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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  and they’re going to better places lessons learned from a hard summer

  

  and I deserve every piece of it. I don't quite remember how I pulled ... this now, I'm hoping to learn how to curb it and refine it, make it more ... that they've let me do. Simultaneously, my heart sank, as I realized how

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 14, 2022
• FAQ / Testing

  How does MIT consider test scores? Does MIT Superscore?

  We require the SAT or the ACT from first year and transfer applicants. Please visit our Tests & scores page for more complete details. Standardized tests are required for every…
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  talk about it for that long– I just need to know that the conversational ... with how well she was able to hold my attention with math content ... find it shocking that I am as (relatively) social as I am given that

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  every day.  Now I worry that it’s been too long, that I’m getting ... toward, and it’s almost embarrassing that it took so long to get here ... , honor me.   Do you remember in spring how your body wasn’t your

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  me it was really sweet how that person described their experience in ... unanswered for long periods. maybe it's a bit of a pride thing -- i can't let ... old posts, it's interesting how you can see me become more sure of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  world of admissions? It's relevant because it makes me sad how trapped ... tries to do it by using words like, "utility." How many units of utility does your computer offer you in comparison to how many units of utility

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  more questions? Give this a try and let me know how it worked out for ... earnest to think about where to apply for college. For some of you it means ... gracious to send you. I know that most of you will put it all in a big box

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  how my interview weekend went" entries. So seeing all she has to talk ... in the universe, death, taxes, and MIT students complaining about how ... now going to tell you about how much work I had to do last week, and you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  , because by then it’s late and we’re all a little hosed, longing for more ... mechanics, is two hours long; reading those posts gets me through the rapid ... part, but I love how people in this major help each other out, lift each

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  ). That’s about it. (Ok, I’m exaggerating a little bit. You can get general ... . Now for the good news: MIT has in place its own, pretty generous system ... is not quite like a placement test because it doesn’t let you skip

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  long of it is that I don’t know if I can do what I want to do with my ... , your soul? That’s how it feels to me sometimes, like I’m sacrificing my ... ), and it felt weird to write on a blog about my MIT experience under a

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  media images and how brands did it. Then we had to create our own goals ... will not be online to tweet about it. Because that’s not how real life necessarily works. (Um, it does work that way for some people.) The fight scene

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  and how one prepares for it. What exactly do the employers want and ... private participation is allowed. How does your selection committee view ... It's time for another Questions Omnibus, where I answer the questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  science, how much does that hurt me?" It is a requirement for all students ... 's still pretty far over. So how bad would it be?" A very common question. I ... context of their environment. What does it mean that we consider context

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  website. This blogpost is the story of how I wrote that website. Play on it ... the AND and NOT operators With a few adjustments, it's easy to see how ... 've fooled into doing math. Here's how it works: At its core the search is a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC’s Q&A with Dean Kelley of Pixar’s Coco (he also worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Monsters University, and The Incredibles 2)

  

  some background on the film and how we researched it. From a visual ... the celebration. The more our team researched this holiday and how it’s ... long it takes and having a lot of patience. It’s kind of a disposable art

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Admissions Math Month, Part 1 – Duality There are two wolves inside you

  

  non-mathematician, I think it’s hard to define duality succinctly yet intuitively. I usually just kind of wave my hands and say, “Uhh, it’s like when ... attempting to define it, here’s a concrete example. Suppose you draw two

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  they're definitely overworked and underpaid, but it also does mean that I ... One of my biggest plights with MIT is how, since they kinda know that ... better campus and it's not without notice, and also a lot of the issues

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  songs that they learn from their fathers. She loves her UROP because it is ... of time learning basic lab techniques like how to slice brain tissue ... . She began working on two projects: studying how neurons communicate with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  successive bounce it bounces half as high as the previous bounce, how long does ... for a one day trip. Well, as Ling's itemized bill clearly shows, it was ... too timid to ask the waiter for change. It's truly a beautiful disaster

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005