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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  students were required to learn not only math and science, but French and ... and not, as every tour guide everywhere ever has lied to you, because a ... important in education and how it has tried to build that into a lasting

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  I and II," shortened to "J-lab" (an abbreviation of Junior Lab, as it ... energy balances, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer ... biological engineering. To "prove your worth" to the department and earn a

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007
• FAQ / Testing

  How does MIT consider test scores? Does MIT Superscore?

  We require the SAT or the ACT from first year and transfer applicants ... . Standardized tests are required for every first-year application to MIT. However ... evaluated within an applicant's context. To view test score statistics from
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  wanted to preface this post real quick by jumping in and giving a little ... evolved into a larger research expedition of creating a chess engine and ... very happy and full to see this project go public and I hope you love it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  you just as much as you want to get to know MIT and if it'll be a good ... Office/Grey's Anatomy, and went to four hours of straight classes followed ... , each of the dorms have their own culture and you get to choose which one

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  roast chicken-mashed avocado-jicama sandwich and talking to my sister on ... manager has sidled up to the counter and is standing behind his employee, smiling very uncomfortably and waiting for the scene to play out. The man

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  in Boston to celebrate gaming, and it is completely free to the public. (But actually it was awesome, and much like a baby-PAX – a video game ... around 10am, got my pass and a guidebook around 10:45, and headed over to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Events

  RecomMITted On Ring Delivery and the halfway mark

  

  at the same 8.02 table — and have continued to take classes together ... suitemates, reuinited. From left to right, Madiha S. '19, me, Lily J. '19, and ... my older brother close to home. Why I left everything I knew and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 2, 2017
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  A Summer in DC what i've been up to this summer!

  

  've been to DC three times before this summer: once on a middle school field ... making. It was very wholesome, and he gave me a few tips on how to get ... ="Undergraduate Association"]UA[/annotation] and East Campus, and she pivoted to culinary school

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • July 30, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  same energy. The streets were full of fraternity vans trying to snag new ... topic. (In order: Design and Manufacturing II, Introduction to Robotics, Microeconomics, and Thermo-Fluids Engineering). Overall, a great start to the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  my friendships were limited to class time and extracurriculars. I ... . And I don't know why it took until coming here to realize that I'm my own person and that I have to take care of myself and I have to make

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  down lines at a specific place, as they come to you, and from that craft ... more, as I had to adhere to the rules and still deliver beauty and meaning. Also, rhyme schemes and rhythm create good effects. As the summer

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Weekend of Hacking three events, one weekend

  

  Arts Hacking Arts is a festival and hackathon that aims to create new ... to compete in these three hackathons: HackMIT, Hacking Arts, and MIT ... alike compete to think up and build innovative software and hardware

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 24, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT announces new College of Computing coordinating the teaching, research, and ethics of AI across all programs of study

  

  , research and innovation, and to prepare our students to lead in every domain ... enabling new research in every discipline and new solutions to daunting problems. At the same time, it is creating ethical strains and human

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  's say you're a student who's interested in MIT, and you want to continue ... going to open mic sessions and symphony hall performances - if you end up ... Music and Incredible Theatre, is going to leave you no opportunity to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to be ... your updated grades since you have applied, and to mention other updates ... students, and students already out of school. You do not need to have a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Applicants should submit this form ASAP, by February 15th.

  

  Midyear Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to ... provide your updated grades since you have applied, and to mention other ... fields for your to report your coursework and grades. This is similar to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  tendency of opening too many windows so my computer crashed and I had to ... among physicists: They have become the first to create a new type of ... So today at work, I had a little "free time" so I decided to peruse

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  'd share the two that I have and do some reflecting on who I used to be ... your aps and stuff, but at least you didn't have to do fencing or ... uncertainty, trying to keep my GPA up and balancing a variety of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  time to dress myself and perform my morning rituals (namely brushing my teeth and popping my contacts out, among other things) before I need to be ... conveniently close to a lot of things, something I grow more and more thankful of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014