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President Susan Hockfield
To: "All Members of the MIT Community" From: "Kathryn A ... for Susan Hockfield To all members of the MIT community:   ... Hockfield on her first day as president of MIT. Monday, December 6 -
Blog / Admissions
The reading season begins
? That's right -- the first completed folders of the year. The brown ... reading carefully every sheet of paper in your folder and summarizing the case on that summary card. Then, in a month, we'll bring all of the cases -
FAQ / Academics and research
Does MIT offer a pre-med program?
Approximately 10 percent of MIT's senior class enter medical and ... prehealth major; rather, students can pursue a variety of majors and take ... Prehealth Advising during the spring semester of their sophomore year. -
FAQ / First-year application
Do dual enrollment students apply as a first-year or transfer applicant?
-year applicant regardless of how many units of study you may have taken at the university level. Information on transfer credit is available at the Office of -
FAQ / Academics and research
How does pass/no record work?
of A/B/C. As part of the flexible pass/no record grading option, you ... after your first term, and at any time during your course of study. -
FAQ / Academics and research
Can I study Global Change Science/Climate?
predict changes in the global environment. Additionally, a variety of ... innovation toward climate science, including the Department of Earth ... of Global Change, and the MIT Energy Initiative. -
FAQ / Academics and research
Can I join the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge?
One of the highlights of MIT's yearly academic challenges and competitions, the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge, connects students with the passion and talent to improve the world with the experience and resources of -
FAQ / Life and culture
How does one attain a Pirate License?
undergraduates must complete eight points of physical education classes to graduate ... H. '20 is one of the students who has earned official MIT Pirate ... of physical education. “They’re tactical. They involve strategy. Plus -
FAQ / First-year application
Does MIT have required classes or language requirements?
students to increase their chances of admission. We don't have any required ... , chemistry, biology, and four years of English. We want you to take the most ... and IB coursework as college level and the highest level of rigor in -
Blog / How to Human
i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay
I've been reading a lot of slow, contemplative writing recently, which is the kind of writing that always makes me want to write my own blog post of that nature. Frankly, I've been overdue for such a post -
Blog / About Decisions
What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside
It's been a few weeks since many of you have submitted your ... 're working pretty hard to read each and every one of them. I know the wait is ... every one of you a fair chance is to read what you've presented to us, and -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
In many ways on average-posting
In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. In the summer of 2022, I ... course of the summer, I got very close with my roommate but, the summer was ... . Then, began the process of writing three blog posts, pieces of writing -
Blog / Challenges
Under Water catch your breath
. This sort of sentence has been one I've had trouble saying throughout my ... the number of rough ones about equals the number of purely good ones ... known for the [annotation note="the feeling of being overwhelmed by -
Blog / How to Food
everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good
spring of my high school senior year, I decided that I was done with school ... being. A big part of this was learning how to cook and bake. I tried a couple of elaborate recipes that year, but for the most part I just spent -
Blog / Travel
spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen
experiences of a lifetime. Last year, MIT didn't give us a spring break because of the covid restrictions at the time (not that I would've wanted to travel very far then); so this year, I knew I wanted to make the most of my -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room
Today was moving-in day, where I moved all of my stuff out of storage ... -least-favorite day of the year, after moving-out day (which additionally involves cramming all of your things into a bunch of tiny boxes). Me driving my stuff -
Blog / Admissions
Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard
eponymous book. Lewis first became famous writing Liar's Poker, a memoir of ... small fortune and a new life narrative. All of a sudden people were ... odds of being seated at that dinner next to that Salomon Brothers lady -
Blog / Admissions
CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope
we will welcome them to campus for the first time as members of the Class of 2015. We're getting ready to welcome lots of their parents too ... last many months helping their children survive the process of applying -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop
post, in the voice of last Friday. Where were you a year ago today? Ed ... , 2001, and June 25th, 2009 -- the day of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the day of Michael Jackson's death. For both of those days, I