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• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  that the pipes (a "symbol of the Anthropocene") are drawing our attention to the animals and parts of nature whose voices are "silenced ... . This is even more ironic if you know that Building 54 is named the Green

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / Events

  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  watched the second presidential debate. How do I make the most out of MIT ...  MacArthur 'Genius' Grant winner - held a reading of his new book, This is How You Lose ... -lecture on "What MUJI and Design Can Offer the World of the Future". They

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• 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?

  disruptions over the past few years. Some of these may have impacted your ... school can make available to us and consider them in the context of your ... choose the type of grades you want to send us. Numerical or letter grades
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  Japanese textbook for beginners. My goal is to finish Genki II by the end of ... of the instructors. The first two lectures or so were focused on using ... in the class). Differentiating between the lingo of add, commit, push

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  ; walking from one side of campus to the other took less than 4 minutes. MIT on the other hand, is not a rectangle (in fact it feels like the most ... a mailing list to know where to get the free food), and of course

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  memorization, but rather if you truly understand the metrial. MIT is dedicated ... groups, and the first year is graded on a pass/no record system. While your ... getting in the way of their schoolwork.
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  ://songformelis.com/ Yup, it was one of the best presents ever. This entry is short and not ... am: Ah, the bond of the brass rat: At 9:45ish, we began to leave ... members of the MIT community stood on Amherst Alley and Memorial Drive to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  St. George’s Day England's National Day

  

  another MITer at the time and neither of us knew what St. George's Day was ... entry on 23rd April but I'm in the middle of exams. Very stressful. More ... of us in the comments below. Anyway, I was pretty curious to see what

  • by Cambridge
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action this year I'm so impressed with our applicants

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... students represent some of the best minds and exceptional stars of our future ... exceptionally talented, intelligent individuals. The highly selective nature of

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  Happy new year everyone! I've been out with the flu most of this ... just blows. Most of the time I can ignore it and power ahead, but the flu ... date instead of by user-preferences. Based on the feedback I've recevied

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  long alumni typically wear it – I’ve spotted it on the fingers of a few ... tempted by the fruits of Silicon Valley or otherwise find their passion ... ). One can of course see that from my resume, but the ring has occasionally

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  towards the advancement of underserved communities. Alia Whitney-Johnson, a ... teaching the art of jewelry making to eighteen Sri Lankan young mothers in a ... language barrier and recalls discovering the power of non

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Truth About Science comic-style.

  

  So the good news is that the series of scientific mishaps I blogged ... spend a significant portion of the next 72 hours taking full advantage of ... about the realities of science. I've edited out expletives, in order to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students: MyMIT Updated Important and cool new information on MyMIT: check it out now.

  

  . Across the country (and across the world) there will be meetings of students admitted to the Class of 2010, as soon as this Saturday! Check out the schedule so you can find out when the meeting in your area is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  preparation includes—at the very least—one year each of college-level calculus ... institutional offerings. The transfer admissions process is highly competitive ... of 35–50 who apply for the spring term, we've admitted from 0–5; for
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 Pt.2 lecture videos go brr

  

  This is an (albeit short) update of this post from a while back ... time here thus far. So far on the blogs, I have written about two of them ... to write about a few more of these projects over the summer, but I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Write about Tea (with tea (with Paige))

  

  Sinclair. At one point in the show, Esther is described to be the sort of ... CJ historian but for the history of myself throughout the years, and ... history book in the form of blogposts). And when I first started out

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 24, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  're done.” Don’t think of all the ways you could have made the application, or the life described in it, better. Think of your wonderful high school adventures. MIT is not the goal. It never was. No one can see the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  campus tours, the sun is shining beautifully, the steps of the Student ... energy on campus right now is absolutely amazing. The Infinite Coordidor is ... unraveling the mysteries of Sn2 reactions and E1/E2 elimination. We followed

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  organization on Harvard's campus. The shelter is in the basement of the ... Bruce. The three of us speedwalked down the Infinite Corridor, and a sophomore named Kirstyn joined us. The four of us booked it across campus

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013