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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  their field of interest and learn skills they can apply to coursework and ... , Fundamentals of Programming, an experimental computer science class slated to ... write an algorithm finding the number of degrees of separation between

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  admissions today on MIT FB, and it reminds me of the time when I applied to MIT ... pop-up book portfolio that talked about all of my high school science ... decision day, I unexpectedly hear from students to whom we did not offer

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have any age limits?

  courses at a community college or in a non-degree program prior to applying ... We don't have any age limits or restrictions. If you've been away from high school for a while, we would expect to see the results of your
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What happens if I’m not selected as a Match?

  choose to accept the offer, or not accept the offer and apply to other ... with any schools. If you ranked MIT as one of your College Match schools ... proceed: You may use your QuestBridge application to apply through Early
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  : health benefits of socialization and long walks. Political Science: aka ... the clubs I have gained access to. Brain and Cognitive Sciences ... own 31 different teas, mostly decaf. I also currently own 6 flavors of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  are a lot of core requirements that must be completed before a degree ... dozens and dozens of cool classes offered in Course 2, but most students ... . But I'll probably fail. The topic of today's entry is my own amusement

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  classes you take can be applied toward the degree requirements for both ... semester (when you have a better idea of what classes are offered when ... of 24-hour flu or something... I didn't get to go out and watch the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  economic implications. The program offers a master's degree and undergraduate ... : ------------------------------ Henderson explores many shapes of Shakespeare Book examines 'Shake ... September 13, 2006 The works of William Shakespeare have a timeless quality

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?

  college or in a non-degree program prior to applying to brush up on their ... There are many applicants to MIT from many types of backgrounds, and ... awhile, we would expect to see the results of your standardized tests
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Concourse?

  . Concourse offers small classes in the math and science GIRs as well as small ... necessary conditions for liberty, the proper role of science, and the ... Concourse is a unique community of first-year students committed to
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  : Receive a degree in Physics, because I love Physics. This is a large part of ... journalism or science writing; regardless of what I end up doing in science, I ... undergraduate has to have a "concentration" in one of the Humanities, Arts, or

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  more applicants we have. When I applied to MIT, we admitted one out of ... process the decisions, I thought I'd offer some thoughts on the process ... great care and thoroughness that they deserve. On behalf of the entire

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  principles of engineering practice in the materials science major.” and of ... Ask MIT students what they like about MIT, and many of them will say ... "the people" of mit, they are only referring to undergrad students, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  reached out for all sorts of reasons—to express concern, offer a monitor ... location of the applied force mathematically relate to the yield point? What variables change if a point load was applied instead of a

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  *written by Rukia H. '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer ... past month, which is strange considering none of the teams I support ... knows that if you sit me in front of a TV and give me a game to watch, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So, uh… help me pick classes I have no classes.

  

  , intermittency, and quasiperiodicity. Scaling and universality. Analysis of ... and no science class. Help me pick a science class! Help me seriously ... the forms and structures of argumentation, including organization of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  the wide range of resources MIT has to offer. If you're applying to ... Science and Technology Initiatives) Week, this week is worthy enough to be Career Week. Events of Libraries Week include: Photos with Tim the Beaver

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  curricula were similar to that of a Soviet university and that “the kind of ... , and Social Science. The report, written in the historical context of ... role of a private university in an era of well-funded public universities

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  -international sentiment and are reconsidering their decision to apply to universities in ... at 40% of responding American universities). I understand the concerns ... institutions rooted in science and engineering, we are proud that, for many of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing

  

  [annotation note="in library and information science, which is not offered at ... "]probably won't get a degree[/annotation] out of it. But I know I'll try to do ... 'm preserving this image of a CHILD by embedding it here[/caption] On June 5th

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2022