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• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  There's no formula for gaining transfer admission to MIT. There's no minimum required GPA; however, competitive applicants typically have a 3 ... good match and who we feel would bring something unique and special to
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  of a week-and-a-half of them, running from 9/10/19 to 9/19/19. While ... noting on a blog read by students aspiring to study at a school fascinated ... would be fair to call Nick a palindrome enthusiast; indeed, also a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Events

  MIT IreneCam tracking the storm - here and on the web.

  

  I've decamped from the Boston area northwards to New Hampshire for the weekend. My house in the suburbs of Cambridge, while high enough to avoid flooding in nonapocalyptic scenarios, is almost certain to lose

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 28, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  students to attend than ever before. And I'll be working with the web team ... this poster, printed it out on 11x17" glossy paper, and affixed it to his ... ; the words "uncontrollable shrieking" may have been used to describe what

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where I’ve Been All this time ...

  

  hostage; not completely involuntary I would say. It’s so easy to go into ... ’s the inside via webcam shots… Someone decided to put all the pages from ... – that’s how I function. Using a stool to press down on a drying foam

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  translates to a lot of verbiage. And while there's nothing wrong with new posts ... think it's important to recognize this. There are some truly beautiful entries here. So that's the motivation behind this entry: to repost some of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  : Integrated Chemical Engineering 12:00 - 1:00 PM: Lunch/Time to breathe 1:00 - 2 ... was awake. "Hey Boone, I went to office hours for ICE tonight." "Cool ... 't do MIT alone. You'll need friends to teach you and support you, to make

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If the roots are imaginary, then the dots will be blue… Diff EQ what now?

  

  decided that upon my return, I'd treat you to my collection of 18.03 quotes ... because I'm acting like it's going to be an integral." "I think I'd better ... Hampshire and Vermont, them being right next to each other and all. New

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Energy Forum Come drink from the solar-paneled firehose. ("Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, because your grandchildren…

  

  President Hockfield formed the Energy Research Council to "assess the scope of MIT energy research, explore how to best match MIT expertise with global needs and produce a plan for a cohesive initiative to tackle the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Go White Sox! I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had…

  chance to go to games one and two in Chicago this past weekend with my ... and haven't won a World Series since 1917 so I figured I had to take ... have been going to White Sox games since I was four years old and have a

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  a variety of departments, have been... 9.00 Intro to Psychology (Fall '04, Wolfe) - There are a lot of requirement-filling "perks" to this ... Course 9 majors, with a heavy systems neuroscience focus. You get to play

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  world send teams of 4-6 high school students to represent their nation in ... competing countries participated. Contestants attempt to solve 6 math problems ... 's hardest problems: In a mathematical competition, 6 problems were posed to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Snowy Birthday Party the #IAParty2011 is just beginning

  

  birthday celebration. Alumni and community from all over are making trips to Cambridge to see and remember all the great things that have come out of our ... months now to gather all the history and artifacts they can muster to make

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Undergraduates by Major AND Professor Auroux. Don't miss it.

  

  -'10). O is "undeclared sophomores". Forgot to list CMS though (16 students). =/ Hahaha it's actually a pretty hard to read graph, but it's sequential by ... you find yourself bored at home with nothing to do this break, LEARN

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 28, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and build working alpha ... must work effectively to realize this task, so students also learn about ... and took a leave from MIT to become the founding CEO of HelmetHub, which

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  ] students work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and ... alpha prototype. The large teams must work effectively to realize ... MIT to become the founding CEO of HelmetHub, which he blogged about here

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DarkMatters, Green and Wild, Chocolate Cake and Raspberries around here lately (with pictures)

  

  months. It heartened me to be in that room, with the coolest collection of people and poets and activists, and to see students caring about social ... making maps. Somehow, between classes, cooking, and solo field trips to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  : (I was supposed to be a Wellesley girl.  No, I was not prepared for ... enough chocolate in general to sink a small ship, midnight did indeed roll ... guilt, over to the east side of campus, and stood in a semicircle under

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cats!! I love where I live!!

  

  decided that he wanted to mosey on into the room of Duncan '13.  The top ... window is fixed and with a screen. But that day, there was no screen to ... decided to jump out the window. I'm not sure how he got up there, but he did

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of ... Much Clue. To give you a flavor of the Hunt, I decided I'd post here four ... IAVYNTYX JU VT YJYS". Cookie Monster An Ax To Grind TREE LOGS: ACK ADE

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008