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• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  . Look, I know how anxious this topic makes you. Guess what, so does your ... that this is his/her decision. I don't care how close you and your ... DISCLAMER: Again I must inform students that this post is directed at

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  , I love to tell the story of how I never imagined coming to MIT ... department’s minimalist but colorful website), I decided to apply. And for a ... the department  It’s been exactly one month since commencement, and I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  during that road trip I bothered dirtying a plate when the can itself would ... someone would notice the light. I was writing to avoid having to fall asleep. To quote: It's funny how I feel a little bit frantic a low

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  . I think it's pretty interesting how I would normally consider myself ... water snake, iirc.) I would definitely say I'm a superstitious person -- I ... personality tests, but I was really intrigued on how PJ was an INFJ. Every year

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  ideas) are some of MIT`s tenets, so I bought the book. And now I`m buying ... if I`m conforming to the HASS requirements...), I reflect on just how ... knowledge gained in 8.02 (Physics II-- Electricity and Magnetism), I would

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  someone gossiping about how their friend's kid got into MIT. I knew it was a ... would be absolutely amazing to be at for 4 years. Overall, I had a very ... school"]was willing to bet my right kidney[/annotation] I would not get in

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  for the show. “Hey, that would be great,” I said. I like the Peas, and ... I got an email the other day from Professor Patrick Henry Winston ’65 ... Slice of MIT). You may recall his previous guest entry. will.i.am by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  the way to the east of campus (not as far as it would be if I lived on ... management, and I'd expected that I would be pretty bored by the books at Dewey ... journals and students' theses, and I imagine these would be very helpful if I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  . ------------------------------------- Anon wrote, "i just wanted to ask: how would you compare the admission ... personal invention, but I could not send anything by the website so I would ... . ------------------------------------- Sid wrote, "How may I ascertain whether the supplementary materials and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  -rounded individual; I was concerned that an MIT education would leave me humanities ... going there would turn me into the best person I could be. But that ... ways independent of where I would fall on an IQ or GPA spectrum. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Spending the F.A.T. with Arthur Ganson A missed opportunity to build kinetic sculptures with artist Arthur Ganson.

  

  ://www.ebaumsworld.com/tags/arthur-ganson/. His website has a lot of great pictures as well. I’d encourage all of ... News flash: Thanksgiving vacation is over. I spent my three days at ... . At the time, I knew that two actions were notably absent from my list

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  already i've seen my friends planning out their fall semesters on firehose ... blog posts about it. (use our website's search tool! it's not too bad ... 'll probably be a better version than the original in the near future. i know

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2007 Numbers, numbers, numbers.

  

  Probably the most popular questions asked at any information session are statistical. What is the average SAT score? How many students were admitted Early Action? Luckily, I can refer most folks to our website, where

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Super Sketchy Background Activity the experiment, part 3

  

  comment sums up my expectations for the Secret Team and how I believe MIT ... Two years ago I posted about an experiment that lead to the creation ... of the experiment to see what would happen if we took four students

  • by kellen manning
  • June 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  disappointing. I mainly searched the UROP website and tried e-mailing several lab ... which project I wanted to work on, who I want to work with, and how ... MIT? A: I always wanted to do research and I knew MIT would provide me

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  far.) How long you can hula hoop? Long enough. Anon asks: I have a ... - but Ive got packing issues. The airlines are limiting us. How do I get a ... I wrote this in pieces - from Cambridge to San Diego, the train from

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  Table and buy as much as I can hold. Then, I cross the street and enter H-Mart, where I buy overpriced snacks and an absurd amount of Bok Choy. I adore ... and the most pleasurable month of the academic calendar, but I don

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  close. When I started trying to think about how I really became friends ... introduced myself--that’s a way to create an opportunity. I then would often ... Mines, for whom I would deal with the other horribly mean girls all over

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Case of the Saturdays This is the true story of 5 mechanical engineers and 1 neuroscientist selected to spend…

  

  Why oh why would I ever go to Agawam? (These could potentially ... tickets any MIT student can buy through MITAC. And thus, on a Saturday I ... birthplace of Anne Sullivan, tutor of Helen Keller, but I'll tell you this, I

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I list standardized test results?

  If you are planning on applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit our Tests and scores page. You are not required to send your official scores as part of your application