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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  none. I actually don't know how to sing, at all, and I'm really nervous ... ...it sounded so different from how it did on Youtube. I still managed to come in ... promise to the rational, logic-based region of my brain: a promise that I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  because we had nothing to do. I miss how a lot of different friend groups ... bell almost every day, or not at all. I miss how he used to use ... while reading this blog, this isn't entirely true, and I just want to make

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  cleaning was going, but we weren't sure how to get inside MacGregor to check ... . In this blog you'll find two things: (1) my introduction to Washlava and (2) an analysis showing how MIT students felt about Washlava based

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Admitted Students

  

  Institute, and you are one of the very few applicants to whom we offered admission. Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2015! Feel free to introduce yourselves in the comments below to your future friends. And

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• FAQ / Transfer

  Are there other classes I should take beyond the recommended coursework?

  While we can't recommend specific classes, you may want to compare the courses offered at your institution to MIT's by referring to the MIT ... what you would like to major in, you may also want to take a look at the
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering?

  -day experience for rising seniors to learn what it is like to be an MIT student. The program is completely free, including the cost of transportation to ... /or underserved backgrounds to apply, as well as students who come from low
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Splash?

  flood MIT’s campus to take classes, taught by MIT students, on anything and everything. From music theory to Hungarian history to aircraft analysis, Splash offerings span a wide variety of areas. Want to take a class
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have required classes or language requirements?

  We're often asked to recommend specific classes for high school students to increase their chances of admission. We don't have any required classes but consider an ideal preparation to include calculus, physics
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  college spring break is everything I wanted it to be and more, which ... :') I went to [annotation note="there's a lot to be said here about PR ... .S imperialism here, but I want to emphasize that awareness is important, and I do

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  graduated a little over a month ago, moved to Washington, D.C. a week ago, and ... updating the CityLab article accordingly. I was forced not to look away. At four thirty in the afternoon, I needed to. News was not breaking so

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  the secret recipe to get into MIT. Here it goes. Check off 4 out of 5 ... . Unfortunately, there is none. You can certainly can try to help your chances. You ... join a special program to study in France and get a side of buttery

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  Patriots lost to the Giants. It was pretty painful. But the midst of it all - and in between flashbacks to the Superbowl-That-Didn't-Happen - I started thinking. Mostly to distract myself from the pain as I did this over

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 06 The inside scoop on all 54 units I am taking this semester

  

  Description: Uses the tools of macroeconomics to study various macroeconomic ... long run to government finances in the intermediate run and economic ... recitation fun fact: The entire first chapter of our textbook is devoted to the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have classes

  

  to be able to keep all five, but if it is too much work then I will drop back to four. I've provided my first impressions of each class, which aren't very insightful as I've only been to each class once. My

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  when the world gets too heavy put it on my back

  

  living in my thoughts a lot and i'm not sure how to write about it in a ... -- forgot how good it was, to be honest. and it seems i've been doing that a ... honestly don't know how to even describe this but my three year old self was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  -Y mode allows you to visualize how “out of phase” (i.e., out of sync) two ... scopes are superior to analog scopes in many ways – but how they measure ... cool I guess.” Well, Joe, I’m pleased to announce that for my 6

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  the things i hate and what they say about me

  

  just a way to stop hating. the subject of how one actually stops hating ... , like if they’re busy or have a bunch of personal issues to work through ... to talk to me but are choosing not to because they assign low priority

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 9, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  knowing how I had planned to spend the rest of my four years here, yet those ... remembered how desperately I needed to cling onto these moments, how last ... the commute and learning how to decorate my own room. I'll be taking a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  time at MIT so far, and how I want to spend the upcoming time, and this ... class. This is due to a few reasons: Firstly, I have never had a semester at MIT where I didn’t want to be taking the classes I was taking. This

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  to spend the money. I didn't realize how big of a deal CES was. Then I ... played games, watched virtual reality horror films, and listened to my 12 ... graduate MIT. People were going to start asking me what I was doing after

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017