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• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  and things to discover, so kindly refrain from clogging up our path ... buildings. It's a great thing for lost visitors in the summer and frozen ... (only about a third to a half of whom are here for the summer, mostly

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  Technology Officer (CTO) of Goldman Sachs and MIT Class of 1977. For those of ... back-up his position. Mr. Dweck entered MIT with the goal of finishing ... of a PhD student for two years, working with clathrate hydrates

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Visit to the Museum of Fine Arts There's nothing like a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts to make you realize…

  

  's another story for another day. There were also a lot of pieces by the ... crashed in World War I, so he gave up that dream in favor of becoming an ... begun to transform into a machine. Food for thought? What else -- there

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  highlighter for, circle in big red pen, make it the focus of your case. In fact ... afterwards a student -- we'll call her Artemis -- comes up to me and tells me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tour of Phonology, Part 1 fənɛtɪks ɪz fʌn!

  

  ] sheet - unvoiced [ʒ] azure - voiced Palatal: This one is hard for me to ... sound. (Put your hand up to your mouth and try saying [t] and [s] a few ... three are nasal: for these sounds, there is an obstruction that we make

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  process for us and dramatically speeds up experiments. Instead of placing ... that quantum phenomena, as absurd as they seem, are real. And for once, I ... light that, for simplicity, we can measure as an angle between 0° and 90

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  insane special effects) for me, but I was curled up in the fetal position ... have no excuses! (I've also realized that there is a Spongebob gif for ... folks hyped this movie up, so perhaps that contributed to my slight

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Sensations On Having Feelings

  

  behind and I cook the vegetables for a few minutes only, the fewer the ... incomprehensible. But, perhaps the best reason I can give for my love of Ladies and ... most of my commute to class looking up, absorbed by the scintillating

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  parents' forum) where parents were discussing the pressure to load up on AP ... applications ask for your unweighted GPA, so the fact that your GPA is 26.2 on a ... also an all-time record for my school. Now comes the funny part

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  decisions for me and suddenly I miss the innocence my parents had wrapped me ... road trip to take for a three day weekend? What makes a good partner ... ’m stupid for asking so many questions? How can I ration the number of

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! It's time to Later today you'll get more information about next steps for admitted students via email and MyMIT. But for now, go celebrate!  

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! Later today you'll get more information about next steps for admitted students via email and MyMIT. But for now, go celebrate!      

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Everything I ever wanted to know about making stuff.

  

    Many thanks to the Global Grand Challeneges Summit staff for the photos, and to Ed McCann and Mark Murcko for some of the anecdotes and quotes of the scientists featured here.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Not Admitted Open thread for denied students.

  

  Admitting such a small percentage of the applicant pool means that we unfortunately have to turn away many, many incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk.

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Not Admitted A forum for students who were not admitted.

  

  Admitting such a small percentage of the applicant pool means that we unfortunately have to turn away many, many incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Learn from my Mistake Aesop's Fables forgot one.

  

  Rule #1: Write legibly. Background: I wrote on a pad of paper that I scheduled my GREs for October 27, or that's what I read. Turns out my 27 actually was a 21. That was my rockstar move for the day. See you Saturday!

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Love Math Snakes on a plane!

  

  Yes, I will be watching this at 10 pm Thursday night. This might be the end of Samuel Jackson's career, and I might as well be there for it. And stay tuned for an entry about my 21st birthday on Friday.

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fold, Throw, Recycle I used to get in trouble for doing things like this.

  

  In kindergarten, I used to get in trouble for throwing paper airplanes in class, but apparently, that's not the case at MIT. I received this email just now in my inbox. I might try to revive my skills. For

  • by Bryan
  • December 11, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I take a summer session?

  During the regular Summer Session, MIT offers a limited selection of the subjects available in the academic year, as well as a few subjects designed for special interests and needs of MIT students. All classes are for
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?

  MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18.03, which is 5-0-7, for 6-2. At MIT, all of your friends would understand exactly what you're saying. (You have to enter "MIT Code" in the ask field