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• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the School of Science like?

  implications: How does global warming increase the intensity of hurricanes? Can ... The six departments in the MIT School of Science are consistently rated among the best in the world. They include: Biology, Brain and
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And I am telling you I’m going And you, and you, and you, you're gonna love me.

  

  -year career. Well, I sure enjoyed my month home in Harrisburg, although you wouldn't know it because I blogged only about things that happened ... , but it's a really intense course: 9 days, 9 hours a day, 9 units. I can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  can't wait to use these!) When we first showed up I was assigned to ... of bits to open. I don't know how many of you work with wood or are ... then you can probably at least guess the theme of the toy I decided to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  how they evaluate the student. I can’t cover all of it at once 'cuz it ... interview plays in selection so while I’d planned to start at the very beginning—a very good place to start, I think I’ll have to start in the middle

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  beautiful mathematical problem of the millenium in 2003. One of my friends ... Hypothesis if it is actually false." Last year I wrote an entry on a one-question examination that could be used in lieu of an application to admit people to MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  ). If you have any ideas on how I can make this letter to President Obama ... I'm in a cool HASS (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) class this ... graduate from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering and, frankly, I

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I already have a degree?

  MIT doesn’t award second bachelor’s degrees, regardless of the course of study. We encourage you to apply to MIT as a graduate student.
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  the score from my last test. Can you say "fail?" I can! Oh, 2.005 is ... different types of food you can have brought to you when you go to MIT. I ... 10 minutes ago I actually heard myself say "I really need to eat and

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  in a very mural-happy dorm, I can't paint to save my life. But I do like to photograph a lot, and in fact I've done quite a lot of it in the ... can shake several sticks at. And my favorite software in the world

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  Virginia, the most important city in the world that night for all I cared ... maniacal fervor. By the time I returned to Random at 8:30 PM, puzzling was in ... ice cream parlor in America and I sprinted away into the snowy night

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  school. I know I’ve spent my fair share of time in the basement study room ... sometimes in lecture, new concepts can perform astounding backflips right over ... and I decided to throw an unsanctioned study break in our floor lounge

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  laughter] But how can it be deep, we're only in two dimensions. [pause again ... ++? I'm scared. Then again, there's no way this can be as hard as junior ... A couple of weeks ago, it was too warm and humid to sleep, so I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Underneath your curves (Free) sample problems from MIT's integration bee this year.

  

  make for you in Paint. Yes, dear, I do know how to use Mathematica, but I'm in lab right now and I don't have it on this computer, so I figured ... back to MIT for IAP was not the best idea that I have ever had in my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A question for you… No seriously I have a question

  

  to understand? I'm going to try to doodle explain it the best I can (I'll explain why later) in a blog post. Some categories to think about ... to quantum I'll have to rope in my Course 8 suitemate) "Engineery

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  While there's no delivery of post today, I can assure you that the ... , I can tell you that this year, we denied les than half that number ... of the early pool, I must say just how difficult it was to narrow it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  -over study guides, that I asked aloud, “What is 7 times 47?” In the space of ... , procrastinatory research project that I adopted in the dwindling time before my ... three methods: *i.e., everyone likewise procrastinating in one of Random

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  . As I hinted at in my last entry, the GEL program had a hands-on hour ... to the requirements specified." Now I mentioned before how GEL ... pressure. The better the bridge design, the more "vehicles" (or in this case

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  CPW, making a decision, and saying yes/no The clock to May 1 is ticking.

  

  help you make your decision? How can we be of assistance? ... approaching, one week from Friday. For those of you who were there, I hope you enjoyed CPW as much as I did. It was great to meet many of you at the "Meet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can my school use Naviance?

  We prefer that students use our MIT application portal detailed in our Letters of recommendation page; however, we also accept electronic ... -specific recommendation form. On the form, recommenders can indicate if they would like to
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  figured I'd blog about how and why we did it. The Idea According to my inbox ... an actual wizard. Loren applied to MIT while I was in grad school, so I ... interested in Comparative Media Studies, which is where I earned my graduate

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015