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• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  is graded on a pass/no record basis: if you pass the class you get a ... second semester is similar, except that if you pass, you get a letter grade of A/B/C. As part of the flexible pass/no record grading option, you
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline Q & A

  

  still be reviewed in a holistic manner. Our office will be closed ... what is wrong. Thank you so much for joining this crazy application ride ... ! Here are the most important things to keep in mind as you wrap your MIT

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • December 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  I have a sourdough starter! His name is[annotation note="a Roman ... novel hobby, in certain circles, to have begun a sourdough starter during ... sourdough starter, like having a pet, is very good for me. But also a bit

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  a half, since painting is allowed in Senior House and Institute White ... fellow frosh were in the same “MIT IS TAKING OVER MY LIFE AND I WANT TO GO ... you a little, you know? So last week Thursday, when my mom flew in from

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  much that’s happened in my life in those ten years. It’s been a fantastic ... I think when you haven’t written a blog entry in almost six years, it ... that Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast. So, in a fairly literal sense, I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  ; For anyone that's used the elevators in Stata this is a common sight ... in. A lot of the research that is being done is years from becoming ... advice is to make a list of the classes that you're interested in finishing

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  , very, very messy process for[annotation note="this is also a last ditch ... concentration in biomechanics and biomedical device"]2A-20[/annotation ... essentially went in a giant loop back to Course 20 :^) If you know me

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  , I had worked in a scientific lab, so I knew that these mythical “ ... teachers, students, and researchers understand how research is done at MIT ... ’d be interested in becoming a content creator for OLW. Of course, I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  ="incidentally, this is the second time I've been on the same flight to MIT as a friend without planning it in advance"]happened to be on the same flight as a ... -campus living in the fall that there would be a lot of restrictions. Things will

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  accomplishments. We talked for a long time about how I got to MIT and what it is ... So much has happened this summer. I mentioned in my last post, They ... for a tubular products company, TMK IPSCO. What I did not mention is

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  . I'm a member of the Class of 2007. I was born here in Massachusetts ... 's Inauguration last May. In order for you guys to get to know me a little better ... you which one the lie is. Two Truths and a Lie

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?

  

  talked about a play called World of Wires by MIT Associate Professor in ... writing about the show. World of Wires is such an intriguing show. I did a ... workshop of the show in less than 2 weeks with a cast of six people; in other

  • by ARTalk
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  is a somewhat privileged position to be in (and given some of those ... class. This is due to a few reasons: Firstly, I have never had a semester ... feels like so much for (in my opinion) so little in return. I was hoping

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  This is a story of how two MIT students -- one with a fabulous idea ... aspects of research, to show anyone with a knack for knowledge how ... IAP, and I have funding from a professor in the Biological Engineering

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  hear about how cool MIT is. In either case, I have something for you ... . And in the vast majority of cases, identity is non-negotiable. How did ... probably only got in because I'm a girl." This is a toxic mindset that was

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  . Our neighbor here in Row 7 is named Isabel. She lives in Chicago and is ... Rafael and her mom is named Ana! "Maybe when you have a kid," she said ... January 10 On the plane from Panama to Quito What a goofy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  " was not a good name for a train. Yo, I'm in grad school. How's that going? Well, not too bad. In a way, I can't seem to ever get away from MIT ... everything in this article is totally true, like when he was talking about

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  in harmony on my first flight of sophomore year and 2) it is keeping me ... how they compared to the previous states of our lives, and then ate a ... lately is going to make some monumental difference upon where I end up in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  us. A couple of days later a kid in my suite had similar symptoms, went to MIT Medical, and returned with a blue mask. Soon a girl in my suite was blue-masked, then another guy in my suite appeared one day with a

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  !...their knowledge is much better. However, it gives people a sense of participation ... out about the prospect of (in Chris' words) "a cool media lanyard ... ." What did that mean? Pros: a sweet lanyard that said "PRESS", a seat in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012