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• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I request that my scores not be considered after submitting my application?

  Scores cannot be redacted from applications after they have been submitted. We encourage you to look at this blog post to better understand the rationale and details of our testing requirement.
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  II comes in! I took this class for one main reason: the final project ... these components be positioned on your actual board? I had to keep in mind ... , along the street of Mass Ave in a rage-induced haze, then returned after I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  feel like I’ve lived so much in such a short span of time, which makes ... less than five days. I screamed in anguish with my friends on [annotation ... days so that I’d have no regrets. For context, I live in Burton

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  intermarriage." I can't say that I sat through all 3.5 hours of the movie ... very thing that you hope to deny exposure to the light can often grow in ... that a movie is technically brilliant yet morally repugnant? How can I

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  I will admit: I've been in a bit of a rut. Don't get me wrong. Life ... aerospace education. There was a moment which stuck in my mind. I was ... trapped in an elevator. I cleaned my room, wiped down the floors, laid down

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  making solar cells lessons from my nanotech class

  

  that can be stacked in a way which increases power generation without ... and optimistic afterwards. i’ve enrolled in many math and cs and biology ... the first convincing proof i’ve seen that we can actually solve climate

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  't get it, I'm reposting the email in its entirey below. This is also good ... tracking page then. Some frequently asked questions: Can I send missing documents to you via postal mail?No — it won't get here in time. I know

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  , ultimately, it’s your choices that matter in both places <3) (also I don ... , but what they grow to be” "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest ... Hello friends, it is near the end of term (*cries*) and so today, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  ; I had tests in three of my classes: 9.65 (Cognitive Processes), 20 ... Biological Systems). I’ve also been putting in several hours behind the ... ; GEL is no exception. In my time, I’ve noticed that at the

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  construction in the alley. Yesterday was also somewhat of an exception so I was ... : ----------------------------- Construction in Back Alley Next to Bexley Dorm Hello, I'm wondering how long ... pulled down my window and my shades, assured that I was in for another 3

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  my AP Physics C scores. So all in all, I was very happy to see my ... organized in one handy folder, but since I already bored you with that topic, I'll leave it out of this entry.) The last piece of information in my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  physics (in which case, I'll have to switch my major). The interesting ... ,at MIT you can do an IROP (close cousin to the UROP) study there If I ... .S. in light of the dwindling time we have left here on Earth, I propose

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist and transfer: quick update No decisions yet, but some notes & reminders.

  

  MIT, you should stay in contact with us. I'd recommend an email, a ... I know that with all the hubbub for admitted students, some of the ... can admit. For now, we are waiting to see how many of the 1597 admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  a marathon. Why? I’m now the owner of an 8x10 view camera. In my last post, I mentioned that I was in the process of building an 8x10 ... camera from scratch, in between classes and a summer job, I finished it in

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  ....it's MIT, and languages don't involve math and all. First of all, I can ... was held entirely in Spanish, so it was pretty advanced, but I enjoyed ... the word "and" in Italian is "e" (pronounced like a long A). You can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  later, I presented myself to my mother in shame, fully expecting to be ... kept on the highest shelf in the fridge. As I licked my spoon clean, I ... under control, she opened her mouth. I braced myself. In Tamil, she said

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  today. BEATRICE: (laughs) I’ve been drowning in sooo many math psets that I don’t think I can handle anything Pi Day-related. We’re all headed ... will result in vortex shedding, but I’m not sure what happens when you

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  wedding, and the advising, and the teaching (I really did) - but in my ... stuff, so I schedule it in. Essentially: there are no empty calendar days ... : white. I could wake up in the morning and think: "what do I feel like doing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  2.004 and focus on 2.006 so that I can get an A/B instead of what is ... means 6PM to Midnight rehearsals everyday. In addition, I also have a ... year it gets to just be too much. MIT is much better summarized in little

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  lower bound on the amount of work I was putting in every week into running ... in the style of an academic paper. Looking back I was very happy with ... validated all the work I put in trying to work through the nasty Klein

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022