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Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?
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FAQ / Life and culture
How hard are courses at MIT?
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Does MIT recruit athletes?
your sport by completing a recruitment form. Depending on your potential -
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What’s MIT’s mission statement?
to bring this knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges. MIT is -
FAQ / First-year application
How do I list standardized test results?
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FAQ / Transfer
What does MIT consider for transfer admission?
on your major, you may have covered more ground in one science -
FAQ / First-year application
How does my school submit recommendation letters and transcripts?
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Blog / IAP
Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23
on the side to move the gun up and down. It's a relatively large gun so ... inspiration since it would be easy to mount on the gun since the gun required a ... (more on this later). The Gears On top of this base is a set of gears -
Blog / Academics & Research
Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices
all the material from recitation or from the online video lectures on ... far too undermotivated to watch the video lectures on my own. Now, 8 ... .012 grades started dropping accordingly. I struggled to hit 70% on homework -
Blog / Admissions
Derailment My Gap Year
, who viewed me as a potentially embarrassing statistic on their otherwise ... . Perhaps it hadn’t. From the day they started preschool, they had been on ... than a summer break to pause, to think, to reflect on what they were -
Blog / Academics & Research
Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess
class and study it. This week, we focused on the importance of names and ... , never having rapped before. For the class, we also watched some videos on ... readings that really have shed light and colored my perspective on -
Blog / MIT Life
first real snow!! wow so magical
've probably seen too many hot chocolate bomb fails on the internet. (they ended ... snowflakes on our tongues. except for daniel, because apparently he tried to do -
Blog / Uncategorized
I made an AI write most of this post because I forgot I needed to post this week
learning to make human-like text, based on whatever prompt and parameters you ... accommodate your dietary needs. Reason #7: You can finally become an expert on -
Blog / How to Human
I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution
, and the conversation carries on. If the rules of the game aren’t being ... on from there. It’s so interesting to hear people talk about why they ... clear that the reason they hate math was based on something truly out of -
Blog / How to Human
talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice
from wondering how things could have been different. Did you miss out on something? Are you missing out on something right now? Can you do anything ... two comically oversized suitcases down dorm row to MacGregor, but on the -
Blog / Admissions
Spotlight: MIT stands with the people of all nations we are one MIT
post on the early history of international students at MIT, particularly ... time away from reading applications to remind everyone on our homepage -
Blog / Academics & Research
back 2 school
a big window in our house and i sat on the couch in front of it and ... an airport and i was in the second-to-last row window seat on a redeye -
Blog / Academics & Research
Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun
and just kind of doing nothing but chillin. However, on the other end I ... also on pass no record so it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. I just knew ... increase in social life and decrease in hard focuses on studies my first -
Blog / Events
MIT’s Once-a-Century Party
on the seal playfully arguing about the merits of theory vs. practice ... ; Here's another view of the spotlights on Lobby 10: ...and of course -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Winter Through the camera lenses of people who don't have winter
, but everyday objects take on a poetic aspect dusted in powdery white. As ... of a snowstorm on Saturday. And I'm sure we'll get enough snow over the