FAQ / Academics and research
How does pass/no record work?
of A/B/C.
As part of the flexible pass/no record grading option, you ... after your first term, and at any time during your course of study.
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FAQ / Academics and research
Can I study Global Change Science/Climate?
predict changes in the global environment. Additionally, a variety of ... innovation toward climate science, including the Department of Earth ... of Global Change, and the MIT Energy Initiative. -
FAQ / Academics and research
Can I join the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge?
One of the highlights of MIT's yearly academic challenges and competitions, the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge, connects students with the passion and talent to improve the world with the experience and resources of -
FAQ / Life and culture
How does one attain a Pirate License?
undergraduates must complete eight points of physical education classes to graduate ... H. '20 is one of the students who has earned official MIT Pirate ... of physical education. “They’re tactical. They involve strategy. Plus -
Blog / How to Human
i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay
I've been reading a lot of slow, contemplative writing recently, which is the kind of writing that always makes me want to write my own blog post of that nature. Frankly, I've been overdue for such a post -
Blog / About Decisions
What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside
It's been a few weeks since many of you have submitted your ... 're working pretty hard to read each and every one of them. I know the wait is ... every one of you a fair chance is to read what you've presented to us, and -
Blog / How to Food
everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good
spring of my high school senior year, I decided that I was done with school ... being. A big part of this was learning how to cook and bake. I tried a couple of elaborate recipes that year, but for the most part I just spent -
Blog / Travel
spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen
experiences of a lifetime. Last year, MIT didn't give us a spring break because of the covid restrictions at the time (not that I would've wanted to travel very far then); so this year, I knew I wanted to make the most of my -
Blog / Academics & Research
Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…
unwittingly snapped a picture of me in Diff Eq. around Valentine’s Day http ... recall we journeyed to New York City at the end of July and survived a gastronomical bildungsroman**. *In all prepositional honesty, at least half of the -
Blog / Blog Projects
the blogs turn twenty 👴🏻 the posts start coming and they don't stop coming
It is a venerable tradition of the blogs to begin a post by ... you get older, time has a way of sneaking up and past you, the way that, for many people, one's birthday shifts from being a moment of annual -
Blog / Uncategorized
Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week
left living right next door to some of my closest friends. 84 hours left to stare out at a skyline that looks back at me. 84 hours left of what kinda feels like the end of senior year, the end of life as a college -
Blog / Summer
i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth
suggested that we spice up our orders by asking for four of what the person in the car in front of us ordered. while passing the menu, we noticed a ... .... [caption id="attachment_54023" align="aligncenter" width="537"] only one of -
Blog / Academics & Research
I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show
always liked the idea of reality TV - capturing real moments with real ... something different. We want to take over the medium of reality TV and use it ... serendipitous slew of events that happened before I found myself a part of this -
Blog / Events
Halloween Tag In which I do a YouTube thing for a (bonus) Halloween vlog
Halloween was yesterday, marking the end of the spoopiest of months ... of my month. There were candy pumpkins, what looked like an entire Costco pack of fruity/sour candy, a movie, some foodstuffs, some other cool -
Blog / How to Human
Going Home ... but where exactly is that?
back to Boston that's been delayed for ~2 hours. One part of me is ... friends again and thoroughly enjoy IAP. But another part of me is mourning ... friends remain here for another couple of weeks. That, and my family will be -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”
Kresge Auditorium almost rolling in laughter, listening to arguably some of ... steps!” Though not inherently obvious, they are words of wisdom. They are also the words of the MIT Wind Ensemble (MITWE) director, Frederick -
Blog / Admissions
Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system
. There's a big open box at the bottom of each entry, with fields for name, email, your comment, and a captcha. It then populates the big long list of comments at the end of the blog. See, e.g., -
Blog / Admissions
Numbers Sigh.
First of all: my apologies! Junior year has seized me, spun me around ... finish or post any of them :( (Interruption: Ahmed '12 is sitting next to ... write about something special: numbers. See if you can make sense of the -
Blog / Academics & Research
Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.
Having spent the majority of orientation meeting new people, staying up late, and climbing on roofs, I met the start of school with a dangerous sense of nonchalance. Consequently, I spent the first month of -
Blog / Admissions
The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...
of the process instead. Most of the comments/questions I received last ... how they evaluate the student. I can’t cover all of it at once 'cuz it ... one piece of your folder that will cause us to admit or not admit you