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• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  offer any remedial math classes ‘below’ the level of single ... help us better assess the academic preparedness of all applicants, and ... [annotation note='In addition to the main text of the post, if you see any text

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  A Hack and Advice Two entries smashed into one.

  

  the east coast. This meant learning about weather, types of stores that ... My dorm, Burton-Conner, has a great view of the both domes from just ... proceeded to listen to them. A lot. I'm glad I did, because it's one of the

  • by Snively '11
  • February 29, 2008
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer housing for transfer students?

  Yes—transfer students are guaranteed on-campus housing for their entire undergraduate education! Learn more on the MIT Housing & Residential Services site.
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  Bluntly put, this was the worst week of my life. Geez! you say. That ... a throw pillow*. Alright: Let's just say that the week of October 19th left much to be desired. I will elaborate on the details of “much

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  stuff, the jobful and the seeking return to MIT and I get to see some of ... overwhelming if it's your third donut of the morning (we work hard ... (but still close to both of them). On the first floor the Harvard Book

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  (+) years of hard work in the classroom, and months of filling out ... classes, and (best of all?) go to college parties! You will roam the ... them for most of the weekend. (Pictures are at the bottom of the entry

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  's show choir my junior year. I was captain of the largest color guard in the state of Ohio, and we went to the Macy's Parade my senior year. So I came to MIT and joined the cheerleading squad, of course. I came

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  This past Sunday, at 4 AM on the side of U.S. Highway 1 on Badger ... and up the sides of roads, through the heat of the mid-afternoon to the darkness of Highway 1 in the evening, until, finally, at 2:50 AM, we stumbled

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  sunny and there's a high of 73 degrees tomorrow. i haven't shared ... corner. the blankets on the floor are on top of a standard foam mattress ... Doctrine -- the enthusiastic belief in the liberating power of technology

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  train, enjoy the priceless view we get of Boston and the Charles River at ... station, watch the crowds of people coming and going, till I finally I hear ... train. I’m one of the last passengers to get on. Phew. Since I have

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  the previous year. By then, some of the people I'd loved working with had left, or were on another team, or were on the other coast, and I ... is a fear, the fear of coming back to something I once loved, and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  strangers.”) Have no fear; there is light at the end of the tunnel. Second ... decisions will make a profound impact on the rest of our lives. My classmates ... , many of us are receiving job and graduate school offers. It’s with a bit

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  in the winter of my freshman year. But life matters were really ... certainty is wildly oscillating. You can not compute the derivative of its ... . That was the first surprising turn of events. I was (mostly) certain I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  , the 350th day in the 50th week of 2011 and 282 days ago, no big deal ... . (Only 23 hundredths of a year for the same time to come around already, yikes!) I went to an all-girls Catholic high school in the south side of

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  from a library book about reproductive biology, with a degree of ... , never let my education get in the way of my learning.   Love you, mom     One of the best ways to learn is to teach, both

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply to be an Exchange Student, Special Student, or Visiting Student?

  are very few of these arrangements. MIT participates in the Exchange ... specific area of research you find interesting, you may try contacting the ... opportunities. For a list of current research areas, please visit the research
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  endorsement of Firefox still holds, though.] For the first time since August, my inner conscience begs pardon for the prolific plastering of my face on mitblogs; the bloggable fraction of my life has, since the start of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  the Friday before, then skipping out on this would only be a sign of ... computer, start watching an episode from the fifth season of Scrubs. Decide ... distracted. Go to the mall with Kel '10 because we're hungry and tired of the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  walked. Twenty minutes to the left of the station in the eighty-degree ... flights of stairs from the subway, then looked at my map and declared, "I ... for days. I walked until the Japanese Ghost of Christmas Past walked up

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  really goes above 80 degrees, and enjoy the infrequent summer drizzles. I ... retrospect. There were lots of nice things about it, but the activation energy of getting to them without a car was too high. I've found that the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020