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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  talking to someone whom they suspect does not know the numbering system. I ... classes per semester... It does not look strikingly difficult to me, but ... class again at MIT. MIT usually does not offer credit for classes taken

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  with it Why does anyone care what I think of this pie The 1 to 10 ... . More questions. “What?  How does that work?” I explained, “There are only

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  .   Conversation #2 (assuming there is an answer to my first question) Me: Does the ... over.   Conversation #3 Me: What does your essay say about you as a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  does not guarantee success or happiness, but it does maximize one

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  squirrel--isn’t it cute? how does it survive? why is it scared? Pluck a blade of grass--isn’t it green? how does it survive? did it just die? If you

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  does it feel like to be one of the richest people in the world?' I'm way ... academic question, and then - "So I'm curious...how does being such a rich

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  natural follow-up question to that is often, "so does visiting campus or ... improve what we do on an annual basis, but at no point does information

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My first real internship

  

  Quick, what does an atom bomb, the plural form of a famous Texas battle, and hiking have to do with each other? hmmm... If you guessed ... big deal. So where does hiking fit into all this? and what about that

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  . - When chuck Norris does division, there are no remainders. - The First ... Norris does not know about this list. If he did he would have just deleted

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  asked: How much time does a sport at MIT really take up? I'm sure you ... answer. Does MIT have official colors? I can't tell, because the My MIT

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 06 The inside scoop on all 54 units I am taking this semester

  

  newspaper and where can you turn for detailed information on a fund? How does ... trustees play in fund governance? How does mutual fund regulation affect

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Is this real? The party called IAP continues.

  

  a better scientist. Become a better MIT student. What does it mean to ... technological world: what does this mean for human life, both individually and

  • by Bryan
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  this, so it is not held against you). It does not matter on what date ... (which does include geography, among other things). We do not admit by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  , what does diversity mean to an Admissions Selection Committee? Here are ... . Please click here. (Warning - this site does require a broadband connection

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  undergraduate but also graduate departments. MIT does not have graduate programs ... radar. What does this mean for you? For one thing, it means you'll have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  just like a View-Master does. The screen actually displays two images ... one image to enter each eye, and your brain does the rest. You cannot

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  store brand does NOT taste any different from the name brand. 10. I still ... classes, does the most psets, participates in the most extracurriculars, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  , "I'm so confused. MIT has a beaver? But so does Caltech." Right. The ... ???" MIT does have at least a three day weekend every month (see last weekend ... our E3 cards or is everything still being sorted? Does MIT sends out a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  some good news before the competition does. This courtship, which can ... 't have any early notification is that MIT does its notification pretty

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Live Writing] MARC 2024 A big meeting about small things

  

  computers, better ways to power those computers, and even new ways to save ... (living things and saving people in hospitals) Putting useful stuff into

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2024