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  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  offered in it). And our Engineering field is Course 6, or Computer Science ... , one for the minimum amount of classes we need to finish the 21E degree ... just gave you the number of hours we've spent on our computer science

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  [annotation note="unlike other universities, most of mit's classes are 12 units (supposedly equal to 12 hours of work, although the average tends to be closer ... meant to represent the opinion of the Committee on the Undergraduate

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  from MIT as quickly as possible with a computer science degree, and then ... the University of Washington, then become a software engineer. So, why ... but enjoying the rigor of a physics degree and doubling in 21M and 8

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  MEng) Cognitive Science Professor at UCSD (University College London Ph ... 's, University of London MBBS) Medical doctor - physical medicine and ... ) Lawyer; former staff to House of Representatives Committee on Science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  /STS.046/WGS.225: The Science of Race, Sex, and Gender 21A.120 ... different from most other universities where you register several weeks or months before the first day of classes. Pre-registration is not as

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  major is more of a personal journey, and these blogs are supposed to apply ... decision making process of where I was going to the degree that I am today ... people you know in universities you aspire to go to, of people in majors

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  university. There is a ridiculous amount of pressure from both adults and ... anything, I was most concerned about getting into the University of ... or whatever. Those of us that applied to MIT by chance, got in by some

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  social or political science. And the personal appeal of mathematics - well ... about the nature of the universe and all that. I’m considering Econ ... Materials Science is the one I’ve most heavily considered). A lot of these

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  of an undergraduate college degree. My friend, who I love very dearly ... the confined walls of a university and its limiting course requirements ... difficult to enjoy a higher quality of life without a diploma), and MIT is not

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  Computer Science, meant to introduce freshmen to the world of EECS. We were ... science-fiction universe. Then I saw snow for the first time while running ... Computer Science, a class of weekly mental workouts, one that reminded me why

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  really had one Nigerian university I could apply to, which of course ... ’s Google search of “World’s Best Universities.” And then one morning ... University of Pennsylvania, and inside I found several brochures, and a letter

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  advertises 33 majors for the Bachelor of Science degree, including a few ... undergraduate majors MIT offers has nearly doubled since, the essence of the ... interaction of science and its applications with industry and research in the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  of getting into a selective university is a clear and validating ... universities would be the end of my comparisons. Earlier this summer I was ... typically considered the key to the golden gates of selective universities are

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  ’t very anxious about applying because I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt ... chance of getting admitted, that these top-tier universities were way out ... Like most MIT students, I was aware when I applied that I was a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  may in turn be reported to universities to which they applied. Indeed ... right to revoke or defer your offer of admission if your conduct does not ... established the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, argued that

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  of this four-year university model. These [annotation note="around a ... week, we (belatedly) celebrated by asking a bunch of former bloggers to ... like a whale lunge feeding']missed them,[/annotation] here’s an index of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  motivation to apply to a great school like MIT or any other top university, you ... rejection by heading the Continental Army, driving the British out of their ... , the linchpin in the formation of the United States of America. Worked

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  talking; I never got another job offer, or any response to any of my (many ... well-made.   I read a lot of science fiction and fantasy books as ... , Facebooked, Slacked, or spoken on the phone with many members of the Class of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
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  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  — fewer of them applying to MIT, in order to achieve the diversity that we ... among many factors in the admission of students to selective STEM degree ... [annotation note='For example, in his landmark study of the University of

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  second of your time. Applying sideways, as a mantra, means don't do things ... officers follow the winds to the corners of the country to talk to students ... in between over the course of a few days. I visited big high schools

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010