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  More Notes A quick update.

  

  stress in GPA competition At MIT, whether or not your school offers class ... , Quentin and Kallie! At today's meeting of the faculty, it was proposed ... tasks we put off during Selection. For me, this meant lots of returning

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  , graceful, and the kind of person who, when I'm tired and crying at 2 in the morning, will bring me a box of chocolate (Twix ♥) and offer me a hug. I've seen her in a variety of roles over the past year and a half or so: she

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we ... universities is entwined with the history of slavery. Last spring, I sought Craig ... distinguished member of our history faculty, Professor Craig Steven Wilder is the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  culmination of almost everything I've studied at MIT, from computer architecture ... at MIT. Almost every lecture is about some new technique that he and ... Processing) This class is one of the most fun classes I've taken at MIT. Not

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  strategy. Offer at least two examples of international relations situations ... Arithmetic of complex numbers Polar form/euler's formula Looking at it in ... psychic. Not only did I successfully predict the 2021 Pantone Color of the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  The Five Stages of Grief (Jonathan’s Version) on a journey from New Hampshire to Next House [guest post]

  

  achievement of an interstate walk at some point, and New Hampshire is the ... new town that I encounter on the walk. At this point, I think I have ... is the textbook definition of New England: the brick buildings that

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 4, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  appreciated. a few days later, a new book of poems made it onto my bookshelf ... the tip of my tongue, and i can see it in the smiles that come more ... the same professor throughout my time at MIT -- [annotation note

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  2024. As of today (inclusive of Early Action), we have offered admission ... . Of the students to whom we do not offer admission today, we have placed ... MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2024 are now

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  Fellows." Each participating university also selects a team of 3 students to represent the university; schools are ranked according to the sum of the ranks ... The results of the 2015 Putnam Competition were recently released

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  , working out how to compute integrals on my own or creating new methods of ... just plain better at math than me. I kind of feel like the dumb one who ... ). While technically you don't need any knowledge of 18.02 to understand 18

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Comments on A Boring Friday lItErArY aNaLySiS

  

  through the events of a Friday. The game starts at midnight and continues ... friends with them. That's the reason you chose New York, after all: you ... , even though it may seem that way at first. The use of "you" through the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  % of your friends are within 2 feet of you at any time while you're awake ... think about it. At the same time, I've become increasingly fond of ... weekend at pika, after waking up on Thanksgiving day to a house full of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  minutes later, my friend Holly responded and said that, duh, of course she ... Counselor for Communications, and she basically makes all of our print ... anything new and creative just because it's new or creative. Last week Holly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  MIT – Problem Sets = IAP! Today marks the beginning of IAP 2007.

  

  taught by MIT undergraduates. One of the amazing things about being at the ... Today marks the beginning of the glorious month known as IAP, which ... , MIT students get the chance to enjoy everything that MIT has to offer

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  , and actually didn’t know anyone in House 4 of New House. I became ... . That part really is kind of random and up to God, the universe, whomever ... . Going to college is a lot of adjustment! So many new people to meet, and a

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

  Tips and Tricks to MIT What I have learned in my first semester at MIT

  

  me long time to learn all of these new subjects at MIT." It is more of ... Honestly, I think if you ask anyone at MIT, there is something of a ... the middle of the day, instead of getting up at 6:45 like in high school

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 5, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  important. At a practical level, I understand that many of you may have ... lives of many people around the world, including our prospective students ... public interest, the educational trajectories of our prospective students

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• FAQ / Interview

  What if my interview is waived?

  every applicant. If we are unable to offer you an interview, your ... . The interview is not a required component of the application, and the admissions committee will be aware that we were unable to offer you an
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  , but for the rest of us, entering a new environment can be kind of a ... feel at home. A large group of strangers might wander into your suite and ... don’t know how long my body can sustain this level of non-activity. I do

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  Today, some of our applicants learned conclusively that we will not be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2029. The comments on this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024