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  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  : applied math (flex option). 6-9: computer science and neuroscience. 9 is ... of words we made up and toss at each other — here are a few you may ... assortment of words you may hear majors, minors, and class names further

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  movies and collected lots of Marvel knick-knacks. When I applied to MIT, I ... Director of Collections & Curator, Science & Technology and the ... went into the making of an article like this, and what it's like to do a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  Science Program, Ojai, California Some of the '06 Ojai-ers. Quite a lot of ... two programs that I applied to. Finally, an university summer school ... cobblestoned plazas and taking in the sights. However, guess what some of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  requesting a personal meeting with him (or one of his science/tech staffers ... the dates were during my spring break, said "heck yeah," and applied ... within a week received a whole bunch of homework. Book your travel Get

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  a woman gets to experience many of the other universes that might ... problem set, and I actually care. No axis of the universe has actually ... together in this universe, to be the collective result of every decision made

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  many people apply, it's a lot easier to get into top-flight science ... everything done, and we got a great group of freshmen in the entry, as well as a big group of new cheer recruits, but I am just thankful that today

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  about it. But I can assure those of you who applied to these programs that ... 2005 Research Science Institute (RSI). I arrived here late last evening after a day of reviewing applications to MITE2S. As an admissions officer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  usually amount to advertisements of events and programs and people trying to ... group of students to bike across the country, from DC to San Francisco ... idea of a long-distance bike trip caught my attention. I had never

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  doing applied microeconomics research to study the impacts of ... This post is a culmination of many things that I’ve been thinking ... in the sense of rushing to try and get an answer. yes, the answers to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What other student resources are available?

  MIT offers a myriad of health and well-being support resources for students. See the DoingWell site for more info.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cancer on my mind Wait, shouldn’t that be Carolina?

  

  it's because yet another good friend of mine just had surgery for ... winning book on cancer, or maybe it's because I just took a tour of the Koch ... elaborate on the many wonderful aspects of this Institute, namely its

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  11 landed on the Moon. And because of MIT's significant role in the ... (!) talking about their experiences. There has been a lot of coverage of the ... work is rocket science," they started the interview with the question

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology a non-comprehensive analysis of the 95 tabs I have open on my phone

  

  a University of New Mexico Physics site, but I'm glad it is "Sonnet ... kicking around the idea of applying to various kinds of graduate school programs, and, for a brief period of time, I was thinking about applying to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  with discussions of more general topics of science and spirituality ... universe. I'll try to read it before the end of the summer, but feel free to ... As some of you may know, this summer I'm working at the NIH National

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  fulfill all my Science GIR requirements! I'm honestly somewhat lukewarm to ... 'd like to take. That being said, I did originally apply to MIT as a ... of it I remember. 6.006 - Introduction to Algorithms; One of my major

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  of these requirements, but I’ll apply anyways and see what happens ... The idea of taking a gap year, like to most, initially terrified me. Instead of spending time in school, I’d have to find other things to do

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense ... , when thousands of bloggers dedicate their blogs to talking about one ... than lolcats...hopefully. This year's theme is poverty, and a couple of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  look at the variety of martial arts MIT has to offer as well. I really ... Ahhhh. Wednesday. Veteran's Day. A day FREE of classes. A one ... the fourth episode of My Girl (one of the best asian dramas out there, w

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  their respective universities slaved away we at MIT got up late, ate ridiculous amounts of food for a few hours (I woke up to my friends making a ... '07 came rushing in with a bowl of salad. "Hey, where're you going

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  ’s 48 degrees and I can’t feel my toes.) I’m not the only one – many of my ... Oh, the joys of being in college. Finally, we’re independent! We can ... . (Actually, I’d still get a full(ish) night of sleep every night even if I did

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006