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• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote ... how to use them. Professors aren’t as concerned about if an experiment ... to collaboration: problem sets (psets) are typically completed in
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

  choose to join a conventional meal plan with access to dining halls, or you might prefer to live in a cook-for-yourself (and often, your friends ... culture and traditions. MIT housing is guaranteed for your entire
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  I'm long overdue for a blog update. To dispel your mental image of me ... excitement. Actually, there's been too much excitement for me to find the time ... to Rohan'15 for this gem of a conversation I'm about to share: Rohan

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.

  

  traditional blogging. For one thing, it's easy to post cool things that happen ... title, this has something to do with twitter. It is in fact a historic day for me, much like the day I bought my Mac, after being vehemently

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program: Now Taking Requests Plus... a fun mitadmissions.org milestone!

  

  's an art!) so it can take up to a week for you to receive a response ... 'd mention here that the MIT Overnight Program is open for business. You can ... two weeks notice prior to your arrival, we've already begun taking

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  ,000 resident city-within-a-city, so we rarely had to leave. For my sophomore ... , most people from my high school decided to stay in Texas for college for ... have to call my grandparents every day too. They still worry for me, and

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Dirty Little Secret? Free concerts rock my socks.

  

  the bathroom that decided to spray water all over the house. While fun for the moment, it was not that fun to clean up. OK...begin the real ... So I began this entry on Sunday night, but am just getting around to

  • by Bryan
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 5 and a day off (kinda)

  

  fantastic applications, the highlight of the day (for me) was my making mango lassis for the staff, to go along with the Indian food we had from India ... set to go for international selection, less than two weeks from now

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  self-study and proceeded to get 5's in all three subjects. For a long ... history was a real passion for me, I'll always be able to do it on the side ... best choice for me (they love to say, disdainfully, "isn't MIT a school

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Win Sam Stuff! That, amongst other things.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +…

  

  , but it's time to move on. :) Speaking of classes applying to MIT for ... to figure out what to do about that but for now I have broken metal ... win all sorts of stuff and get to help record a new song for SongsToWearPantsTo

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Pictures of what Could Have Been drawings i made for blog posts that i didn't end up posting

  

  keep coming across drawings for blog posts that I decided not to publish. I thought it'd be fun to show some of these! Better Call Tim??? Date ... for MIT? Reason for discontinuation: Not sure, but MIT should pay to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July A video experiment just for the heck of it

  

  in my 30 day trial period to tinker around and make a couple videos for ... known because I'm always looking for excuses to better my novice ... creates an annual video series called "Letters to July," sort of like a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 Blogging Scholarship! And ... . Normally visits only last for about a day so you will have to cram as much ... than Gimp?) so you'll have to settle for a slightly larger picture than

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  : Last night, LSC hosted the Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie, who came to MIT to describe some of their work and how they get inspiration for what they do. I've never seen a more packed Kresge. Not even for a Logs

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Love Potion No. 9 roses are #FF0000violets are #0000FF

  

  In celebration of today's "holiday," I decided it would make sense to ... imagination, but for those of you interested, here's my take on the lay of the land. (But I am good with pick-up lines) I'll flashback to the

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  begin on experiments with the level of detail you’re expected to for this ... time to give thoughtful and detailed explanations for all of the concepts ... experiment for the next 15 weeks Time for you and your partner to sort

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

  Our preference is for recommenders to use our application portal to submit documents. However, they do have the option to submit their ... how the recommender intends to submit their materials, because it will
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT's admit rate for early action is so low in comparison to the admit ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  for the past few months. First, for some students, there are early applications to fill out. Then, of course, there are regular applications to complete. And finally, there's the scrambling to apply for scholarships

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  no space to breathe—no space to post. And yes, there has been time for ... I've been gone from the blogs for a little while, since this semester has been quite a difficult one and I haven't really had the headspace to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022