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• FAQ / Transfer

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

  courses offered in each department. You may receive credit for subjects of ... the courses offered at your institution to MIT's by referring to the MIT Bulletin (course and degree catalog). You'll find descriptions of MIT
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  Mechanical Engineering faculty at the University of Utah are MIT ECs (!). I ... Currently, I'm in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah ... online from my hotel in Salt Lake City, hosted by the folks at The Art of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  : ------------------------------ Henderson explores many shapes of Shakespeare Book examines 'Shake ... September 13, 2006 The works of William Shakespeare have a timeless quality ... their adamantine purity despite the passage of time. As Diana Henderson

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  classes, and some of you are probably curious about the classes offered at ... .05 (Biochemistry) Contributions of biochemistry toward an understanding of the structure and functioning of organisms, tissues, and cells. Chemistry and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  . i was given the chance, in april 2021, to spend the first half of 2022 ... 't want to spend that much time away from mit." i never applied to a misti ... , and i enjoyed my summer camps. but part of me yearns for relationships

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  Hall to taste liquid nitrogen ice cream. Tons of prefrosh were packed ... of activities: Applied Math Lab Tours, Tie Dye at McCormick, the MIT ... at CPW, I came to understand the meaning and context of those words. My

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I take a summer session?

  During the regular Summer Session, MIT offers a limited selection of the subjects available in the academic year, as well as a few subjects designed for special interests and needs of MIT students. All classes are for
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can my school counselor find helpful information?

  Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants ... all of the different requirements for so many students and schools. We offer specific advice for educators here. We hope it helps!
• FAQ / Transfer

  How much does the transfer application cost?

  Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won’t have any impact on your chances of
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  about, but if you tell me, I will, but my lack of blogging is not the intention of this article. Instead, hopefully, I can be the umpteenth person ... applied to college, all I knew is that I was going to college, and hopefully

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  summer lovin’ 🎶 🎶 had me a blast

  

  the giant spoon of the universe. There is much more ahead of me: the ... As of one week ago, it is officially[annotation note="and oh boy does ... concept of summer wasn't real to me. I couldn't visualize my actual self

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 2, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  well. Three summers ago, biologists from the University of the Andes in ... 2007 study by the National Autonomous University of Mexico determined ... According to the 2007 study by the National Autonomous University of Mexico

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  research on the expanding universe, and is only offered once every two years ... past At the beginning of the semester, upon looking at my overloaded ... . Still, though, I’m glad I did it. I learned the limits of how much my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  joshua angrist shares the nobel prize! and the research is *so* cool

  

  Some of you may have heard the news already, but if you haven’t: on Monday, Joshua Angrist, the Ford International Professor of Economics at ... Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel)! He shares the

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  might be, are spending more and more of their precious childhood ... begin, in the interest of honesty and full disclosure, by telling you the ... approaching. MIT would like talented students to apply to these programs. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  that I need to put in this work now for when I apply to schools this upcoming fall. And this is true: most of the classes I am taking are just classes I want to be on my transcript when I apply to college. Even if it

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  highest out of all my offers, plus it was in the Cambridge, MA area so I ... didn't quite stir up the spark of wonder that MIT offers. Much thanks to ... 't care that much about compensation. Of course, most people are not in a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  (s) (check all that apply)”. At least for myself, this is an easy question to ... mark it and move on to the next part of the application. For some though ... an ethnic category through no choice of their own, had it easier at

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  “Choose Your Own Adventure” MISTI edition

  

  Malgorzata Hedderick (Associate Dean of MIT Undergraduate Education), Melanie Parker (Executive Director of the MIT Global Education and Career ... the agonizingly stressful yet undoubtedly invaluable process of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  which an institution offers you glory, but at the cost of sacrificing ... Take in the familiar sights, smells, and faces of your community. Can ... , for college. I have also known many students, for fear of leaving their

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011