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• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is Math fun at MIT?

  A lot of our students select math as their field of interest when applying to MIT—which is no surprise, since our math department is one of the ... 's Mathematics Department represents a broad spectrum of fields ranging from the
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 More MIT Students Become Rhodes Scholars ...but no bloggers this year.

  

  and professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Nuclear Science ... to Oxford University to read for a degree in the Philosophy, Politics ... last year when one of our then-senior bloggers, Melis, was named a Rhodes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  degree of expertise about Japan that may have a significant impact on their ... entry including the secrets of how to live your life, get into MIT and ... year, I applied and was selected for a scholarship program that studied

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 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 ... received rejection letters from some subset of the colleges that you applied ... is an honest-to-god life skill. Those of you who applied to MIT had to

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

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  , the right side offers a daily glimpse of the culture and output of MIT ... degree of creativity and their deep understanding of current and ... before.) The page has been well-liked and well-used. But research of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Supporting our DACA Students MIT’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all students has not changed and will…

  

  of their own. And when offered an opportunity to come out of the ... rumored for awhile, but now seems to be approaching some kind of decision ... Reif argued against the possible repeal of DACA. You should read the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  class, but course 3 (Material Science) offered a solid-state chemistry ... Personally, I have always found it ironic how universities tout their ... significant is this number? Does a ratio of 5:1 mean a lot when you can have a

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  vast majority of people who apply aren't admitted. See it as a great ... 're not. (This can be applied to all of the other crazy schools that also ... 's a snippet: ...while many universities offer management majors or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Promise of Ending ...is labor and sharing and loving.

  

  History Channel that was trying to determine the precise location of Sodom ... , when I logged into WebSIS, I took special notice of a link that had been ... later, I had produced this image, a "diploma mock-up -- for illustrative

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  did more research on the University of Chicago. They are weird. Really ... accepted into the University of Chicago early action, and life was set for me ... to build my list in August of my senior year. We had done the campus

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  education for everyone. It has been our experience that the cost of applying ... this entry defining who should apply and why. Some of you may come away ... Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. As a matter

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  As some of you know, I got my master's degree from the Comparative ... about the worlds of science and engineering for broad audiences. This ... to the public understanding of science and technology. It is also

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  undergraduate degree anymore. Now, if you want to major in say, computer science ... DID YOU KNOW? ...about the legend of RB Woodward? RB Woodward, MIT SB '36, PhD '37, basically came up with the idea of using spectroscopy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  This is the third rush to happen since I graduated MIT. And most of the time, MIT is not at the forefront of my mind. I've got code to write ... remember feeling like a failure a lot. I remember being in a state of shock

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Stomp the Yard, MIT style The Divine 9 and NALFO organizations on campus

  

  organization offered a snapshot of their own, unique chapters below. For those ... , Incorporated was founded on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY by ... , 1989 and encompasses the campuses of MIT, Harvard University, and Tufts

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • January 26, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  's campus. But lo and behold, yesterday I received my diploma. This won't be a ... and Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences), then by major (Course 1 ... am: Ah, the bond of the brass rat: At 9:45ish, we began to leave

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.

  

  Email lists can be the burden of my existence sometimes. I get all kinds of spam- the actual kind, telling me I need a degree from some on-line university (....hello, why would you send that to an at mit dot edu email

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  . Since graduation, I’ve been pursuing the slow boat of academic science — I ... at Santa Clara University. Most of the reason I'm abandoning the east ... Hi, I’m Mollie! I used to go here. I was one of the OG bloggers

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

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  .stackexchange.com, StackExchange offered me an applied math internship in New York which I've decided to take instead. Applied math and New York are both out of my ... perspective to help you make sense of the decision that, though it won't make or

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  of 42.6 degrees for said aardvark, where is the banana and why is that ... at some of some of the blogging highlights of Ben's 4 years (and 194 ... to hide from us and our pursuit of content. And we promise to serve you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008