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• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  resources and opportunities available at another institution. If you maximize ... Over a week has passed since Pi day, and the reality of the MIT ... institution, while holding out hope for good news from MIT. Those not offered

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Waitlisted Students

  

  the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were ... coming weeks and months - about how our process works, what you need to do

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Events

  TBP Dinner Sex@MIT is the most-watched video on CNN.com! (but it's not pornography!)

  

  (rastrologist?) deliver a speech on economics. And in other news, Mollie '06 ... experience" of his life. BREAKING NEWS: A video about MIT's "Sex and the Institute" class is currently the #1 Most-watched video on CNN! Go to http

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 6

  

  York Times; also, Ben and I had a nice conversation about the Clay Mathematics Institute's Millennium Prize Problems. A stimulating morning. We continue working on selecting the class. Today I worked with Marivel and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  course of study and institutional offerings. ... for calculus) and calculus-based physics. It’s rare that an applicant is admitted without calculus and physics at the college level
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are GIRs?

  All MIT undergraduates must complete General Institute Requirements ... semester of biology, a semester of chemistry, and a selection of courses from the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. During your first
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will you send me materials/prospectus/t-shirt/pennant?

  We appreciate your interest in MIT! We don't send a lot of mail (and ...  exciting things our current students are up to! We'll also send you important news and ... the Bulletin, is available free online and provides a comprehensive
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon EA Students, This One's For You!

  

  calling new students and chatting with them about MIT. I've participated in the last two telethons but, alas, this year the 9 degree weather outside is just too much of a deterrent, it's so nice and warm inside that I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  're walking through forty degrees of nitrogen, oxygen, and ice cubes, but that ... So you all know that I come from South Florida. (And if you didn ... , rather than staring out the window and taking pictures.) Sorry about not

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why It Pays…

  

  : "Surviving those advanced integral calculus lectures and organic chemistry labs ... might just be worth it -- in terms of job outlook and high starting pay ... 10 degrees in demand are quantitatively based -- accounting, electrical

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?

  There are many applicants to MIT from many types of backgrounds, and ... , transcript, evaluations from teachers, and other supportive materials that ... in submitting evaluations and supportive documentation. We recommend
• Blog / Academics & Research

  class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

  

  I'm gonna go through some of the classes I took this semester and ... intersection of math and CS, is that we want formal models of computation to compare the difficulty of different problems, their equivalences, and reason

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • December 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  ), Spitzer (infrared), and the Very Large Array (radio). Some of these facilities are open to anybody, and some only open to certain communities (universities, etc) -- some have a particular amount of time allotted to X

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  first part of my summer working for the Massachusetts State Science and ... the Massachusetts State Science and Engineering Fair analyzing lots and ... teachers to ultimately 1) improve the state science fair and note trends, and

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  students, with the Costa Rican Institute of Technology, and even with HP ... at MIT and my crazyfrightenthelivingdaylightsoutofme 9-paper exam at ... , class of 2011. Both of us are members of Sigma Kappa sorority and that

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack Better yet, all three in one picture!

  

  States voted to legalize same-sex marriage yesterday. MIT noticed. The Great Dome is one of the most iconic pieces of architecture on campus, and ... Dome as a medium of art, commentary, and celebration. The Dome has been

  • by Joel G. '18
  • June 27, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All? how do i live without regret?

  

  experimental and hectic four years of your life, they tell me. You will feel your ... understand you on such a deep, fundamental level, and then... Poof. Four years fly by and we rip that away from you. We kick you out and make you work

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2022
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the School of Science like?

  rated among the best in the world. They include: Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Chemistry; Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Mathematics; and Physics. Members of our community study deep philosophical
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  'll share a few of my thoughts and observations after having seen 21 this ... recitations in Building 4, and the classrooms are definitely not laid out ... departments. Giving MIT characters fake majors is nothing new, though: take, for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  want to fabricate really bad, fake narratives loosely based on the characters in Star Wars, so I'm assuming that they're genuine. And since, hey ... during finals week and we did get into a heated debate about the and the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006