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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  is exactly what I'll have to do very soon. It'll be a huge comedown ... yet and you're sitting around wondering what in the world a Math ... .012 is and if you should take it in the fall and hey, how come MIT doesn

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit my official transcript to MIT as a QuestBridge applicant?

  transcript and no further action is needed on your part. If you did not submit ... (located in the MIT application portal) after you submit your MIT Quest
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a high school student taking college classes. Do I apply for transfer admission?

  If you are still in high school, you are considered a first-year applicant regardless of how many classes you have taken at the university level. The transfer application is intended for students who have
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun Times @ MIT (Pt. 1) Life's gotta be fun.

  

  quickly. Case in point: in the past two and a half years, I've learned the ... different. In terms of classes, this upcoming semester is going to be my most challenging semester yet. As a double major in Course 6-7 and 9, I'm taking the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  - which is fun, but can lead to a lot of confusion. When I first started ... assisting me in weeding out who's a friend and who's foe, it also helps me ... (I have a lot more unfinished posts on their way - as well as answers

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  you can see in my bio, I'm a senior at MIT this year. I'm taking a lot of awesome classes. One of them is 6.131: Power Electronics. It's a lab ... , I've gotten to a point where the workload will be manageable from here

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  hello, after six years

  

  the thought a good home in my body. one of these thoughts is the idea ... -flying) animals. the ones that can't fly are still this type of animal. this is a ... we have with each other. we live in a world with lots of ways to talk

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  feud with Stephen Colbert (resolved in a battle royale), a German disco light shows, a visit to the doctor, a turtle race, and ring spinning. In ... , this is a physics problem. And when there's an important physics problem

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  time dilation to the Infinite, and beyond

  

  : a 9am class begins at 9:05 and ends at 9:55). In theory, this is ... ] twice a week? Of course I am. I’ve been in 8.01 (Physics: Classical ... in such a short time before, but it nonetheless requires an adjustment

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  weird. I liked it a lot because it stood out in its rejection of the ... in economics on a pre-med track, and the schools' econ departments are ... became clear that Chicago is a liberal arts school with a strong science

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  succumbed to a four-hour soak in liquid described by writer Bernard DeVoto as ... inflatable rafts with a hot dog grill in the center raft?' and [name I don ... up a barbecue grill on the leader raft, cook meat, pass meat around in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  include a positive control for a comparison), and the data is beautiful in ... be seen in the photo of shakshuka). i think it's kind of funny. it is a ... data is a little tricky. i finish all in one sitting, in about three

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 22, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  is a true gem in its entirety, but the three main points that Petey ... significance of structure in a schedule, especially one that encapsulates all the ... drop a bunch of classes and activities, and overall finished the year in

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  transfer in the spring. I’d have a plethora of extracurriculars. I wouldn ... go to bed early. This is all pure speculation, of course. But in the ... was a letter to the future, to be read in five years. But here’s what I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  as a rejection with prolonged pain. What I didn't know is that those 2 ... . It was freeing, in a way, to be able to seek new dreams, create new ... commit to in the cup holder next to me. At last, I was able to open a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  skills is maybe printing a haphazardly CADded moon on TinkerCAD in my junior year. My only experience with coding is AP Computer Science A, a ... me is sad to let go of the prospect of being a bioengineering major, or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  Publishing abroad A taste of an MIT-Russia student's blog

  

  ://www.fontanka.ru/2012/07/04/070/ - it’s in English, which a bunch of the reporters ... , “Special report from Boston!” (where I’m a student). One of the reporters, Andrei, told me (in Russian), &ldquo

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  note="the ethernet cable she uses is run through a small hole in the floor because our router is in the basement. i wonder if i should do the ... advance them at a snail's pace. i made a point last fall in only bringing

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• 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…

  

  repeat in my head for a week already. As the song is less than two minutes ... tests and a pset to turn in on Wednesday. 2:03 PM - Roll over, reach for ... wondering whether it is a benefit or an inconvenience to have this class

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

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  Hi folks - a comment I received in response to the last entry: I happen to know that girl (bus driver) and it is unbelievable the amount of impact an essay can have. I just wanted to clarify my last post in case I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004