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• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is MIT Code?

  -250, taking Linear Algebra, which is the unit distribution: 4 hours in class per ... MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18.06, which is 4-0-8, for 6-5. At MIT, all of your friends would understand
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  serious companies) while interning at a startup. Interning in SF is a sort ... passing through, a little trail of condensation forms in its wake. This is ... . Anyway, I've been living in Fran Sancisco this summer with (a sizable crew

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

   recently won (!!) with a set of extraordinary women in NASA. Maia is currently ... fumbling to turn off the recorder in the last few seconds. Despite going to a ... can find them in stores “LEGO is currently tweaking the design that I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  weeks in, we released the first iteration of the software as a tool to ... the floor in a heap of mandibular disarray. #obliviouscodemonkey *I can ... for landing in chummy situations with a wide variety of living groups. A

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  program in which the Earth System is used as a context for the first-year core subjects in math, physics, chemistry and biology. It is a small ... It was 86 degrees F in Boston on Wednesday! A blooming tree in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  nothing special

  

  myself in math, but I think I now deserve a good night's rest. After all ... lower than official MIT housing. If you already live in a dorm, chances ... get to come back a couple weeks early in the fall for free, in exchange

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  , anyway. The interview is simply a way for you to tell us in person. Some ... 's been a student there. College admissions is all about the "match" and ... in that regard. To that end, there is no expectation that you should

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  + weeks of winter break and a month of IAP: Priceless Winter break is upon ... they want or coming back on campus and taking advantage of what is, in my ... . Another popular option is working on a UROP. If you don't have a UROP yet

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No ... second round of waitlist admissions. All of this is a standard part of the ... other. It is in your best interest to complete your financial aid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  football (soccer) fan eh? Your comments sounds like a girl's who is trying to sound interested in a game that her boyfriend plays :}} Well, the answer is, no, I've never really watched soccer before in my life, but the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi on Pie So much pi[e].

  

  this blog post I’m going to go back to grading. (“Grading” is a word ... ’s Random Hall weekly-ish study break. In honor of Pi Day Irina O. ’15 and ... .909859317102744... π pies over the internet.   (A secret: the pies are a lie. Their

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Mystery Of The Missing Application Tracking Portlet A quick clarification.

  

  Application Tracking portlet in MyMIT. The system is supposed to display a ... behalf of all of us, here's a big public thanks to them.) So this is just ... we needed to see midyear grades in order to make a decision, and they

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  the Midyear Report. Note that there is also an option in the Report for ... to report -- so if you're in a school that doesn't have midyear grades ... able to skip this section. The Midyear Updates form is a simple text

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  potential, and have an impact in the world. Yet the Institute is part of a ... A few weeks ago, MIT —  in conjunction with Stanford, IBM, and Aeris ... to the lawsuit in question, but that have a stake or insight into the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  . 15.000 - Explorations in Management; This is a small 3 unit pass ... because one of them is a 3 unit class, meaning it really doesn't take up ... their parent class (8.02 and 8.01 respectively) in a previous semester

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Three MIT students win Rhodes Scholarships In case you're wondering, yes, that's a lot of Rhodes Scholarships.

  

  . Huang, Newark [Delaware], is a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of ... Senator Edward Kennedy. At Oxford, she plans to do a doctorate in public ... Carolina], is a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, majoring

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  Measurement and Instrumentation. Basically, this is a lab class where we learn ... as velocity profiles in a pipe or internal pressure of a soda can ... have a 40 page paper to write, but such is life. The class is also an

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  everything that matters is in a blind spot and you compare just the shallow ... , shrivels quietly in a blind spot. There is some unsaid expectation when it ... ’ve been better. II. Growing up in a place where I did not have many

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  what to pack for the dorms but non-extensive so pls don't blame me if u forget ur toothbrush

  

  regulation is good enough that I never found myself in need A storage ottoman ... the qualification that I've lived three years (going on a fourth) in Burton-Conner and take a lot of pride in my room, as evidenced by not one

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • July 8, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  make claims as to whether or not someone is a good candidate because in ... In response to this blog entry: (As a reminder) Don't hesitate to ... been reading the blogs (and they are wonderful,) but I am still in a

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006