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• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  groups, and the first year is graded on a pass/no record system. While your ... how to use them. Professors aren’t as concerned about if an experiment ... uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Decisive Battle The one examining "Turkey vs. Spam" on the almost-literal level.

  

  witness to the ultimate showdown between Turkey and Spam. Despite a two-hour food coma immediately after dinner, I think it's pretty safe to say that I emerged victorious. I wanted to turn the turkey carcass into usable

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  memorial for a dorm goodbye east campus (for now)

  

  on memories to save them the closer and closer i zoom into this ... need to have some sort of memorial service to commemorate the death of ... right now i felt the need to do this because i will miss you, in a way

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  MIT students love to make change happen. This could be in the form of ... years already?!?!), this was the page I took to heart: The Match Between ... population that strives to make the world better in some small (or big!) way

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  , but also in the knowledge tested on exams.  You can't expect to skate by ... on the block." In fact, I'll be a full-fledged crusty sophomore as soon as the first 2017s step on campus. (Thankfully, I'm still an

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  data diaries inspired by Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec's "Dear Data"

  

  Bluebiked to Star Market (off map) in Somerville to restock on frozen fries ... , I am now thinking that supermarket basil plants are bound to die. On ... ribs. We were stuffed by the time we got to rib #7. After dumping my

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 5, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have letter grades for some of my coursework or have chosen to take a class pass/fail?

  information section on the self-reported coursework page to provide additional ... school can make available to us and consider them in the context of your ... assessments, or something else. In some cases, you may have the ability to
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  . IAP is another name of the month of January. Some people may be quick to ... thing to buy was the mystery bag. The mystery bag was a veritable wealth of the glorious unknown. The mystery bag was an opportunity to purchase

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the notes i took in a week riveting stuff, i know

  

  itself focuses primarily on the computation aspect of the course- teaching us how to solve problems using Matlab- the lectures provide the ... recitation. For the week I’ve decided to share, we were using angular momentum

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Facebook & Google Plus open thread on social media. teach me something.

  

  right now, I'd like to discuss something that's been on my mind for a few ... community involvement on our website via the blogs several years ago. But ... involvement that used to happen in the blog comments now takes place elsewhere

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  to be here at MIT without you and all the lessons you've taught me ... I'm able to have because of you, as well as the future I have ahead of ... . "Kindred spirits," so to speak, as Anne of Green Gables might say--the best

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  worked as a secretary and a waitress, Moore was the first in her family to ... . Bush nominated her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC, she became the youngest person to join the federal

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

  the northern hemisphere from March to May and in the southern hemisphere ... my breakfast on the back porch. I had class at Harvard, the only school ... Eden on the grass and she slept off some stress in the sun. This time of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  So over the past couple of days, our FPOP has done some pretty cool stuff. Day One: - we heard a talk from a postdoc, Lyle Simmons, on DNA ... Dynamics in the Tiny Bacterial Cell, in the Fall. - we toured the Broad

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  finger as crowds amassed on the sidelines to see what the commotion was ... Capstone courses, and it has to be the best class at MIT by a long shot. You ... prototypes for a presentation every day for several hours. I was in the shop on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  . On the plus side, this led to a really funny conversation where I tried ... have cool things to talk about. I'm sure you're all excited. In the ... requirements at once. On the other hand, it is offered every semester, so it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Chasing Roots, Part One During an overnight stay in Milan, I traversed several generations to explore musical history in…

  

  can be heard on tracks of Beck's Odelay album). And during the late 1800 ... . During my overnight stay in Milan, I travelled the roads of time to meet ... Fondazione Giuseppe Verdi, was established at the turn of the century to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  . Basically 2.001 teaches you the stuff you need to know to figure out that ... problem to someone else suddenly makes the solution clear). Rick is in 6 ... everyone on the planet with an Internet connection, let me redeem myself by

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  not to take life too seriously. As a senior, I’ve been on the prowl for post-graduation opportunities. This means talking to the career ... seemed like we tried everything to get the reaction to happen on both sides

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/14, at 12:14 PM ET

  

  our automated system to reset it. Simply visit MyMIT and click on the ... next Saturday, 12/14, at 12:14 PM ET.   To check your decision on ... decision on the 14th, you should visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 6, 2013