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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  to do an entry introducing myself in a survey-type format. If you have any personal questions you'd like me to answer, just leave them in a ... while I was growing up. All I remember is a guy in a paisley suit dancing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  Laura '09 had an interesting bit a while back in her blog about East ... the Cold War to mind in entertaining ways. Here's the difference: West Campus dorms can be considered more traditional in terms of college

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  year (or next year, or in five years... whatever, I don't discriminate ... programs in cell biology and/or neuroscience for admission in fall 2006 ... 'm taking the GRE general test on July 19, and the biology subject test in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  for U.S. students to sign up. Remember that we require, in addition to the SAT or ACT, 3 SAT IIs: one in math, one in science, and a third SAT ... science course being complete and fresh in your mind. And since you can take

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  We had our reading season kickoff meeting today, which checked in at just over four hours. It was awesome. Fun, intellectual, inspiring. In ... was pleased to find that I wasn't too far off in any of my ratings and

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  MIT is one of the best places in the world to be a student ... , currently on our faculty and all of them teach undergraduate classes. In fact ... homework, or psets, in MIT-speak. For any given pset, you likely won't be
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  Previous me wrote in a blogpost that I "did not want to write about ... and recess, in the hall and during class. Then in high school I took ... habit hasn’t died, but really it was a decision; I came in determined that

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Things change, but the friends remain

  

  Hello! A lot has changed, but the friends and the vlogs remain. Doing this in the only way I know how :) [embed]https://www ... picked up running. I guess that's what happens in your late 20s and 30s.

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU! GOT! IN! Come hang out with us in the comments, you all star! And—more importantly—celebrate with your community and dear ones. We hope you feel like you’re on top of the world, and we’ll have some

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  I watched the sunrise this morning

  

    that doesn't mean I don't matter I'm no insignificant blip in the ... ; something in which the only constant is change because time marches forward

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 7, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  I finish performing in my first MTG production (post about that coming ... scavenger hunt! What’s that, you may ask? Well, Tetazoo is a floor in East ... ’m inclined to participate in a three-hour challenge that the upperclassmen set

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  home! All of this amazing and terrible chaos culminated in me sitting in ... all of last week's craziness, watching the sun rise with toast in one hand and a pen in the other made me feel human again. It probably hurt me

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  World Pride in New York City and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots – a momentous occasion in US history that many argue sparked ... the same time, we were sadly reminded that while some in our community

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  summer tidbits a picture and annotations

  

  the rest comes out of my paycheck. TT i'm going to anime expo in LA this weekend, then visiting MIT friends in SF next weekend. i'm also taking a ... have no idea what's happening in august."][/annotation] [annotation note

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 4, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  in using the same username and password that you use to log in to your ... are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions ... in between. We can't wait to welcome them to campus to join the 4

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  February(ish) Updates and Notes aka my life in photos and haikus

  

  photos are in this order because we are student-athletes, not athlete-students. The top photo is a week in the life of Junior spring. I’m currently in 5 ... ’s each class with a summary, in haiku form: 2.671: Measurement and

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Spotlight: MIT stands with the people of all nations we are one MIT

  

  the introduction: MIT accepted its first international student in 1866, only one year after its first classes were held in a storage warehouse ... times more students came from Turkey than from Texas.   In 1909

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 13, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  semester wrap-up snaps and snippets

  

  one year ago i was living in an apartment in seattle while on leave ... lot. i helped design an airplane in 16.82, one of the capstone options ... i contributed to in my urop at the center for civic media:  

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 29, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016