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• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  office will again suspend our usual SAT/ACT testing requirement for next year's application cycle. In simple terms, here's what this means for ... have SAT/ACT scores for a student, we can more confidently assess their

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  semester to create an object and then turn the object into a vessel. For a ... for context) For the first half of this class, we had to take a ... this tutorial for making stress balls using slime and fishnets. The

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  These are the droids you’re looking for (on Pi Day) beep boop boop BEEEEEP

  

  now for applicants to confirm their login ability and decision

  • by Decisions Droid
  • March 7, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  1 Week of Meals for $8: How-To’s and Tricks Tackling Food Insecurity

  

  packages over the summer and IAP Advocated for a low-cost student-run market Facilitated food pantry "cooking cupboards" in all dorms for short-term food insecurity Been a voice for the 10% of students that have lacked

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • May 2, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  diverse and talented group of students who are a good match for MIT's unique ... /ACT requirement for future admissions cycles. Our research shows standardized tests ... otherwise demonstrate their readiness for MIT. We believe a requirement is

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  up for classes. I'm co-teaching an a first-year advising seminar on media and the election, and so for the past week I've been meeting with ... them signed up for a new discovery subject being offered by Course 7

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  email address that you used for your QuestBridge application. Do not ... , please allow 7–10 business days for this to be reflected on your Applicant ... for you. If you are selected as a QuestBridge Finalist, you will be able
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  street is that this could mean a Nobel Prize for MIT's Prof. Alan Guth ... off to find exam booklets for me. Twenty seconds later, I had a fangirl ... your advisor. Please use him as a resource for helping you make the most

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  ("Beethoven to Mahler", for you words people) takes up the baton and covers ... history community about whether and for how long they actually met (an afternoon? a week?) but for some reason their partnership never took off

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  write about like the first-year bloggers have been doing (at least not for ... workings of the black-box tools we took for granted in 6.2050. For example ... that we weren’t smart enough for/didn’t have enough time to cover in 6

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Class Projects

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

  

  (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it’s sort of like FRC, but for products ... time to watch them, you can read a PDF "pitch deck" for each product here

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2023
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  At the very least, we recommend you have one full year of both calculus (or higher level of math, whichever meets your ability level) and calculus-based physics. It’s rare that…
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  future, have some kind of plan for learning more about this interrelation ... maintenance for years (while laying off safety workers and awarding millions in ... Guatemala and Honduras. Meanwhile, workers advocating for a better wage may be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  astrometry, UVA now uses it primarily for teaching and public outreach. On the ... cluster in the dome, waiting for their turn to climb up the wooden steps and ... (yay!) as well as new friends. After my radio astro talk, I talked for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  research endeavors. As an MIT undergrad, he worked for two and half years Ram ... the Boston skyline, it seems that life is good for Berry and he admits ... Institute “adheres to the purposes for which it was chartered and that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  the "nerd culture" that MIT is known for, but it’s also tradition to ... moonlight’s full, Only at the BLOOD MOON FESTIVAL." FRANK: I'm just going for ... left for the Fest. As I walked down the Infinite Corridor, the 251-meter

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  that you totally sound ready for 7.013. and I do have your jeans. And

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  All the advice you’ll need for the next twelve hours not clickbait

  

  It’s okay to feel anxious or excited or nervous. But if you can, please breathe, relax, and ground yourself. If the emotions become too much to handle, there’s no shame…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  for whom CPW felt like a whirlwind of an experience, 3.14 days that ... and visiting this dorm, Burton Conner, for a free Thai food event. I ... part of the floor Burton One. They held a distinct passion for the color

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Night I Shared A Stage With Marilee Photos of a star, by a Star.

  

  Thanks to Star Simpson (MIT '10) for these fantastic photos! Sorry it took so long for me to get them on the site. New entry coming soon - but enjoy these in the meantime. :-) Also for your enjoyment: cannon shirts

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2006