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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  eyelash. He was quiet for a couple of minutes, stared off at the wall, then ... 'd already thought of that. At 12:55pm, I found myself outside my 8 ... through some possible courses of action, and settled on: moping. First, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  Learning at MIT is not about memorizing formulas, but understanding ... uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote ... getting in the way of their schoolwork.
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  I wanted to offer a few more comments on the interview. While we have a diverse group of ECs (just like the MIT student body) and they may have somewhat different styles of how the conversations will go, the main

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  the most general sort of advice I can offer. If you (mostly juniors, but ... in terms of general advice, let's see. There are no specific activities ... traditionally-thought-of-as-MIT-ish things like science fairs or math competitions

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  years together, and they were three of the most formative years of my life ... been retrofitted with an i7 processor, 256 GB of SSD storage, and 16GB of ... coding pset at MIT and every pset afterwards for three years. It ran my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who is the President of MIT?

  Sally A. Kornbluth is the 18th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kornbluth follows L. Rafael Reif, who led MIT for a decade and stepped down as president at the end of 2022.
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is CSAIL?

  When people think of MIT, they think of computers, robots, and internet—CSAIL is all of those things. The Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is the largest research laboratory at MIT and one
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  . The pace at which he thinks of ideas and puts the pedal to the metal is ... , but as the frontman of a punk rock band. I was a junior at MIT and went ... decade ago, since I spent my entire time at MIT grappling with the idea of

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, per se a selection of fantastic dishes, part 2

  

  . Boston’s wealth of seafood does not stop at lobsters – the oysters produced ... . Now, allow me to present the sequel to my assortment of culinary ... to shutdowns, and some people lost their sense of smell due to the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  , which runs throughout the month of January"]IAP.[/annotation] I also got hit with a case of writer's block, so I went through at least five ... the wall collect a whole box-full of water bottles so we could make a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7:15PM ET!

  

  (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products ... work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and build

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  "] some of my living community at the screening (featuring a slightly ... M[/embed]   At the time of the first viewing, my living group was scattered ... 't been able to live with my community for the majority of my time at MIT

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  job to stop him! At 12:17pm today, hundreds of hunters gathered in ... picture. Third: Turn the cookies at the bottom of the picture into letters ... Mystery Hunt has begun! Prof. Moriarty from the Evil Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  at Spark” and a collective mural to help create a sense of community at ... trying to find disinfecting spray at Target at the beginning of this school ... of the class in small groups staring at a blackboard and talking about

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  like thinking about it. speaking of my classes, i haven't talked about ... "make your own python". i'm having a lot of fun thinking about ... fascinating algorithms class, taught by two of the biggest names in the budding

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  First off, congratulations to the Class of 2012! From what I hear you guys are amazing. I can't wait to meet you. And to those of you who weren't offered admission, you're just as amazing. I regret that we won't be able to

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  of you are chomping at the bit to jump right in. As the Black Eyed Peas ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... covered that. So let's get to the meat of the matter (or for you vegans out

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2025 are now ... admission to MIT. This is an unprecedented increase of approximately 62% from ... are very proud of, and grateful for, all their hard work. I also know

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  One of the defining experiences of my 3 years in high school(we had a 7-9, 10-12 system) was being a member of FIRST(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition(FRC) Team 1710

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  classes by preregistering on WebSIS before the beginning of the next ... where you can pick up a poster of the LSC schedule. As for freshmen, when ... Orientation, but then second term, you join the rest of the world and do things

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006