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• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  a list of 14 colleges that I was planning on applying to, but I had ... accomplishments and those of my friends, we couldn't help but feel some degree of ... I’ve recently had a number of startling revelations: I’m almost

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  Life, the Universe, and Everything"   To me, 42 is the number of ... . Breathe. Your time at MIT isn't defined by the number of units you're taking. If you're the kind of person who can maintain your sanity or enjoys the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  , currently a PhD candidate in the department of materials science and ... the spacing is smaller. If there's a change of a million degrees over a ... explains exactly how the climax of Fantastic 4 works. So, to rectify this, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the School of Science like?

  The six departments in the MIT School of Science are consistently ... % of the content of our universe? How does our brain—a complex system of ... Cognitive Sciences; Chemistry; Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  subfield of computer science that year because all the spots had gone to AI ... University of Washington. UW is in the [annotation note="The other two being ... -computer interaction, and in undergrad, I had always toyed with the idea of applying

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kickstart My Art highest form of expression

  

  rigorous research facility and one of the best universities in the world, but ... culture at MIT. MIT has a lot of students who are creative, self ... talented web developer and photographer studying Computer Science here at MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 29, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  ages. He applied body wash over his stomach—where hints of an eager pot ... decided to kind of throw most of my writing rules out the window and have ... of the parents and the girlfriend was often only suitable after a long

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  tenured professor at George Mason University School of Law when she learned ... anything (science, engineering, or even our well-regarded programs in political science and economics), and then go to law school. Actually, surveys

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  Having received my MIT degree in Management Science, I'm still on the mailing list of the Sloan Undergraduate Management Association, or (SUMA). I ... Sloan Trading Room, E52-010 (Basement of E52

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  programs to which I've applied, and since many of the programs are Far Away ... degree of proficiency once they're here. Personally, I'm not really all ... Michigan's Program in Biomedical Sciences. Most programs had deadlines of Dec

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  high number of men who apply (and the low number of women) and the ... and 51% of science majors at MIT were women (as were 51% of humanities, arts, and social sciences majors, 50% of management majors, and 64% of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  polymers better than some of my materials science classes. And it got me ... in materials science and engineering. Now, I've finished that degree ... had to apply to them with all the terms of getting a second major. So

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors to consider. All of the below are national/international, selective ... Summer Science Research Program (HSSSRP) Michigan State University High

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  some of the big ones I applied to, RIP). Stay tuned!!11!!11! Sidequest 5 ... rejected from a lot of software internships"]applied to a lot of software ... 'll have to choose from. Note that these are in order of preference. Apply

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  programs to which I applied because the programs are perhaps larger -- all of ... (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... blah.) Since I know a lot of people will be needing to make a college

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

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  that is possible. Most students take the most rigorous version offered of ... , yet your passion is in exercise science/kinesiology (which isn't offered ... interested in applying to MIT. I have one question about the application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  daughter applied to MIT was at the recommendation of our physician, who was ... . About 75% of the MIT kids who apply to medical school are accepted each ... school. Two of her close friends from MIT and a number of other students

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  . Her parents want her to go abroad to the University of Paris. She’s not ... Chelsea R. ‘15 to talk about one of her favorite classes, Writing for Social Media, and the universe it comes from. I deeply respect Chelsea for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  apply for the Master of Library Science program at the University of ... , University of Northern Iowa (http ... and Literature University of Northern Iowa January 2006 The Statement

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

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  university." There are a lot of very, very good universities, that are just as ... 't really struggle in any of my classes except math and science, and I ... liking it. I find science hard. I find math hard. But I like both of them

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013