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  Books about MIT

  how MIT's first nine presidents helped transform the Institute from a ... that enact MIT's history, from a towering module for the first real-time digital computer to the famous Baker House Piano Drop Designing MIT
• Discover / About MIT

  Basic facts

  relevance to the practical world and transforming society for the better. To ... ) who will contribute to MIT and the world.[/intro] These basic facts are ... statistics and the first-year class profile; for statistics on financial aid
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  cousin to the Great Dome; sits above Lobby 7 Lobby 10 - First floor of ... translating certain MIT concepts or words or course numbers when I'm talking to ... much to people who've never been exposed to MIT. To MIT students, those

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Academic foundations

  , and presentation skills relevant to that field or discipline. Our First ... This section will focus on academic preparation for first ... analytic thinking with creative hands-on work to prepare students to solve
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈ for inspiring me to write this post in the first ... ."]plot points,[/annotation] the 2003 Hunt was the first to have many pages of ... organization in 2013. Its online archives go back to 2015, but the first listed

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  STEM programs

  people who dare to enjoy nerdy things, and help you prepare for the rigor ... students find to be exciting resources for their growth—though your local community may have some great programs, too! To be clear, we understand that
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  Infinite or Gala needed graphics made, I kind of just scrambled to put ... I’m really grateful to Infinite for enabling me to meet so many other ... prompt for the first project was to make an analog camera capable of

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  were not granted exceptions to stay on campus during the first round, the ... this sense of nervousness and uncertainty in the air. I had woken up to ... , students were being asked to leave campus. No one had expected that. No one

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  strategy. For the first week of classes, you're allowed to add classes as ... , establishing social groups and networking during your first year will be vital to ... . Be open to different possibilities, and use your first semester to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  campus. my tenure as a physical resident of ec had just ended due to the ... from time to time about events, dining hall swipes, free covid tests, and ... used to keep every single email that came into my inbox out of frosh

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  solve it, I finally stumbled upon something key (that's the "infinite ... being annoying to those around me under the guise of it having no repercussions turned out to bite me in the proverbial butt. Thus is the beginning

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  the keys don’t fall all the way to the bottom, nor jangle around on my ... Hey! I’m back this term to finish my undergrad degree. I realize ... to make a long story short, my senior year, I decided to start a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Afford / Cost & affordability

  How to apply for aid

  paint a detailed picture of what kind of aid you’ll need to be able to attend MIT affordably. Three steps to apply for aid. CSS Profile: a tool provided by the College Board that we use to determine if you qualify for a
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  knot again my spread for Infinite Magazine Issue 9

  

  first step was to make the clothing itself, which required obtaining the ... Last summer, Kidist and I wrote about our experience with Infinite ... . All of the [annotation note="we use the word spread to refer to one

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday A day in the life.

  

  . 11:40 AM: Walk to first class, Disease and Society in America ... as to whether or not to add 5.112, seeing as the first half of 5 ... back hurts. Attempt to go back to sleep. 9:32 AM: Attempt to go back to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 9, 2006
• Apply / Parents and educators

  How to write good letters of recommendation

  beyond their own self-advocacy.[/intro] A guide to writing evaluations for ... . Try to give a complete sketch of the student and the context of their ... . Try to address the following questions in your evaluation: What is
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  . I came to experience several things for the first time. These are some ... Boston, or have no choice but to eat my screen.   5. First time ... amazing first-time memories (from playing Rock Band to eating lobster

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017

• Next steps

  [intro]You made it to the end of our virtual visit experience! We hope it helped you get to know MIT and the students that make this place so special. Before you go, we have some final resources for you to take
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Extracurricular activities

  Some students feel so much pressure to get into the “right” college that they want to make sure they do everything “right”—down to their extracurricular or co-curricular activities.  On our application, we ask for up to
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Returning students

  Secondary school materials Some students apply to us after an ... experiences of students returning to higher education. At the same time, we need to evaluate students against a common baseline of preparation for a