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• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my test scores?

  MIT uses a holistic admissions process, so test scores are just one factor among many for evaluating your preparedness for MIT. Test scores are ... determines an admission decision (there is no single factor), but they do help
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  than others. If there is any such life experience that’s had a lasting ... models in hand. I’m walking around today too. In Cambridge. With a backpack ... then pop the balloon both inside and outside of a box to compare how far

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  “opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like ... against that wall and take a nap, which is me all the time, but “people ... happy for a reason, you're in trouble, because that reason can be taken

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Congrats Jenn Lai ‘11, Rhodes Scholar This blog entry does not contain video of Jenn playing "Rhapsody in Blue" with the…

  

  about Jenn: 1. She is a really good pianist. In 2009, she played Gershwin ... , Honolulu, Hawaii, is a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she majors in biological engineering, music and theater arts. A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  , Mission 1, may have unfortunately [annotation note="This is a very nice word ... went to work in a clean room. Another MIT student, a graduate from the ... equipment in the lander. Every once in a while it hit me that: Woah. I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  10 (more) reasons why MIT is beautiful part tvte?

  

  ) Because sometimes it’s Christmas in April: A photo posted by Michael ... ’re neck deep in a 2.006 thermal-fluids pset, there’s light at the end of the ... machine finally kicks in, there’s nothing like it: A photo posted by

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pulse 2011 [by Nathan Kipniss '14] A lot of talent under one roof!

  

  learned in person. Videos are one thing, but attending a live performance is ... original spoken word. What impresses me about it is how a person can get into ... Done with our Men?" (Photo taken by Joy Ekuta '13) There is a lot of

  • by ARTalk
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Journal of Negative Results, among other things Absurdities I encounter while livin' my life.

  

  , and how it is representative of everything in my life. Due to a ... isolation of the Clock gene in mice. Clock is the result of a point mutation ... It's been a while. Hi. (This is a long post, but you won't complain

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  , you really don't realize how huge a role some things play in your life ... analysis for the 3rd 8.14 lab (Zeeman effect in Hg). My oral presentation is ... get a lot more done over spring break in all my classes. Consequently, I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A ... get them to you in time? A: If you did not select your scores to be

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  . And this is what I come home to: I'm living in a room titled The ... -vacuum air. By then, I had hit the road in a rented SUV headed for the woodsy ... might as well be living in a chapter of Walden, preferably one with strong

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  am i doing this all wrong? thinking thoughts and feeling feelings

  

  't put a finger on why. Everything is ever so slightly more tiresome: each ... oddly still, like time has slowed and all that’s left in the world is you ... feeling bad is circular[/annotation]and probably not a good way to move

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 4, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  opted to stay another year in order to finish up and graduate. One day, towards the end of this student's senior year, a small skirmish took place on the dorm's e-mail list between this senior and an undergraduate in

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  : Tourette syndrome. A nervous system disorder in nature, Tourette’s causes her ... they work out for her as well, in a rather unconventional way. In a ... person needs a calculator for. And yet you fail in Math. You have a gift

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does my school submit recommendation letters and transcripts?

  profile, and a letter of recommendation). MIT's recommendations process is ... competitive applicants will provide one from a math/science teacher, and one from a humanities, social science, or language teacher. We also require
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lip Sync & Toons Real singers and fake singers ...sort of like Jessica and Ashleey Simpson. (~17 pictures)

  

  the Association of Student Activities (ASA), and is majoring in Course ... quite sure how "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas qualified. A ... Last night, I attended a concert by the MIT/Wellesley Toons, one of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  in the end they want to know the same things: who you are as a person, and how that will fit in with the company. (It's actually pretty similar ... thing that has been paying off for me is the time I spent in UPOP (MIT

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  ’m working in the MIT Teaching Systems Lab, which is incubating a new graduate ... there is a non-physical world. It’s an extension of a 24.00 Problems in ... double check myself every time I speak in this class. It’s a new experience

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  -like models... so we started designing our blasters in Solidworks, a computer ... ...*cough* *cough*... But the important thing is that the Equalizer came together in ... . We learned how to use different tools and materials. We lost a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  Ave VARIOUS FRAT BOYS: (thinking) I wonder if that kid is a freshman ... last night, in the hallway ANGELA MONSTER: Allin and I are going to ... bought blinds the other day at your store and they're the wrong size.. is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008