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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where are you going, where have you been? (Part I) Academics.

  

  little sad, but mostly, it makes me want to take a couple years off between college and grad school (haha). Then, I try to imagine what it would have ... every night, to have missed out on this education. It doesn't even

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  in teenage life, and what parents and educators can do to defuse them ... information common to all applicants, which can be very helpful to admissions ... universities to weigh individual characteristics more than SATs scores. Yes, it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.

  

  problems figuring out which motor to use for their robot. They tell you that ... , so they didn't know which motor to use. The robot builders decided to use a tachometer to measure the motor rotational speed as a function of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Decisions Coming soon to a web site near you!

  

  log in using the same username and password that you use to log into ... automated system to reset it. Simply visit my.mit.edu and click on the "lost ... need to register for one using your MIT ID, which was sent to you via

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  evolution of course numbers can be found here. It’s actually pretty fun to ... wrong with it.) I learned how to use a power drill and table saw at the ... ; Physical Oceanography from 1981-1983) and Course 23 (which used to be Modern

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch the “Wild” 2023 Final Presentations for 2.009: Product Engineering Processes something to watch while awaiting decisions

  

  asked a question of the Green Team. You can evaluate whether it was a ... time to watch them, you can read a PDF "pitch deck" for each product here ... fellow FIRST alumni out there, it’s sort of like FRC, but for products

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Should Go To Canada In which Kayla E. '15 and I took a spontaneous adventure to the great land…

  

  : So all in all, it was a successful and spontaneous adventure to the ... . She asked me if I wanted to go to Canada, and I said yes. About 24 hours ... adventure to Montreal in the great land of Canada. Neither of us had been to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  has been executed before, but it is no less impressive to perform it ... responsible, but it was executed perfectly and was a great way to end the last ... conversation were all equally fabulous, and it felt great to have an excuse to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  fast - i fear to look behind me, but i do anyway. i can’t see the end of ... extraordinary ramen? no. but it’s one that i’m always happy to go to, and santouka ... ramen around MIT?' is probably going to be this place here. yes, it's a

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  political news media that clung to its storyline of the race being a "tossup ... world that could use a lot more of it. Oh, and he might be a witch ... say that Nate Silver is as close to a rock star as you can get in the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.

  

  the Big Screw, 3pm, Friday A quick look in at the Ted Kennedy lecture ... problems, call us at the CPW Hotline: 617-258-6085. You may want to program it into your mobile phone now (if you have one), while you're thinking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I take a gap year?

  We encourage students to take a gap year to explore and grow. Every year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more students who request a gap year after being admitted to MIT. Taking a gap
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  A couple of weeks ago, it was too warm and humid to sleep, so I ... ease of college life. It's a wonderful luxury to drop the pretenses once ... : "There's always the temptation, when teaching a computer science class, to use a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  recevied such harsh but simultaneously useful feedback. It was also lovely to ... of the Fae was used to grieve loved ones, ie a mother that died in ... workshops where it felt difficult to address flaws directly, for fear of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  of The Tech since the marathon, so of course they decided to cover it ... with an unbelievably fast time. However, they instead chose to use this ... , you're probably going to look more like me than YiOu at the end of it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  ’ve even acquired 5 free shirts this semester. MIT needs to step its game up ... don’t believe it, to be honest. Sidequest 5: Pull a cool hack ... intention of doing it...except if I got accepted to PlayStation. Things have a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stocking Up Completely random but fun.

  

  to christen it with frozen goods in bulk. :) It's pretty economical to ... think it worked out to around $4.50 per person, which is a steal ... specifically. But it's college and they say this is when you're supposed to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  MIT that reiterates the theme: MIT is home. Yes, it can be hard. But despite everything, it’s hardest to leave. So what’s the third year like ... . Science is pretty amazing. And when it comes to amazing science, Professor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Splash. Was. Awesome. I taught: 3 classes, 5 sections, 246 kids.

  

  Room, for teacher registration. To be fair, it's no less chaotic in here ... my pizza horizons - I used to be a strictly mozzarella, or mozzarella ... - and the best part is that I can accompany it with a story from my summer

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it’s ok…you can get up and immediately continue on…” - Guts (actually

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022