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• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  research on the expanding universe, and is only offered once every two years. Unfortunately, I’m already overbooked for the timeslot in which it’s offered, so I ... ’m considering taking 8.286 (The Early Universe) on listener status. The class is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  in college). Given all of this, I turned down offers to Brown ... school offers. (let's face it - as "great" as Harvard is, you can ... prompt for the rest of their life compared to most leading universities

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  colleges/universities. Because they carry a different mandate, publics ... . Private colleges/universities on the other hand are freer to admit ... universities to weigh individual characteristics more than SATs scores. Yes, it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  University, and enjoyed a relaxing senior spring. So did I, but it was ... - they were being paid $8/hour just like me, even with their degrees. I ... Gettysburg with a degree in marine biology. I asked him what his dreams, his

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  commencement this year, with three bachelors degrees and a masters degree between ... University Ave. Then go dancing at Fannie & Alexander's (ask people where F

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  a 45 degree angle to the left side of the paper, so it's basically ... offering help to one another is in tune with the same spirit. I'm not referring to just my fraternity brothers offering to prep me in 8.01, but also

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  upcoming term. It hurt me to do it; 9.15, only offered in alternate fall ... on this illusion that I am working towards a dual degree at MIT, doing ... the spring. Two of the three freshman chem classes are only offered

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  degrees outside, and since I had sent an e-mail for my floor asking for ... offer you hugs, kisses, or other things in that vein. One even offered ... up on the offer, but figured that she probably wanted to kiss gay girls

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  degrees Fahrenheit. For perspective, I saw a chart on the internet that claimed just 30 minutes in -22 degree weather would be sufficient for ... ’s offered in both semesters (albeit with two different professors) so I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  third UROPs, offers were made to me unexpectedly in casual conversations ... /PhD degrees. I really love research but I also have great passion in medicine ... /PhD degree, I do not know whether I’ll do more research or more clinical

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  return offer. Obviously, it's nice to be on the other side of things ... University of Cambridge. And yes, none of these were really rejections to be ... sophomore year, and I had a job offer in hand by mid-November. I didn't really

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  chapter of the University of Washington, nicknamed "Phi Pools". One of our ... /25: University of Washington Today I learned that University of Washington is ... of being in a fraternity is visiting chapters at other universities

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  rankings by those sketchy university ranking websites. I guess a lot of ... to count towards the degree. It's also flexible in a way that I think ... for information about what you can do with an economics degree (use the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  speaks to my curiosity about the fundamental working of the universe, and I ... engineering school and i think my cs degree would have the word engineering in ... the Star Trek universe. So, you get the picture. Plus, there’s room in

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  officers at many colleges and universities will travel across the country to ... university and experience imposter syndrome; these are often students who are ... my family and the first to pursue a graduate degree; it’s the system

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  a masters degree, who loves psychology, studies/practices Buddhist ... “the Holiday Inn University”. She also has 25 fiction books checked out ... University of Sannio about the productivity gap between the North and the South

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / Events

  One of those “big picture” days 2 hours of inspirational lectures, one from the CDC director and the other from broadcasting…

  

  .A. degree in Political Science from the University of South Dakota in ... (according to Wikipedia, “Tom Brokaw dropped out of The University of Iowa

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  from the University of Minnesota, that humans swim equally fast in syrup ... and three degrees of firmness. Though, in his own words, it took him "a ... Nobel Peace Prize went to Claire Rind and Peter Newcastle University for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  , University of Northern Iowa (http ... and Literature University of Northern Iowa January 2006 The Statement ... Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing at the University of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  institution. the university that is on the lips and minds of so many people ... much stress and challenge. a degree? job security? name? but no, no i don

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019