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• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  the end of the month. As for the online application -- which is how most ... 's the one of the most selective colleges in the US. I know applicants have ... TOEFL mid 50% score range? We only know that the minimum is 570, 600 to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  to now and forever

  

  really grown up. "I feel like in high school you really used to be the ... the blogs. He was, in fact, my best friend at MIT. But due to some ... again. I was going to be seeing him for the first time in maybe 8 months

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Majors

  

  recruit you to (and inform you about) their majors. Later, in the Spring ... their schedule to take a couple introductory/exploratory classes in the ... exploration at MIT and if MIT has its way to help people find interests and in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Brief Addition to My Last Exposition (Or was it a narrative? My FCAT Writing skills are long gone.)

  

  My introduction to most of the MIT Admissions staff - aside from my ... key. The tube was by my front door. I missed it on my way in to find the ... ordeal was over. (The same will happen to most of you!) Things aren

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  have never taught it before, so the most honest answer is "I don't know ... approximation; I'll adjust things the second time I teach it. My intent is to ... statistics from the Tech today, let me paraphrase it in one Marilee Jones quote

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  - which you can see in the photo above. (My house is the third brownstone to ... of the Green Building - which is, incidentally, the tallest building in ... Building (as with most buildings at MIT) is prohibited. But the Green

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  playing with it before seeing the answer, do so; the solution is in the ... my degree in Management Science), I can say that the department is ... the William Lowell Putnam Competition, perhaps the most prestigious

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  conspiring, which means that I need to put that to an end. In the next little ... . Starting this year, though, the Course VI department is beginning to migrate ... place in the new curriculum, so this is the last term that it was offered

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  failed me! But why? Linear algebra to the… rescue? TL;DR, rotations in 3D ... way to describe a rotation in 3D is with a matrix – a 3x3 grid of ... in true MIT fashion, I leave the proof as an exercise to the reader

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  want to mention, which are some of the memorable moments from GIR's in ... , I took 5.111, which is (re)Introduction to Chemistry. The semester ... of the room in order for us to calculate the percent rebound, relating

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  quick to embrace the stereotypes that seem to have been eliminated in most ... business is not an option for most people, though it is a convenient way to ... repercussions on the job market. First of all, it is very competitive to find a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  anime episode--and there is a challenge to managing that time in the best ... 's quite another to actually attend a con and see what the fandom is like in ... worldwide fan communities. The idea is, people tend to think of media as

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2024!

  

  Center, most of my summer is spent in Framingham, where: I go on my ... class, and so forth. The mission of the blogs is to help our students ... ’t clear, let me know in the comments or by email, and I'm happy to help!

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  in my head for the last few days. I wonder why. Last night I did some things and I thought I would relate them to you in the form of reviews. I ... toward your GPA at MIT. Therefore, your goal, in general, is to get more

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vote for Ksplice! MIT's spirit of entrepreneurship and collaboration in action.

  

  cast your vote for Ksplice in the Forbes "Boost Your Business" Competition!) One of the aspects of MIT culture I most enjoy is the Institute ... to make the world a better place. Another cornerstone of MIT culture

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  , and karaoke as the night goes on. Most people dress to impress although ... . Team ChemE Some of the most awesome people EVER (pictured from left to ... semester, our chef, Karen, who is a trained pastry chef, makes some of the

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  , and I'm going to spend it having a blast with the people I love in a ... snow if you're in Boston and just dealt with the most schizophrenic week ... . --- All I can really add to that blog entry is that this year, I'm reliving

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  written to vilify them. To this very day, much of the United Kingdom ... Fawkes masks were everywhere in the Infinite!     This is one ... . Hackers even made some mischief in the Student Center. Some alterations to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  in a tissue and is a rare occurrence that sometimes has to be ... requirement for many of the classes I wanted to take, and as much as the content ... November Sunday: I camped in the Hayden Library to crank out my essay. I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  to fund ourselves. The revenue from these pumpkins is a big reason why ... anywhere else! If you’ve ever been to the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch before ... ? Is it someone’s full-time job to churn out pumpkin after pumpkin non

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023