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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  campus is already gearing up for the mad rush for jobs and free goodies ... magazine listing all the companies that are coming. This is my homework for ... . So for most freshmen, career fairs turn into a giant corporate

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  mostly closed for the holidays and not accepting emails or answering phone ... resting up in preparation for all of your RA applications! We will be back ... deferred or those of you still finishing up your RA applications in time for

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  interested); I attended company talks primarily for the free meals. I spent my ... , it dawned on me that I would actually be eligible for many internships ... ended, I was already preoccupied with plans for the next. I find it crazy

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  Guest post today from Mark F. '15, who was working on this essay for ... to do for the rest of your life. For some, this moment appears ... guidance, and guidance you’ll receive. Hope: A Guide for the Hopeless and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  or systems that use it. For instance, the second week, we focused on ... the paper, they gave their test subjects a specification for some type ... . Basically, this paper gives a scientific justification for well-planned user

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  [Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions by emily '22, alison '23, felix '23

  

  and Japan you will visit for sure one day Clean that clothes chair u ... backpack for a week Try to get over your fear of how ugly the titans are and ... random WikiHow (with pictures) articles for 3 hours Crochet yourself a smol

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  people haven’t noticed. To be fair, he’s a name rather than a face for ... Congress, now the US Representative for New Jersey’s 12th congressional ... science and engineering organizations, waiting for Rep. Holt to give a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the Love of Darties and ChemE An audio journey

  

  three live or lived in New House, and we learned the proper protocol for

  • by kellen manning
  • March 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  classes for junior fall. One of the classes I'm in this semester is 6.042, or in regular-speak: "Mathematics for Computer Science". It. Is. SUPER ... , passion for problem solving, mathematical exploration, and experimentative

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  doesn't love me back. Yesterday, for example, I was trying to get a ... a slightly different permutation in order to get a nice figure for our ... get it over with. The gel ran for about two hours, then I set it up to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  All applicants are requested to fill out the application with their current citizen status. In our first-year admissions process, you’re considered an international applicant if you’re not a United States…
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  so much for taking the time to meet with us. My name is Anna Ho, and I ... in Maryland, building cameras for telescopes. The woman to my right does research on the sun at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  planner for the Wyoming stop, I was excited to bring the college fair ... special for me. Jackson Hole High School was gracious to host us, and as the ... from over 200 miles all across Wyoming, here for what they called “a once

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024
• FAQ / Transfer

  Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?

  community college may apply for transfer admission. If you are in your first
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  dish and add a small amount of salt. Cook on high in the microwave for ... it from. Effort: 3 Ingredients: Beef or pork pre-cut for slow ... cranberries. Cook on high for five hours or on low for eight hours while you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  have known me for a few weeks]. Who should I ask to write letters on my ...  when they should have taught you. It is indeed very common for letters to come from ... as the norm. However, it is not uncommon for us to receive letters from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  our standing policy for any applicants around the world whose timely and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  , and I encourage you to Google and PubMed for updates (and please post what you found in the comments for the rest of us to see). I hope you ... love for frogs to amphibians in general. My favorite amphibian today is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  't been thinking about it. Literally, the thought hadn't crossed my mind for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I swear this isn’t an ad for Google But Bard is so much more fun than ChatGPT

  

  like GPT-4 for not knowing basic facts you can find via a quick Google ... for that. (Although ironically, this answer is a lot less funny now ... everything else is wrong. For example, Chemical Engineering was (and still is

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 31, 2023