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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  values calculated here were based off of the fact that there were 95 ... . That’s not to say that I had no work. Each of the three videos for my ... , so I had plenty of time to evaluate my course load for the semester

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  ’ll calculate the ratio of the number of scribbled cross-outs to the number of ... . Smart mathematicians use pencils. The rest of the trip went smoothly ... : the first week of orientation is (almost) dedicated to REX, or Residence

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of ... myself back in the auditorium listening to the final round of presentations ... with the sisters of Alpha Chi Omega (abbreviated as “AXO”) from 8 to 9 pm

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• FAQ / International applicants

  What is the Secondary School Report?

  the results of any external examinations, such as the International ... The Secondary School Report Form is designed for U.S. school systems ... schools do not calculate GPA, class rank, and other statistics, so your
• Blog / Classes

  Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics

  

  simultaneously was not good enough for me to take 8.012, the advanced version of ... physics. I like to think that, anyway. The authors of this textbook make ... thought that it would be more of the same; but I couldn’t not go, for it

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  work to maybe get to where he is one day, and at the end of the day, no ... in the work to be smart? Frankly, it's the latter. But my complex and ... of a school is cuts deep and runs strong. I want to be smart. I want to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Little Rectangles Thoughts from Junior spring

  

  the back of my mind. It started as snippits and sentences that came to ... weeks. And now here we are. Welcome to the Thoughts of Taylor ... multiply the length times height. So you can calculate the area of that

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  meticulously calculating each of my grades to see what I need on each assignment ... 'd really like to get physics out of the way this year. Thus, I need to pass 8 ... , Cellverse, which aims to help high school students learn the layout of a cell

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes—Fall 05

  

  It's always awkward to post an entry about my classes for the ... , the author of the class textbook!!) format: two 1.5 hour lectures a week ... externalities (which "arise whenever the actions of one party make another party

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  some 3E lounge or other for the rest of the day. Sometimes, I go to the ... , Charles-facing windows of the lounge. I sidled up to Athena, hoping to ... of the week based on how you plan to spend them. Athena and Leo have

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Splash. Was. Awesome. I taught: 3 classes, 5 sections, 246 kids.

  

  whole lot out there for kids to learn about radio astronomy - most of the ... include: calculating the expansion rate of the universe, demonstrating the ... figure out where the heck they're going. Our hallways aren't the easiest to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 21, 2012
• FAQ / Transfer

  Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?

  many students we can accept. Students who at the time of entry to MIT ... year of college, the earliest you can apply to transfer to MIT is during your second term of study. Students who at the time of entryto MIT will
• Blog / Admissions

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  Every year, the MIT admissions staff reads tens of thousands of ... 's perfect). But when there get to be a lot of errors, we start to question how ... captain of the team, but not the captian. Someone might be on the school

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cats!! I love where I live!!

  

  decided that he wanted to mosey on into the room of Duncan '13.  The top ... floor in the world is my home. I live on the third floor of the east parallel of East Campus, called Tetazoo after the infamous James E. Tetazoo

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  the data right in front of me. I could no longer say to my mom, "No ... ", "Considering", "Never mind". Next to the item, add a list of "problems it would ... to end of "Definitely getting" list. The act of listing helps me

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  calculated using two factors: (1) your selection of 5 integers and (2) the ... of being more preferred by the other players, so I decided to pick only ... picking from the extremes of the 1 to 50 range. I avoided the lowest values

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  of an adventure. For instance, I came here straight from the country ... the subway for the first time, but getting to meet the students at the schools definitely made up for my lack of city smarts. When I conduct

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it ... . Because school systems vary outside of the U.S. and many international ... /principal to leave spaces blank on the form. Please ask your counselor
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  what the last few weeks have been like for us. Best of luck to you all ... every year.) Having said that, there are of course many of you to whom we ... to pass the time, and you haven't read this already, check out this

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  an assortment of other feelings – exhausting. My dad had the smart idea ... back of the truck was locked, and my key was returned to the front desk ... of that, the summer after senior year tends to be a bit of a slow one

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020