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• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  , colleges attended by previous graduating classes, average test scores, a ... @mit.edu. Hopefully you've sent it by now, but if not, send it immediately. There are ... by MIT?" IB is generally equivalent to AP in terms of academic rigor

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  The Abominable Snowman If you can't see the Yeti, make the Yeti.

  

  courtyard, and most importantly lots of snow! By the time I woke up the next ... struggling to push the giant ball back towards the center of Killian. We were getting pretty tired and literally losing momentum. Sometimes the ball would

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  absolutely suck at. I would often miss the ball right in front of me, but by ... than the spicy chicken. By the end of the event, I was quite full— of ... tried to kick a small target on someone who’s running away from me. By the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  electronics). And a bad score would be seen by all my other schools (which might ... . ------------------------------------- Glairflair17 wrote: "Would a 580 score on the SAT I math section be ... trying to get that score up if you can, but one score will not keep you out

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students FAQs for students deferred from Early Action.

  

  once again be considered by the committee during regular action. You are ... possible after your grades are available; by the beginning of February would be great, but definitely by the end of February. You may also want to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  application to us by November 1st, especially if you are still dealing with ... and an aging parent and hasn't been able to get it done yet. Judging by ... disadvantaged in any way by applying during Regular (nor, as follows, will you be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  physics trick questions with the various people who have come by the suite ... the ball at a certain point in its trajectory. This really isn't hard ... frames of reference for the ball, without telling you...what the point of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  they get to the author. --- CPW has been by far one of the best ... "meditation room" full of balls, which I loved being in. I spent a lot of ... attention to myself. By the way, those boards are amazing. The professor

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Metropolis and the Alloy Orchestra "The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart!"

  

  [by Farre Nixon '11] Check out the Metropolis trailer! On Saturday ... films ever made, which by virtue makes it a—gasp—silent film ... shown, a large orchestra would play a score made especially for the film

  • by ARTalk
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  do not need to have your scores at MIT by January 1st. We will have ... National Gallery (East Wing designed by MIT alum I.M. Pei) and maybe the Hirshhorn Museum (designed by MIT alum Gordon Bunshaft). existential detective

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  remembering holidays by the food…oops"]Dragon Boat Festival existed ... a key theme among them is a) boats and b) rice balls. Some stories say ... and tossed in rice balls when they couldn’t find him; some other stories

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / Study Abroad

  From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute

  

  regaled us with tales of a different education style, lavish balls and Harry ... change. I'm by no means bored with MIT but you can see how a year across

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Watch this! An MIT blogger alum deservedly gets a moment in the spotlight.

  

  one: Mollie isn't the only MIT person profiled by "Secret Life." The ... Newman SM '89 PhD '92 Eran Egozy '95 MEng '95 Nate Ball '05 SM '07

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  asked score/grade-related questions, here are the general answers: I got 7 ... into MIT with some scores that are lower than 7xx. Consider your scores ... , because we'll use your highest scores regardless of when you received them

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  We were all saddened by the news of Marilee Jones' resignation. In ... felt. The message of "being" vs. "doing," quality over quantity, and ... evaluated by multiple selection teams comprised of admissions officers

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  reached by now. Will my application be adversely affected if the scores dont ... them. my toefl scores which i have been told were dispatched by 6/12 have ... appears typed there and it reads something like "By typing my name here I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• FAQ / Testing

  What tests do I have to take?

  If you are planning on applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit our Tests & scores page.
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT require standardized tests for transfer applicants?

  We require the SAT or the ACT from first year and transfer applicants. Please visit our Tests & scores page for more complete details.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  ’t escape this box of gloom by doing a lot of work. I probably can’t, because ... scores got cancelled, leading to the final being a whopping 45% of our ... by a long shot, which surprised me, because I haven’t really liked the

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  wiggling absorbs) is dictated by how heavy the ball is and how many springs ... of. Unfortunately, by far the most common scientific test for silk is ... ) spectrometer: The FTIR spectrometer works by shining infrared light onto a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025