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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  corridors in order to get around campus without walking in the rain outside ... , but what they grow to be” "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest ... walia ibex (native to Ethiopia!) or a lion or something. I've been

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  upperclassmen on your hall or in your major provide some amount of support to ... to axiomatic thinking. Except, in reality, mathematicians don’t start ... ’t as rigorous as those in math-- they are hardly logically consistent or

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  , who was one of MIT's Educational Counselors, or ECs. He had retired to ... 'm back in Boston briefly before heading to New Jersey and New York on ... action folks), I've been thinking back a bit to my college interviews. My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  come back and share those stories (in the comments or via email to me ... threads for applicants to celebrate or commiserate about this decisions ... journey in the time since. I wanted to blog some wise words shared by prior

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  efficiency of management and to eliminate fluctuations in economic and social ... special talents, and to provide an environment in which these may flourish ... the "persistent tendency to...centralization of control in all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of Class Sick.

  

  've been lying around either freezing or burning up in bed or on my couch or somewhere in between trying to figure out why the little birds on my ceiling ... are hammering in morse code and are repreatedly trying to tell you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  in Berkeley next year, I thought it might be better to be a little more ... my rights. I'm in New Hampshire." "Live free or die." "Live free or die ... DID YOU KNOW? The gigantic Bayer sign in Leverkusen, Germany, where I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Wheel To Rule Them All one small step for boy, one large step for nerdkind

  

  guys probably want to hear more about the man behind on the machine. Normally, I like to write rags-to-riches posts in which students struggle ... good read for the amateur type theorist or functional programming geek

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  yet to write down in your application. That's fine. Just be sure ... ; We are happy to accept fee waivers for any student (foreign or domestic ... . You will also be able to provide information about any new awards or

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can my school use Naviance?

  We prefer that students use our MIT application portal detailed in ... documents submitted through Naviance, SCOIR, or other methods. Regardless of ... -specific recommendation form. On the form, recommenders can indicate if they would like to
• Blog / Personal Projects

  loftblogging 2: acoustic boogaloo turns out that at mit, even the non-academics are incredibly hard and deeply rewarding

  

  freedom, and many people build lofts for their beds in order to acquire more ... another plan for this blog post: I was going to build a loft in the first ... .[/annotation]My parents and I were in SoCal last March Break (to visit my four-year-old twin

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 29, 2019
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?

  available in your application portal in late January and should be completed as soon as possible after completion of the fall semester or after completion of the second quarter. Your school does not need to mail your
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  —most students choose to brush up on their culinary skills or enroll in a lower ... the liberty to choose to be on a meal plan or instead rely on other food ... prep for the week or opt for simple, easy dishes to fit their busy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Things I Miss About MIT that i didn't think i would

  

  from my floor showed up to parties in one screaming orange horde and ... dance floors and had to wait outside in the cold more than once, but they ... practicing daily dialogues on the way to Chinese class i took Chinese II in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  :       Don't refer to yourself in the 3rd person. It ... Prize in Biology and attributing all of your success to your admission to ... Ashante or her inability to maintain pitch control, not lip-sync at live

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Life, As Physics Problem also The Tech said a thing

  

  of MIT Undergraduate Women in Physics, and asked her to do some physics ... 5 MPH. As opposed to if the car had been traveling directly at you or ... blogging brownie to whomever in the comments can come up with the best

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Go Sox!

  

  or a floor lounge to find 10+ people anxiously watching everything, and ... game in the ALCS, I was on Burton Third starting to plan out our 6 ... much in the way of good professional sports teams - it's mostly the

  • by Evan B. '10
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  This is where my decisions have taken me perspectives from grad school

  

  problem. There was some quantity I wanted to maximize (say, my happiness, or ... of me; once in place, I could follow them where I wanted to go. So there I was one afternoon at MIT, talking to Dumbledore in his office

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  that in mind, I would like to impart some advice regarding the ... ’s never too late. In college, you will want to sustain ties to the past ... the interview as a chance to describe your life outside the classroom in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Turkey Time MIT Admissions will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

  

  or responding to any e-mails or phone calls during this period; email ... to answer questions in the comments of this blog entry in the meantime ... Thanksgiving holiday weekend (see below if you'd like to learn more about one of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2012