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• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Transfer Decisions Will Be Released Today May the Fourth, and also your transfer decisions, be with you

  

  students applied to transfer, and we have admitted 22. And as usual, we are ... about those we could not. As a former transfer student myself (not to MIT ... Today we're releasing our decisions regarding transfer applicants who

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  people around, if you need a nice big table and whiteboard to yourself ... have to pay a small membership fee. But in return for $20, I secured the ... embarked upon a journey -- a long journey! An arduous journey! -- to visit

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  , the right partner - only to realize much later that you have become dull ... simulation; you do not need to think too hard about trying to forecast the ... there are two popular approaches to moving a cart. the first one is

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends Tonight, It Ends Tonight On this evening / I give the final blow...

  

  .111 pset. One all-nighter. Wish me luck. ;) The semester is really coming to ... (after I'm done with the exam and the two psets I have to do after the exam) to update this entry with an account of my academic adventures for this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  , prickly to handle, and hasn't evolved significantly in the last 30 million ... . Exemption from the FEE gives you the sweet freedom to take any writing class ... orienteering, or chocolate tasting? Take an IAP class. Need to atone for your

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit a creative/maker portfolio as a QuestBridge applicant?

  are available for any applicant not able to cover the submission fee. ... required. To learn more about the different kinds of portfolios you can submit, as well as how to submit, please visit our Creative Portfolios page
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  you have created. You do not need to send in your research poster ... MIT. How much need I shorten these essays?" In a previous entry, I ... ?" You do not need to have any scholastic distinctions to be admitted to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  grateful for that. I felt like I had evolved too much for my environment to ... what you need to hear. For me, Wolf 359 was one of those things. My ... 's why I hate moving so much. I don't want to form any more ghosts. Our

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  has been much easier to take Harvard classes in the Spring term, when ... willing to bet this is what happened in your case. Transfer Student had a ... sent to the wrong address, does the entire application get discarded? If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  to being hosed again. There was so much I needed to do. Picking classes ... max throttle, trying to connect the dots and synthesize as much as I can ... to spend much time there. Somehow I ended up talking to companies and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  enjoyable. Together, they cost too much. I needed to relax; I needed to ... for IAP were to relax and cook. I needed time off, needed time for my own thoughts, needed time to breathe. I succeeded for some time

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  , you need to learn how to fall flat on your face. Despite the best ... figure out what's wrong and take steps to fix the problem, but much of the ... need to learn how to do is fail, but not let failure get you down. You

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  seemingly random PE requirement alongside everything, much to everyone ... undergrads must fulfill 8 "points" of PE. Transfer students need 4 points ... classes I absolutely need to take before I graduate: tennis and sailing

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  -mails from me. I had to switch Gmail accounts and transfer everything over ... I can remember, back when I was applying to MIT, there were two huge perks I was looking forward to if I got accepted. The first was a Brass

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  'm happy to report that I feel much better now. I was seriously out of it ... GIRs, I'd say no, that's not going to cover it. =) AP/IB/transfer credit ... need to do after that is a HASS concentration and another HASS-D, and all

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  a morning exam does. Despite what my 9.01 Intro to Neuroscience ... someone until you can be alone. You will not be able to handle unlimited ... Dear Members of the Class of 2022, It's been an absolute pleasure to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  much more than the material that is directly taught to you. If you’re a ... what the club actually does) UROPs (to try different areas of research ... part of this class, I was required to regularly read papers (once every

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  have a much better sense of what my laptop needs to handle. I actually ... . My setup is so much better now. When I need to make a PowerPoint for my ... much older laptop. Or the time I went to a company info session and was

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Quick Guide to Adobe Illustrator The very basics, for people who have never used it

  

  lines: To change any of the properties of your objects you need to ... handles (the pen tool guide talks about these). I'm going to make the dog ... Some of my blogger friends and non-blogger friends have asked me to

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • February 19, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  that much. By sophomore year of college, I had to declare my major. I ... most familiar with or have a Bachelors in, does not necessarily have to ... (more or less all of them) you need to be able to understand and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020