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• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  amazing as you can (as you already are), then someday you’ll look back on ... 2029, and best wishes to all of our applicants. No matter where you enroll next fall, please make it a better place. I know you can. I hope you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  you score a 5 on Calculus BC, you can get out of 18.01, Single-Variable Calculus. If you score a 5 on both Physics C tests, you can get out of 8 ... ). That’s about it. (Ok, I’m exaggerating a little bit. You can get general

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

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  from each dorm, so you can get an idea of what each dorm's personality is ... , you get to check them all out and compare them to where you're living ... went to Flirting 101, because I could. I mean, how can you not? All of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  slow burn you and the void

  

  street, where a massive CNC machine chatters and hums. You’re breathing ... there is class you’re only somewhat late for, where you are spoon-fed Mat ... heftier gloves. Even so, every time you get near the end, your fingers edge

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 6, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  . Yes, you may be getting a C in Physics because you just can't visualize ... 't promise you an amusing survey, I can provide you an account of WHY we are ... assignments" that you get in high school. Big differences between psets and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  - make use of this chance to get a head-start on deciding where you want to ... you on campus. We get to find out which of you we'll be host ... 'll finally get to meet you in person. For those of you coming to CPW - be

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  Boston has to offer. Get started soon. Sometimes, you should just T it ... - whether it's because you have a question about lecture, you're hoping to get ... offers you near complete freedom in choosing where you live. Whether you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  want to get you in, have some explosions, show Hugh Jackman half-naked, and get you out. 2. I wonder if acclaimed thespians Kelsey Grammer ... me at all, unlike Spiderman 2, where the value of an eigenvector can be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  interviews and will get back to you as quickly as they can. Please be patient ... email [email protected]; we'll get back to you as quickly as we can. Also ... you should do is this: log on to MyMIT, where you'll find the name and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  known as high school. Everything from where you sat at lunch to which ... good fit for MIT and if an application gets you accepted but doesn ... about who you were and you get to enjoy the consequences. I hope applying

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  took me 700 words to get to the point…). You have a group of people who ... you start getting more than [insert arbitrary number… 7??] people, you might have more conversation than a single thread can handle. Say you

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  right of passage, a treat you only get as a student, and there's something ... of which you get in May after you matriculate) and you're taken to your ... host your MIT mail. To do this you get to use a nifty little tool called

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  moments are important. You can make memories and build connections. But, in ... experiences. You can create beautiful memories and nurture the connection you ... one is fully your own. You can better take responsibility for your

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  be too spread out? I'm used to a dining hall culture, where you can ... -furnished kitchens, where you can cook your own food (which is cheaper than buying it ... which you get discounted meals but in order to break even, you need to eat

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  that I can't resist sharing. If you decide to get up and practice ... overview of go playing computers 10 tricks you can do with a hat How to tell ... : it's called "Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want," and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  you and accommodate your situation as much as we can. Please do not ... As you've probably heard, Southern California is being devastated by ... , where every school in the entire county has been closed. San Diego County

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  Friday night when I ran into a couple of my sisters. Them: Where are you ... . Sarah: hey, do you still have my genes? could I get them back sometime? me ... too? I would like to make some cdna… you can be my virus lol me: I’ll do

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Let it snow What I did today instead of sleep for 29 straight hours.

  

  some nifty... Christmas lights! Here's a better picture where you can ... 't officially live on Conner 4 but well...as you can see from the list above, I ... the window in the stairwell. You can look out into the little courtyard

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  , where you're taught to primarily regurgitate the information obtained from ... interesting phenomenon that...." You can almost see these test questions more as ... which forms between the mountains - you can see a bit of it in the picture

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  sending water + people goo down a water slide at high speed), you get ... 's onto something, because that's definitely true. But you can witness this ... is iridescent, right? You can see streaks of all different colors in it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006