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• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  're competing against 10,000 other people for spots in a class of 1000 tends to ... How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker, who used to be a professor here in ... wanted to major in, and, hey, if one of the professors in the department

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  ’t happen in real life. to fix this, we can connect the grid points using ... the east and set in the west. i looked up at the sun; time to chase the ... . villagers seem to occupy this weird space in-between the soulless mobs and the

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  personal as face-to-face conversation or talking on the phone, but it's handy ... A lot of the day-to-day communication at MIT happens, not through face-to-face conversation, but via email. I get email from my dorm, from

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  to see what she's talking about--even though I live in a dorm with two ... Harvard to small highway to Watertown. MIT is in a prime location for you to run anywhere from 3 to 17 miles in a closed loop around the river. 2

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  I've returned from France to the States just in time for lots of ... exciting time around these parts. It's great to be back in Boston. And now ... respective World Tours. We brought in some speakers to give us some good

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  seconds to waste. *Not my own. While I waited for my connecting flight in New York, some guys decided to beat each other up in the main concourse ... alike ran over to watch. Really, though? Fighting in an airport terminal

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 that's .0093 more than 18.S097!

  

  -definiteness: For all x,y in your space, we want d(x,y) to be bigger than or equal to ... ) real analysis seeks to, in addition to other pedagogical goals, teach how ... rigorous, and really hard. Like, it's meant to be a class you can in theory

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 27, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  ://youtu.be/nLSaCFlXn-g (might want to turn on english subtitles for this) In short, the film ... , when do you add salt to your okra? At the beginning? Or the end? (student ... better. Or that was how things were going to play out anyways. And frankly

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions Available Online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  

  or snail mail, as we do not plan to send out admissions decisions in ... in to decisions.mit.edu. Admissions decisions will be available ... students in the days and weeks to come. In the meantime, we'll provide open

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 Blogging Scholarship for $10,000! I don't like physics. A lot of people seem to think I do. I'd like to ... in his class. Needless to say things got different when I got to MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  can't seem to find a place that makes good ones in the area). I had ... The other day I tried to hard-boil eggs for the first time. The first ... next batch came out fine. But then I ruined them by trying to turn them

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  ongoing event in rolling text". Apparently this used to be something that ... group. However, I proceeded to get lost in North Station because the MBTA ... . Gloria: I was actually awake since much earlier in the morning, but due to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  geography. That is to say, many international students live in the US, and ... money each student needs in financial aid to attend MIT. We will meet ... internet or the phone or email. The only way to be 100% sure, though, that we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  neck muslces later I was boarding a plane to Seattle in a neck brace. I ... and said something to the effect of "you know, we're in the mountains ... .mitadmissions.org/topics/life/student_life_culture/blogger_application_2010.shtml">Blogger Application 2010 is due to me by email by Monday

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  gun bullets? Or maybe the power of a single footstep? Want to know the ... , become mini-experts in everything from 3D printing to bowling mechanics. If ... time of reflection. It’s easy to become lost in the fact that we only

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  . Are you required to take 2 or 4? Is the CI-M required (for, say, Biological Engineering) or just a suggestion as a way to fill the CI ... in your mouth and start to screw with your teeth so you have to get

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  If you are applying to MIT this year (early or regular), here's an ... appropriate coach or fill out the recruiting form. If you are interested in our music community or our arts community, consider sending in some of your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  general excitement to begin my second semester at MIT (keep in mind this was ... UROP, the profs are definitely wiling to hear you out and help you in any ... . In addition to generally helping out the lecturers and other course

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  Museum of Science today to check out the reception site. Hanging in the ... , taking 5.111/5.112 in the fall frees you up to take 5.12 in the spring ... major in biology or in any other department which requires a lot of bio

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  , and that this is going to make me either a good scientist or a raving ... used to keep track of the funny and/or ridiculous things our group of ... of the crowd. Does that ever happen to you? [Class mumbles in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005