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• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my test scores?

  , grades, and other examinations. Test scores are not the single factor that ... applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit our Tests and scores page.
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  , shake it off, and remember that you will survive, even thrive, wherever you go; whatever you do. Stove-cook your oatmeal and never look back. We ... converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/19/20, 3:14 PM ET

  

  So, I’m sitting around watching [annotation note="After Nisha and ... and a Slack message from Petey appears saying, “Kellen, I need you to write this blog,” and I’m like, “Of course, no problem.” Then Petey

  • by kellen manning
  • December 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Friends, Part 1 a cross-registration love story

  

  MIT and Harvard. I say this both because it beautifully expands the academic opportunities for students in each school and because if it weren ... 6.00"]6.0001 and 6.0002.[/annotation] I happened to be working as an

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  pass. And this was good enough for high school. This was enough to get me by and, apparently, get into MIT. But it's this very method of ... test. And even after the test, they still remember. When they run into a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  , shake it off, and remember that you will survive, even thrive, wherever you go; whatever you do. Stove-cook your oatmeal and never look back. We ... converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  How does one write a first post? This probably isn't the way...

  

  nothing but praise and applause. Something that would ring through the halls of eternity and create a legend—a legend that people would whisper ... —drafts that never made it past the first sentence and exist in a folder on his

  • by kellen manning
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  finally say I’ve drunk from the firehose and tasted it vicious glory; there’s plenty I could say! And I will say those things eventually, but this past ... home! All of this amazing and terrible chaos culminated in me sitting in

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  , shake it off, and remember that you will survive, even thrive, wherever you go; whatever you do. Stove-cook your oatmeal and never look back. We ... converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Evaluate your MIT Student Experience Dear {{FIRST_NAME}}, Every four years, MIT surveys all undergraduate students about vario...

  

  [annotation note="this email came on monday, and i had time to kill (which is rare) so i sat down and filled out this incredibly long survey ... aspects of their academic and student life. The survey is essential in

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  i saw you four ways to follow MIT students

  

  to vicariously ride the ups and downs of MIT. they can't tell you if ... peers are clever, enduring, innovative and thoughtful—and sometimes immature, petty and enjoy a good sexual innuendo or two. as i share these

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 16, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  Last Saturday was the first ever MIT Mini Maker Faire, and (at least ... written already, even by people at Make Magazine, and I’m not sure I can do ... ). I’ve been to county fairs with craft exhibition booths and ventured to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  Santa Fe, New Mexico   What: Working at Surroundings and Architecture 2030. Writing about street art, coyotes, and trees. Reading Joan Didion, James Baldwin, Tupac Shakur, and Carson McCullers. Also, Ta

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  . After a few semesters of psets, midterms, finals, and projects, that once youthful prefrosh full of joy and excitement can seem a long way away. Ring ... revealed, and yesterday night the 2016 Brass Rat was revealed! We don’t hold

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Let There Be Prefrosh! And let them build ALL the things!

  

  so many exciting things going on, and best of all, THERE ARE SO MANY PREFROSH! Yes, they are still called prefrosh, and they will be called prefrosh until convocation when President Reif gets on a stage and says that

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s like finding candy in your pocket… MIT in the media - Always a treat.

  

  likewise very into the Internet as you may have guessed, and as it should be in my opinion. I'm sure we all fall victim to surrendering minutes and ... something like this: A New Yorker cartoon and a Jay-Z&Beyoncé picture

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  this semester has been especially fun and out-of-the-ordinary. So two weeks ago - …the assignment was to construct a bamboo-and-canvas shelter ... used for conferences and fraternity/sorority semiformals, etc. Our

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  applications. Last year, it was 17,909 to be exact. And we don't just see them ... big deal; we're not sticklers for that type of stuff (and hey, nobody ... much time and effort the student has put into the application. So be sure

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  This…Is…BLODGEBALL! Everything and anything you ever wanted to know about us.

  

  Admissions, Stu Schmill, but we need your questions! Send anything and ... -dot-com - I get to make silly videos, draw doodles, write my opinions and then have my self-esteem bolstered when pre-frosh recognize me at CPW and then

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  Three days into my study abroad program and this is my classroom ... , Brazil; Cape Town, South Africa; and Hanoi, Vietnam with a group of 30 ... different forces that shape cities and the challenges that they face. I can

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011