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• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  wouldn’t be able to get in, just because you are never fully prepared to ... also knew getting in would be an uphill climb. Oh, and first I had to go ... significant challenges in my life up to that point than getting an A in math

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Solution: Are we going to win? Guess where I am!

  

  going to win? "Here is my schedule. I just can't seem to get the times ... Complex Problems Intro to Numerical Simulation in Electrical Engineering ... . Since MIT lives in numbers instead of words, the next step is to gather

  • by Bryan
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  in your mouth and start to screw with your teeth so you have to get ... in her life like Piz?) I mean, smashing in the cop car just to get ... hard to get into M.I.T. Yes. pennutty said: Hi, Iam a 11th class student

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  Try to find me in this picture! Just kidding, that’s a trick ... at MIT, I got to be Tim the Beaver.   Get to check that one off ... walking in those furry two-foot-long shoes, you have to complete the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Start shaping up in January! I like.

  

  ’m in love with IAP. The recurring theme seems to be: Things get thrown ... ,000,000 minutes of getting-fit-@-MIT. Those are some big numbers. It’s easy to see why. Smack-dab in the middle of IAP – when everyone is trying to relax

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT hacks Caltech

  

  website. :) In honor of the cannon's transport, it was given a class of ... Some of you may remember last year, when Caltech students came to ... decided to have a little fun with Caltech. You see, Caltech has this famous

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  than starting. In a lot of ways, getting back into lifting feels a lot ... at square one, but I’m not. I feel like I’m getting back to where I was ... ’d[annotation note="a near impossible task to ask of two 19 year old college students

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  in order to get myself from Zero Knowledge to Some Knowledge. My fellow ... provide valuable access to new opportunities. In this case, I realized that ... solar astrophysicist at Harvard. The AAS has a whole website on how to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I apply for first-year admission if I already have a degree?

  bachelor's degree may not apply to MIT for a second degree in a new field. To pursue graduate study at MIT, you need to apply to one of our departmental programs(opens in new window). Each department has its own
• Blog / Events

  Party in the MIT This is some scary stuff.

  

  admissions website. The link has been sent to a couple of dorm lists and is ... entry and knew exactly what to expect when they clicked it? I know that at ... Baker (one of our dorms), was uploaded to the internet. The instant

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  amazing Alumni Directory (https://alum.mit.edu/as/index.html) to get in ... ://www.training.nih.gov/student/) with links to student programs. After sending in the Summer Internship ... to be placed in a laboratory. I thought it was just because of my lack

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  by training (MIT-educated in Course 2) so I wanted to know all the ... Please note that, as  Hello World! I'd like to introduce you to a ... it's one of several options that MIT applicants have to send us

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s that time of the year again If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact…

  

  on November 2, 2006. This is the easiest way to get a UROP, most people ... Guidelines website. If youТƒфre interested in doing a UROP this semester, now ... serious responsibility. The UROP website reminds you to consider your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  SnowDays while you're waiting for decisions

  

  cuts in, and it shows the result you'll get when you unfold it. It ... this. I first played with the website in 2009, when it used Flash. It ... gets an arrow pointing to it saying it's new. I think the design

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Getting Back to Normal ...with some help from Macklemore

  

  It has been a rough couple of weeks in Boston and at MIT.  Wednesday's memorial service for Officer Collier has helped us to heal.  And tonight, we'll take another step in getting back to normal. Tonight is the annual MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  actually get two diplomas to show off at graduation (and to hang ... the truly worthy will be able to dance at graduation with a diploma in ... ). In a nutshell, everybody at MIT has to either take or pass out of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  foot to enter the US? Was I really moving to an apartment in Boston, to ... who wasn't related to me for the first time in five months. I still can't believe it's happening, sometimes, now. When we returned to East Campus in a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  dating websites. When I read it in Freakonomics, I freaked out. And then I ... bioengineering! (...Look how I manage to work in all this random MIT stuff. It ... Okay, I'll admit that it's been a slow week for me, so I'm going to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  February updates Midyear grades and more.

  

  anything you send in as a supplement. I think it is important to remember ... calling your school to get them. For other students whose grades have been ... is an aberration in the midyears. At this time, due to the continued

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  listening to when I signed that card. 1 of the cards says "IHTFP" in binary ... many times can get a little repetitive and even confusing (after about 350 you start to forget how you normally write your name). That's why I

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009