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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  House, and Next House. The Harvard Bridge and the southern end of ... . Finally, a nearly 270-degree panorama of Boston and Cambridge. You can see ... It's sort of funny how some of the most interesting things happen

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  diploma, but it might be a good idea). You cannot enroll in a degree program ... . Recently, he was offered University of Michigan merit scholarship($32 ... . ------------------------------------- Scott wrote, "I was wondering how much each part of the application is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  ."]abroad.[/annotation] Some of the international scholarships in the UK would offer 2 years of ... , applying is still scary and depends on a bunch of personal factors.   ... engineer in my company had a master’s degree or was studying for one. This

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  that when I move to California, I can appropriate some of the closet ... Hi, I’m Mollie! I used to go here. I was one of the OG bloggers ... . Since graduation, I’ve been pursuing the slow boat of academic science — I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  in the category of Plant Science, representing the Southern Appalachian ... Engineering Fair in California Rishi S. '20, "A Novel Method of Reverse ... ," finalist in the category of Physics and Astronomy, representing the Southern

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  . You can watch these remarks, and the distribution of the diplomas (yes, we hand all the real ones out, and read all the names of everyone ... 7th, the Class of 2019 graduates from MIT. They were admitted

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  fabled season of fall has arrived in all of its deciduous glory and is currently running around giving everyone chilly hugs. I’ve lived in Southern California for ten years now, but unlike other sun-loving transplants, I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  Boston. In California, driving was the primary form of transportation ... California, the land of horrible to non-existent public transportation. The ... The Introduction This is only part of a comprehensive guide I hope

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  texts and phone and video calls do carry over some of the California ... and/or exams the last two weeks of classes.   Hardware for my ... to go on the last day of classes, a week early. And after my last class

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  to Sacramento for the first central meeting of my California trip. Over ... to our Central Meeting there hosted by Dean of Admissions, Stuart Schmill ’86. We had a great group of students and families who attended (one

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT after SFFA technology and the dream, deferred

  

  solutions...The Institute has much to offer in terms of the kind of education ... University of California system after Proposition 209; Kidder and Gándara’s expansive report on what the University of California system had tried to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • August 21, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  study conducted by the University of California’s Standardized Testing ... offer any remedial math classes ‘below’ the level of single ... . However, our research shows there is a degree of preparation below which a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  as possible. But before you get to the numbers, here are just a few of the people who help make up the MIT Class of 2015: 3 of the 4 Gold Medalists at the 2011 International Biology Olympiad (all of them young women

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  my spring break in Southern California, replete with the literary ... spring break light reading about a French serial killer and the birth of ... García Márquez entirely in its native language of Spanish: Crónica de una

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  morning. All I do, is read her the first line of my offer letter. "Dear Paige, On behalf of the Admissions Committee, it is my pleasure to offer ... [annotation note="relatively"] middle of no-where[/annotation] California

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  A fire alarm went off in the middle of the first 20.110 exam. It was one of those times where I felt like the Simulation was glitching, except in a good way. Half of the class was taking it in one room and the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m not swollen anymore!

  

  've been dealing with work issues, and have been in California for the last ... can see a bit of the East Campus interior. I'll also be starting some ... occupied for the balance of the summer. I have to say -- the weather in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Google

  

  the Special Olympics with Googlers at the University of Southern ... With several of the core General Institute Requirements out of the way, sophomore year was really the dawn of my computer science life at

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  sake of adding the name of a second subject to their diploma. I'm really ... important feature of your degree track should be later flexibility. Will it ... I've been reading a lot of comments lately about which majors are

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  neighbor Lizz came in to offer her daily dose of humor. “What do you call ... have a diploma. I have about 100 pictures. I have a sunburn. It's a ... that by now.) On MIT’s list of 101 things to do before graduation for

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012