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• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  genetics powerhouse of the Broad Institute, the engineering might of the computer science department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the ... the basis of the McGovern Institute. Historically, Hockfield said, MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s MIT’s mission statement?

  The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century. The Institute is committed to
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  surplus of academic jobs currently, so getting an offer from a place like ... ultimately got offers from two of those after interviewing at four. You can ... a couple of years ago for those of you who are just now wrapping up

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  in a fresh layer of panic, bolted outside in 40-degree wind chill, ran ... student pays respect to the history of African Americans in New York by, um ... Bluntly put, this was the worst week of my life. Geez! you say. That

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• 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 / Extracurriculars

  Leadership Training Institute by YeSeul Kim '10 and Anne Shen '11.

  leadership in all aspects of life - be it social, academic, technological - and ... of the Leadership Training Institute. It was so exciting to be a part ... called the Leadership Training Institute (LTI). In high school, I was

  • by mitblogs
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  graduation day. We’d open our diploma folders, read our degrees, and be like ... and don’t have time to (since it’s kind of long), the gist is we were ... stuff (by switching to CMS). At the end of that post, we concluded that

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I apply for first-year admission if I already have a degree?

  currently hold an undergraduate degree. Students who have already completed a bachelor's degree may not apply to MIT for a second degree in a new field. To pursue graduate study at MIT, you need to apply to one of our
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  kind of Wizard's Institute of Technology could engender such devotion ... semester of MIT. I offer the analogy that MIT semesters give large pillars of ... life. The Cambridge-MIT Institute was founded to make two of the world

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  Gillespie received an envelope from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Not just any envelope, but the fat one, with a letter of admission ... measure. He wanted to go to the Art Institute of Atlanta and study cooking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  in many of my old blogs, but I never wrote about it in a single place ... -seminar program initiated by the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Science at MIT. Every month, Professor Resnick invites a member of the department

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  identify their school and degree (red means PhD, or doctorate of philosophy ... .05 (biochemistry) final. This was my only test of finals week, so I spent every ... it got to the point that, by reading the first sentence of a practice

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  to hold it at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. Funny ... The MIT Class of 2017 Brass Rat was revealed on February 13th during the 2017 Ring Premiere. I had the pleasure of serving on the 2017 Ring

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Comments 3999 & 4000

  

  profoundly frivolous. As director of the Comparative Media Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Jenkins has played a leading role over the ... technologies and the distribution power of the Web, fan communities are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  count towards your degree in any of a number of majors. Courses designated ... and dread. 2.009 is sort of the be-all and end-all of a Course 2 degree ... scenes all of the time. A typical 2 hour class starts with a warmup, some

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• 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 / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  : apparently, engineering students from Stevens Institute of Technology in ... The fourth Thursday of November and the few days before and after are ... size of our international audience, I thought I might take a few minutes

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can first-year students conduct research?

  ’s most daunting challenges. From addressing the energy needs of tomorrow to ... creative collaborations with leading research institutes and consortia around the world. MIT offers research in every field you can imagine, and
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Classes Online (...and a bit about a fall class, too.)

  

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology is giving its best scholarly treatment to a ... class "Sex and the Institute" watch a pair of half-hour episodes, each ... by application of physical laws, and learning to complete projects on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  -and-a-half, but no less than two purposes for existence, both of which are exciting ... the dregs of October, I've finally decided that today is the momentous ... lot of nothing whisked me into the Boston theater district yesterday at

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008