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  Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics

  

  , you do not know calculus. You should not take physics C.” And I would ... with a different counselor, until someone put me in physics C. And then I ... [/annotation] was good enough for MIT to grant me credit for AP Physics C, but

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  universities really be? This time, that extra perspective is not mine, but that ... his physics major after freshman year, is taking time off from classes ... MIT culture. I couldn't ask for anything more from my college experience

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  study conducted by the University of California’s Standardized Testing ... two semesters of calculus, plus two semesters of calculus-based physics ... , physics, biology, and chemistry — as well as a rigorous humanistic and

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  between high school and college. More to come on these topics later ... general idea." Some public universities do have exact percentages of what ... my other two subject tests (in physics and chem). I understand that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  'm kinda ashamed that I'm faking my way through the humanities requirement by ... , and the Wanderer's Library (≈7600 words). Set in the SCP universe, where

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  universe that my close friend Stephen Hawking is still trying to reconcile, I ... Snively and briefly-but-awesomely faked him out with a real thick southern

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  educational press has been buzzing about the launch of Minerva University ... (former head of the New School), and Pat Harker (president of the University ... as a reasonably meritocratic mission, at least for an online university

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  who tried to convince me to go to a public university, I was definitely ... the universities I visited, MIT treats religion the best. End tangent ... , Snively, Melis, Mollie (College Confidential buddies!), and Chris. Chris by

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  [/caption] (3 units) 8.A22 [Black Holes, the Accelerating Universe, the ... ” sounded to me and how much I loved Physics 1 / Mechanics, astrophysics might ... defty weave together a dialogue about physics and social justice. (6

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  at their own universities—student populations filled with clout ... time in college: Not being involved in professional clubs. My sophomore ... organizations do nothing except act as vessels to sell [college] student resumes

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  Barcelona, IAP 2017   College study abroad programs are really ... ’s possible to do so on a college student budget. But what if you’re pursuing a ... computer science to physics to math to even debate and entrepreneurship. In

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  . The secret master plan was that I would start college ASAP if I was accepted to a university that I sincerely and deeply wanted to attend, but ... to only one college (to be honest, I estimated that my chances of being

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  , compared to people I met at other universities, are more passionate about ... persevering through the other social/emotional aspects of college (#growingpains ... anywhere else for college so I don't know, but I think being open about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  planner for the Wyoming stop, I was excited to bring the college fair ... institutions outside of their home state.  Planning the 5 stop college fair was a ... ) College Network and managed to both plan and execute a five-state/25

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colors of Campus and other random things on my camera.

  

  A few snippets of life .   Inspired by Kai's Parallel Universe Post      

  • by Richard O. '28
  • February 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  sophomore fall. I wasn't really certain in what I wanted to do after college ... much of junior and senior year, and leading into college"]I did in high ... scholarships to pay for college. Furthermore, I really liked the topic of my

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  I don’t believe in quantum physics. Yes, I know that all the math ...  real. I simply refuse to believe in such strange, unintuitive physics that I’ve never physically experienced. Well, I've never directly experienced it

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  to know that you can't afford a College/University: First you apply ... William Penn (New Castle. Delaware) College, year, major: Norfolk State University, 1989, BA Sociology (Home of the Spartans!); University of Delaware

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  ’m taking 4 classes: [annotation note="Physics 2"]8.02[/annotation ... pirates and– It’s all fake. Pirates Shanties aren’t real. You’ve been lied

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  hollow since I only have two grades that count toward my GPA (physics and ... off. Improve makeup skills - Accomplished! I learned how to put on fake

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021