MINUTES. I can’t even ... ]https://youtu.be/0XfTtIvuWUg[/embed] I’ll be the first to say it: The swim test is

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  science has progressed to the point where we can predict solar eclipses and ... MIThenge today - not to worry!  It's predicted to happen again tomorrow, 2012 ... If you hang around MIT long enough you'll begin to notice some

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happiness ...can now be found on a website

  

  , haha) could have been used to describe me. Thanks to one of my friends ... . It gives people all over the world a chance to submit stories about ... entry coming soon!) counselor - I've had a chance to spend a little more

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  overnight. It is not yet close to the summers I’m used to, the August I used to run in. But it’s getting closer, and each uptick in temperature is ... expected the faucet water to be lukewarm when I asked for cold, the way it

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  multiple times a day. It started out with small jogs to the museum of science ... started to hurt to walk. However, it did not hurt to run. Then there was a ... Kayla E. '15 and I decided that it was a great idea to go out for a run

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  ) find safe places from which you can access the Internet in order to send ... his bribe? Or will you go into danger to save it for him? The cameras ... can be done in the games, many of them choose to write a game of their

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  live with it. In the meantime, all I can do is hold on to the people that ... will not be able to do any of this justice.  But here it goes anyway. A ... . Acquaintances that I had gotten used to being around, but no longer see on the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  MIT's campus. It only opened its doors to students this winter, so the ... days like this it doesn't look all that bad. Welcome to New Vassar! Tim ... were actually able to use them. This outdoor space is quite promising

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  this useful information about early action. I will refer to it often and ... international applicant competition is so intense that it really is important to ... upon early acceptance. MIT, with its EA program, doesn't require you to

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  use, where each class has its own forum for students to ask questions ... we possibly be about to be seniors? How could it be our[annotation note ... 'm cataloguing them all for a blog post, but it's not ready yet; I want to collect

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  infinite universe, but is it really possible? Can we use our finite lives to ... work to get grants, artists get stuck in bubbles that make it hard for ... harms our creativity by subduing it to an audience. This is dangerous

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  you live, a visit to MIT can be expensive and a little time consuming ... new Macbook) and so I just used that. I don't know how to resize them ... you may be used to. Anywho, I was wandering down the infinite corridor

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  at eye level or beneath you. I don't think I'll ever get used to it ...   While it's easy to think and talk about the incredible ... it's much akin to trying to appreciate the shirt your friend is wearing

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  A quick entry, before returning to reading applications... I am ... geek (like me), it's hard not to be fascinated by perfect numbers and ... Euclid. They are also related to Mersenne primes: every Mersenne prime

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fresh Food! Here at last!

  

  body at large use this and see it have a positive impact on health and ... love. Right now, it's 11:54AM. I happened to get out of class early today ... student has got to eat. In fact, all college students need to eat (hopefully

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 31, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  seen. Not to mention that someone changed, "If I can solve it, you owe me a million dollars" to "I can solve it, you owe me a million dollars ... wheels on them so you can roll them out into the lobby for visitors to see

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022