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  Bill Gates It looks like you're trying to inspire philanthropy...

  

  Bill Gates was on campus today to speak about the need for innovation ... to look at the work of the D-LAB, Jameel Poverty Action Lab, One Laptop Per Child, or MIT's Public Service Center - to name just a few - for

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Stress

  

  Two pieces that stressed out parents and students may want to check out... Boston Globe article: College applications add to holiday stress NPR Morning Edition story: College Admissions: What Not to Do (with MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2004
• FAQ / Transfer

  Are there other classes I should take beyond the recommended coursework?

  While we can't recommend specific classes, you may want to compare the courses offered at your institution to MIT's by referring to the MIT ... what you would like to major in, you may also want to take a look at the
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering?

  -day experience for rising seniors to learn what it is like to be an MIT student. The program is completely free, including the cost of transportation to ... /or underserved backgrounds to apply, as well as students who come from low
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Splash?

  flood MIT’s campus to take classes, taught by MIT students, on anything and everything. From music theory to Hungarian history to aircraft analysis, Splash offerings span a wide variety of areas. Want to take a class
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have required classes or language requirements?

  We're often asked to recommend specific classes for high school students to increase their chances of admission. We don't have any required classes but consider an ideal preparation to include calculus, physics
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jenny Hu- Adapting to Artifical Gravity Junior Jenny Hu worked in the MIT Man Vehicle Laboratory to study if people can…

  

  Manned space exploration has been limited to fairly short missions to nearby sites such as the moon and low Earth orbit. For NASA to carry out lengthy manned flights to Mars and beyond, engineers must protect the safety

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  interviews has changed (though Stu's advice on how to prepare for it remains ... .    Today I am going to offer my advice on how to approach the interview. First, it is your responsibility to arrange the interview. You

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  cynicism related to one's job; and c) reduced professional efficacy. Burn-out refers specifically to phenomena in the occupational context and should not be applied to describe experiences in other areas of life.” - 11th

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you want to hear about?

  

  I would like to post more entries this summer, but this is an MIT ... been posted already, and I'm not sure what you guys want to hear about. So tell me. What topics would you like to see entries about? If you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer? click me! click me!

  

  After reading my last blog, Jola from Poland also wanted to let me ... - compared to that, Twin Peaks is merely a foothill!) Polish mountains are ... - what are YOU up to this summer?! I'm going to open this up to you guys

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 4, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Solution: Are we going to win? Guess where I am!

  

  Can you guess where I am right now? Points to the most creative ... going to win? "Here is my schedule. I just can't seem to get the times ... Complex Problems Intro to Numerical Simulation in Electrical Engineering

  • by Bryan
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  Here is what Google Calendar has to say about my first two months at ... probably an appropriate time to address the issues that Cam brought up in his post about being busy. In essence: deciding how to spend my time here

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  week!!! We are thrilled to meet and host you, Class of 2022! GET HYPE ... requests to help with events. We got our prefrosh hosting assignments, and ... matches visitors to hosts definitely works. Now, for us, CPW is a familiar

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  torment season. From August to March, the grass in front of Kresge is hit with an onslaught of violent offenses ranging from tents to snow, turning it to mud. Recovery begins in April, when it is no longer snowing, and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  A lot of the day-to-day communication at MIT happens, not through face-to-face conversation, but via email. I get email from my dorm, from ... personal as face-to-face conversation or talking on the phone, but it's handy

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  Among all the classes that MIT offers, it’s almost impossible to narrow them down to just 4 at the beginning of each semester (or 5 for the ... . But actually, to our surprise, having a “plan” and a “major” and a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  uncertain when you hold them too close. Still, I add to the list. Markers of ... and uncontrollable, I return to the list. I remind myself of what I know to be true. Some truths are easy. For example, the addition of peanut

  • by Ella T. '25
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  accepted to MIT, I still clearly remember the day I received my decision. The ... room with my parents standing on either side of me, ready to either congratulate or console. As I prepared to click the button, I was neither

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  part in terms of math academics, I had fallen to believe something ... didn't want that to happen.  The question of whether I wanted to do math began to nudge me more often. I wondered if I was doing it purely out of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024