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• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  fun about walking out of my dorm at 7:00 PM to go to a physics exam and ... It's June! Which means of course you're not interested in the ... [annotation note="yes I am always lurking"]r/mit,[/annotation] all of the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.270 What's a 6.270?

  

  all of the code is stored and run from. At the beginning of IAP we were ... ? Anybody at all? 6.270 is a LEGO robot programming class that takes place during IAP. Not Mindstorms, but just tons and tons of LEGOs, sensors, and a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Indra Nooyi presentation A presentation from Indra Nooyi, President & Chief Financial Officer for PepsiCo.

  

  This afternoon I went to a talk on Diversity in Action by Indra Nooyi. She spoke at Sloan (MIT's school of management) as part of a series that will host the following speakers later this semester:

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 28, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit my final grades?

  Most students apply to college at the beginning of their last year of high school, so final grades aren't available. Only admitted students are required to submit their final grades.  
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory?

  The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT focuses the talents of a diverse array of brain scientists on a single mission: unraveling the mechanisms that drive the quintessentially human capacity to
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/16/25, at 6:28 PM ET it's that time of year again...

  

  announce that Early Action decisions for the Class of 2030 will be released next Tuesday, 12/16/2025, at 6:28 PM ET.  https ... moments of joy and curiosity, rather than being consumed by the Waiting of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 9, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  Amidst a Dali-esque landscape of finals-related drudgery and holiday travel rushes (think The Persistence of Memory, but imagine unfinished exams underneath the melting clocks), there resides a species of creative

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  nearly 3 years, I'm appalled at the subpar quality of season 3, most ... 's room and then spreads a video of them around on the Internet. And at ... extensive collection of movies. I've decided to replace Veronica Mars with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Review Photos from the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair.

  

  , I went out to dinner with a dozen of the 20+ MIT 2010s at Intel ISEF ... . Anneke '10 at her project, with her sign, which became a hit of the fair ... & Engineering Fair in Indianapolis, Indiana. On Thursday, we had a reception at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  city of London put it up for sale to make way for a new bridge. Oil and ... ; friends A commanding view of the Thames The new London Bridge is so ... Sort of. Do you remember the nursery rhyme about the London Bridge

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  , for the surprising amount of support and encouragement over the past few ... inducted into the Best of the Blogs, a great honor and my second post to do ... couple hours about the unbridled stresses of life and then hitting publish

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  It's an ordinary Thursday! I'm living at an apartment in Cambridge ... day for the past week, probably because of the abundance of natural ... -seasoned piece of avocado toast with one. 9:32 AM I start work. My UROP is data

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  've never really understood why but at MIT there's a sense of honor that ... life at MIT so much better. And for a lot of you these steps will look ... a few aspects of taking care of yourself we wish we had learned two

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  who you are at MIT. ------- When I found out I got into MIT, I was probably one of the happiest people on the face of the earth. Unfortunately ... reactions weren't so positive. A lot of people told me to my face, "Bryan, you

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of East Campus i live in an art exhibition

  

  (This is the second half of the Art of East Campus series. The first part can be found here!) My first and lasting impression of the standard ... camps - at every single camp I went to, I was housed in a dorm room that

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  wrote “LEFT” and “RIGHT” at the top of my paper to ensure that I wouldn ... and physics exams was new and horrifying. Worst of all, I could just ... ’ve also gotten a little better at the kinds of things that will probably

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2010: Wondering Where Everyone Is Living? Find orientation housemates/roommates.

  

  From Star Simpson '10: Nando Paniagua '10 manually created this database of housing info for at least half (so far) of the class of 2010, so that people can find other orientation housemates/roommates. Check it out

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  accomplishments at MIT include being an Emerson Piano Scholar and winner of the MIT ... prior to MIT. Jenn: I began playing piano at the age of four. Of course, at that point, it wasn't really my decision, and there were a lot of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  after your first term, and at any time during your course of study. ... Here's something else to love about MIT! The first semester at MIT ... of A/B/C. As part of the flexible pass/no record grading option, you
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  hallway! People keep hair bleach and a variety of colors close at hand, and ... form of peer pressure is not at all bad. Everyone at MIT has a passion of ... taught “Don't give in to peer pressure!”--an oversimplification of a

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011