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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The One Where I’m in Russia a brain/photo dump of me running away from school

  

  from edtech hoping to help students choose a career, a big problem among Lima students, to a website that promotes local artisans and their ... MISTI makes it possible for a broke college student to do that! With that

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 28, 2017
• 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

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  with some back-ups, before setting up a meeting with my professor to make ... Over the past couple years at MIT, I've had to write a lot of papers ... opportunity to really dig in and research a topic of your choosing related to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Making the Pi Day Video the experiment, part 2

  

   Let's get right to it. What went into making this year's Pi ... across an animated short of a lady making bread. I probably watched the ... talking about. Despite that little hiccup, Angela was excited to be a part

  • by kellen manning
  • March 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  that. Trying to develop your own personal website can be a great ... recent events I've been meaning to blog about for a while - and well, I ... - it's a chance to adjust to MIT and learn the study habits you'll need

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  's problems, so a desire to improve society, to make the world a better place ... , I hopped in a Zipcar and went out to the suburbs to a party at the ... designed that part of our new website. 3. Should you order a "rush" score

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  between steps. i still have a lot to do. i have papers for a discussion ... being in the area for four whole years??? but i'm excited to have a reason ... (a popular website for sharing fiber arts patterns and creations). in

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  condition, professors are required by law to make reasonable accomodations for ... , Arts, and Social Sciences, and 3-4 subjects in one department to attain a ... two minors. Beyond major requirements, you will need to take a certain

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  to something called ROFLCON. ROFLCON? What's a ROFLCON? I read on: A ... registration I had to go take a math test. I should take this opportunity to say ... deserved an interview I went outside to get a better view and perhaps

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  explained by watching an example match. But I moved to Nevada after middle ... teacher as a coach, and we practiced by slapping tables (since we didn’t own ... time, making spreadsheets to analyze all our question-answering behavior

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... Press has a nice story about "gap years" that has been picked up by news ... 's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  classes you've already taken in this major, a general plan to finish it by ... by all sorts of students. 8) Make a couple copies of this form (in case ... !11!!1!!!1 10b) Repeat Steps 7-9 with slight tweaks, until you make it to Step 10a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  , designing a device that makes it easier for people with multiple sclerosis to ... [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Around November, a crazy idea nested itself ... experience (thanks to a lot of instruction) to work a little on my own before

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  Photo Contest, in which I objectively judged photos sent to me by CPW ... had the tact to resize their photos to something on the order of 10^2 by ... typical pitch for a CPW event, thanks to the winning combination of gluttony

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 3 i am starting to feel very old

  

  memory lane and I hope to keep making a playlist for every year that I’m at ... . Woh Din by Arjit Singh: my family and some family friends went to see a ... is such a good song and i cannot wait to make an emo cover of it The

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  permanently archived by the MIT Libraries. I did a little bit of web surfing to ... presentation.” (2.ThA website) Some people choose to begin their research in the ... have a thesis advisor picked out by the middle of the fall term of your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  definitely a calculation you should make before bringing everything you own to ... back to my dorm in a giant U-Haul truck I always dread having to move my ... regardless, moving is a perennial part of my back-to-school experience, so this

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  people to apply to a program and stay there, or why none of our websites ... curricula were similar to that of a Soviet university and that “the kind of ... -ent form of democracy, is a persistent tendency to growth and centralization

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  I can still make that speakerphone call to Pablo at least once a week. ... thought I would be giving all this up by coming to Cambridge. Seriously ... south yet. But thanks to the concerted efforts of a few dedicated people

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  been my advisor for about a year. He told me to call him Alan. During ... meeting, he gave me a list of professors to get in touch with. One of them ... some point during the meeting ended up following a tangent to the world

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012