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• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  school doesn't calculate GPA, please don't convert your grades to a U ... Please don't be overly concerned about your class rank or GPA (grade point average) or even whether your school calculates them. With our
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Mechanics of Blogging How do I do it?

  

  HTML tricks just to see what MovableType is capable of. Next on the ... our post appears to have been published on (which is why you may have ... on the Internet did MIT hide all of its goodies? I'd like to shed light

  • by Snively '11
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.

  

  be advised to take 8.01L, which is a more drawn-out version of physics ... register on Registration Day, which is the day before the first day of ... relying on one larger vehicle to do it on its own. The focus of the project

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  ," which I have never seen, or that episode of "Seinfeld," which I have seen ... Campbell is? Like, 50? And then what subset of those 50 want to get a book ... show for at least 3 years) Or, uh, "Army of Darkness?" Well, he was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  everything is going in a positive direction. :) The rest of the summer was ... let her name me) trusted me enough to design some of her wedding material! And now I'm back on campus settling in and trying to feng shui

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Bookends and every time / i leave this place / i'm terrified, terrified

  

  the beginning and end of the story, to illustrate change or lack thereof ... is about to end I think of its beginning. If time will push me into ... to call home, a place that'd last, not like the city I'd move out of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 2, 2023
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  Maybe my favorite part of course 2A is sitting next to my friend in 2 ... of dents are small scratches in the paint.  This is not to say I have ... edits, so that nothing is glaringly wrong. But I want a better grasp of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  me is saturated with newness. I’m still adjusting to making new friends ... phenomena (like my transition to college) into comfortingly simple sets of ... /25 (28624 steps) This was the second to last day of “Discover Mechanical

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / Events

  About Some Activities (ASA) More tangents than a trig test (~11 pictures)

  

  On Tuesday, a group of which I am a member had a large meeting in room 26-100 This is the same room in which I attended 8.01: Classical ... $3 Our group is the Association of Student Activities (ASA), and we

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  he's building. Hint # 1: Put on your math-based thinking cap. Hint ... -time mathematician. John is my neighbor, and for the last few weeks he has been constructing this "structure" in his front yard. I know that many of you are

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I (don’t) want the summer to end me writing poetry? what a concept

  

  lifted; I want to cross the hallway, knock on everyone's doors, and play lots of board games with all of my friends— I don't want the summer to ... attendances capped. I don't want lectures to turn into exams with everyone two

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  many clubs they’re a part of, or how well they’re able to maintain good ... was kind of sad to think about for a while. Really, Allison? You have no ... with me everywhere—in the car on grocery trips, to friends’ houses, and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  Note: this one is dedicated to the expectant EA applicants. Hope you can make your week fun to rid of all that anxiety! On Thanksgiving Eve ... watched Pitch Perfect, a film in which freshmen know what they want to do

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  on writing!) to compare a bunch of genetic sequences. For three hours ... A couple of days ago, I was working on an entry talking about all the ... during the first week of MIT's Independent Activities Period. On Monday

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  coupon that I need to use soon Out in Boston Bank of America Pavillion ... , views of the harbor Teuscher -- chocolates on Newbury Top of the Hub -- views of Cambridge and Boston (food is okay) Tangierino -- yes, hookah bar

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  #scretious and bunnies!

  

  outside MIT is its substantial population of bunnies. This was brought to my ... time to catch up on that, as by the MIT Law of Conservation of Frosh, I ... way to describe it is as the new cultural phenomenon. It is a word

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  summer 2021

  

  , were dedicated to fun, house-bonding events. Eva is not part of ... sleeps for 20 hours a day? Or that there is a silent, ongoing extinction of ... Knightley), who's in possession of a valuable coin that is linked to a curse

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 5, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Things That Are Awesome (And have been keeping me from writing recently -- Sorry!)

  

  program because it offers a way to cap off a lot of theoretical learning ... Science) at MIT, I am able to stay on to complete a Master's Degree. The M ... courseload. This puts them in position to finish all of the requirements for

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  . :-) Okay, as we leave, we enter a hallway... at the end of which lies a ... , that is a suction tube, reminiscent of the household Hoover. Upon insertion of the appropriate coinage, the lid of a chest freezer is magically

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  to think of myself as someone who asks the tough questions and is not ... ’m from North Hollywood, California, which is in the San Fernando Valley of ... ) on 2nd floor balcony of Spanish House That’s pretty special to have

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009