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• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  Electronics” and held at the Media Lab which has to be the coolest building on ... (Take a look at “My Monday” by Yuliya K. '18 for her day in the life ... elevator art on point? (We’re the Home of the Velociraptors, in case you were

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  will be another free sneak preview in a couple weeks (just before CPW): Disturbia, which appears to be a bad remake of Rear Window. One of the best ... informing the crowd when the movie will show, for example, "Next Friday and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• 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?

  pass/fail instead of with a letter grade, you can use the additional ... 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
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  will melt, whereas in Burlington it never does, so towards the end of the ... at the College of William and Mary before swiftly transferring) so when ... the Nashua area of NH. Despite being very close to one another, the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three

  

  In the near future, MIT Admissions will release the EA decisions. To ... be denied by MIT, but it still felt strangely ceremonial. When the ... know that Decision Day can be difficult, but your door will open, even if

  • by Ella T. '25
  • December 6, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  on the internet did not turn out to be helpful. You can find things ... On Wednesday evening, right before the first 8.01 midterm, I had an ... would fail my test even harder than I was already going to fail it. I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Will the pie be bitter or sweet? Hint: it's a trick question.

  

  , inappropriately timed humor, and meme pictures. There will ultimately be a binary outcome to the decision you receive from MIT, and the odds are heavily ... While I may lack Ben's ability to speak to the heart, Matt's wisdom

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 11, 2011
• FAQ / Testing

  How does MIT consider test scores? Does MIT Superscore?

  We require the SAT or the ACT from first year and transfer applicants ...  page. Superscore If you take the same test multiple times, we will consider the ... exams taken, and MIT will consider the super-score in our review process.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  they keep on failing, but the biggest lesson that I learned this semester ... mice running amok? I think even the Pied Piper will have a tough time with that). Prospective bio majors - you will soon come to know the magic

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  sit in the back, I was failing quizzes, didn't understand the material ... fail. Completely miserable, frustrated, and on the verge of tears, I ... frustrated, failing everything, and can't see the light at the end of the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  list is used to manage the uncertainty of knowing how many students will ... list is closed, and we will not be admitted any more first-year students ... decisions for students who were on the wait list for the Class of 2023. If you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  might tell my kids about, the "college friends" that will inevitably pop ... believe them to be in my head and now I find it difficult to resolve the ... emotional investment in the relationship. I do not believe my friends to be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  Mitra and put up a really simple temporary design for the time being. So I ... (who buy the computers we use) would be so totally confused by the ... problem and once I figure it out, I will be sure to post an informative

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Central Ohio Summer Send-Off Event celebrating the Infinite Connection

  

  after leaving, and the alums might as well be us, secretly transferred ... The first MIT sign appears on the corner of the gracefully named Emerald Parkway 20 walking minutes from the destination. Whoever made the

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

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  that I would, in fact, be attending their school in the fall, I thought I ... you can determine that, the better off you'll be. 3. A social life is ... miserable. So miserable that I even uttered the word "transfer" in a phone

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  be the poster child for "people who get headaches listening to ... and my parents (who buy the computers we use) would be so totally ... still work there, and it's actually turning out to be the activity at MIT

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  of this class you will "definitely" be taking. And don’t question the ... transfer credit examiner with the syllabus of the class (that the professor sent you) for approval. Step 5: Attend the first class, without being

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  pressure is placed on it, so I will have to wear the boot for the remaining ... virtual office hours. I was then transferred over to the Dean on Call and I ... and so far it has the potential to be: I'm part of things I'm passionate

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my downtime (besides playing with Legos) is watching the Colbert Report, which ... recently coauthored a book on how higher education is failing in America

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  reached by now. Will my application be adversely affected if the scores dont ... my ISFAA and the note from the counsellor? Also, will it be a problem ... activity and 6 words on another (under on the rest). Will this be a problem

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005