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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  [/annotation] I've ever taken at MIT! Feel free to scroll through and take a look at ... high school. It was also a MISTI requirement, because I would be going to ... family in Japan was a samurai family, so this was so cool to learn about

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  i love this f*cking place "say this to my face when you're a junior." ~an upperclassman

  

  okay, it’s a bit early to proclaim my love for this place, especially ... regular day, to a CAMPUS with PEOPLE  e v e r y w h e r e was so much ... Friends™! and wow it was a lot to handle. and for someone like me, who was

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  ways I couldn't have imagined as a freshman, so I'm happy to share their ... to MIT, I never really saw myself as a sorority girl, although I was ... one of the greatest opportunities to help me develop as a woman. My

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the Love of Darties and ChemE An audio journey

  

  .” Okay, it’s actually supposed to say “one week ago” but it definitely wasn’t good a week ago. Come to think of it, it wasn't necessarily amazing two ... a topic in mind to guide the conversation, I just wanted to see what

  • by kellen manning
  • March 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  —who knows if I’ll also have to critique a speaker's paper in front of them ... On the first Friday of my last semester, I had a choice between two back-to-back 3-hour neuroscience electives. I only needed to register for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  on Microsoft Word to proofread your essay -- you'll want to take a keen ... thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most ... if you do have a spelling error? It's certainly not fatal, but it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Anthony Rindone A local first generation college student.

  

  during high school but to not look too far away from Revere for a college ... interest in Shakespeare. Dakin said Rindone may seek to spend a college ... our salvation," Rindone plans to remind his varied group of fellow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home

  

  matter in the entire month…until Friday," to which I say, "weak sauce"']a ... are almost always tied to the[annotation note="MIT has a reputation for ... friend when the snow started. As we exited the museum to see a thin layer

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 31, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does my school submit recommendation letters and transcripts?

  competitive applicants will provide one from a math/science teacher, and one from a humanities, social science, or language teacher. We also require materials from your school counselor (typically including your transcript, a school
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  ... Of course, it's nothing new for a film or other work of fiction to establish credibility for a character by giving them an MIT degree. Here are ... film "Fantastic Four" (it got a "thumbs down"), and one plot point caught

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT’s COVID-19 precautions and their impact on admissions relevant news and next steps (updated 4/14); new blog posts below 👇🏼

  

  , has a separate policy requiring you to take the exams, we would ask you ... removed, and its content modified and expanded, to better address a larger ... created a form to solicit feedback on a virtual CPW from the community. We

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  work with at MIT these days. There's a lot to unpack here. (Indeed, I ... blog post about this class from a year ago if you want to see a more ... .2060 for answering a question in lecture. I've taped it to the inside of the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  rise to the level of a [annotation note="Although, if a minor is offered ... Media: Theory and Practice, HASS-A CMS.360 Introduction to Civic Media ... The Tech has an article out this morning about a new HASS

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  This semester, due to a [annotation note="decided I could finish both ... ; instead, a massive network of computers communicate in order to serve ... to implement was called Raft – a “consensus” algorithm that enables a

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  ’ve decided to do a post dedicated to my favorite number. Here, [latex ... ’s The Tau Manifesto. I encourage you to read it for a deeper, more ... Pi Day celebrations on March 14th to the Simpsons, even. Pi is a number

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tunnel Adventures We didn't get lost, in case you were wondering.

  

  spontaneously take a trip to Harvard Square. We used the tunnels to make our way ... to an elaborate system of tunnels that wind under and in between the various buildings that make up the campus. There's been a long history of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates A post about not having any news (yet).

  

  , now is a good time to be in touch, whether by email, phone, or whatever ... The Class of 2010 is beginning to take shape. We know some replies ... government will sell shirts or hoodies with "MMX" or "MITMMX" on it (props to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  *THE* double a room tour from an (only slightly) obnoxious duo

  

  the chance, we borrowed a car and headed out to Cambridge Antiques and ... love for a few square feet that I'll have to pack up in about six months ... ="105765" /] I'm not quite sure when it happened, but if I had to guess it was

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

   Normal People, and this short story is a predecessor to the novel, featuring Marianne and Connell. There’s a sentence in this story I keep coming back to ... I’ve been doing more reading recently, so wanted to share! “Detail

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  almost closed again, only to be saved by a last ... of the Institute wanted to make a new interconnected technology complex but there wasn’t any room to do that in the Back Bay. In search of a new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016