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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  take, though there is some degree of choice for each of the required ... science core. The freshman learning communities often offer a coherent ... the normal student using 8 terms to get a degree, most take at least one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  its right hand it holds a diploma that transforms into a telescope ... about this ring: The diploma-telescope on the bezel The balance

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  moment, I wear mine as an alumna. Then we started receiving our diplomas ... in elaborate robes, waved at Prof. Bertschinger, accepted my diploma

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT, Medicine, and Success from Any School thirteen years in a thousand words

  

  approached me after class to ask, "Did you see that LSU is taking out-of-state ... -cycle and announced their intent to admit a handful of out-of-state students ... state and my struggles in the application season, shared the news that had

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  transportation technology. Our bill, the TransporTech Act, aims to offer states a ... , and offered our technical background to try to devise robust solutions ... 22-page piece of state model legislation (and many, many more pages of

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  are ones that offer a lot of fulfillment. Things are a bit hypocritical ... state in which you're performing an activity where you are fully immersed ... Specificity — generally, the higher degree of quantitative precision with which

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  undergraduate students who choose to major in writing (MIT offers creative writing ... state how much that experience meant to me. It was as if I had been ... an undergrad degree, doing something technical and high paying in a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  were discussing their master’s degrees in Ireland, and a senior shared ... student had a degree in teaching and devoted summers to writing. There was ... ="one-year master’s of engineering, offered to select engineering departments at MIT

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  that every MIT degree is made equal, whether that means a 5.0 GPA or a 3 ... degree, I ultimately decided it was something that made me unhappy and I only wanted to do a partial computer science degree, meshing it alongside

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  showed, to a degree that can never be sufficiently told, how much Jobs ... be to produce, so Nolan Bushnell (Atari's president) offered $100 for ... as a boss, or the degree to which he hamstrung developers with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  many people are on the wait list? We offered less than 4% of applicants ... from the wait list? For example, if someone from state X or major Y ... 1 reply date for other colleges? You should accept the offer of

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  many people are on the waitlist? We offered approximately 3% of ... from the waitlist? For example, if someone from state X or major Y ... other colleges? You should accept the offer of admission from another

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  waitlist ranked? No. How many people are on the waitlist? We offered ... from the waitlist? For example, if someone from state X or major Y ... the offer of admission from another college before May 1, even if it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  . How many people are on the waitlist? We offered between 800 ... you admit from the waitlist? For example, if someone from state X or ... 1 reply date for other colleges? You should accept the offer of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  Melissa offered him with gratitude. He took two sips and sputtered, “What if ... diploma—” “Gee thanks,” she said, rolling her eyes. “And well, you

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  restaurants around offer good vegetarian options. For example, on my list of restaurants, the following offer great veggie (and often vegan) options: Cafe ... ,geography and economics at higher level.but now i require a professional degree

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  neutrality isn’t about objectivity—it’s about who has the power some words on facebook trending topics, and also net neutrality

  

  Winner describes. The Infrastructural Reach of the Modern State Our brief ... in his analysis of state power (1980): [The state] stores and can ... influence on the overall economy is enormous…The state penetrates everyday

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 20, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  … Day One Hello! I am currently typing this in 14 degree weather, snuggled ... slack). Also, side note, it was -2 degrees this morning and my nostrils ... is a new half semester class called 6.9140 that is being offered this

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  course, to sit down with the course catalogue, your intended degree ... you want to soldier on, though, you can just look at the degree ... various courses are offered. Plan on spending freshman year on the GIRs, don

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a penny for your thoughts? and what it is, and could be, worth

  

  inflation calculator for British pence from the Bank of England, which stated ... . When Sir More first suggested the idea of one offering "a penny for your ... are the implications of offering a penny for one's thoughts. In 1522, a

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • February 20, 2026