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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  in their seminars) and are open only to freshmen. The seminars offered ... most MIT students spend freshman year taking the General Institute ... preprofessional advisor through the MIT Careers Office; this advisor offers guidance

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  in achieving the educational missions of institutions of higher ... from the nation’s most rigorous and elite institutions.” Affirmative ... selecting the students who will be offered admission, MIT does not use any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  I often receive requests for advice about the college process. It makes sense, given my role.  Many of those requests, understandably, come from prospective students.  Interestingly, and perhaps not surprisingly,…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  As we hurtle towards Pi Day… A post of posts.

  

  -eyed David duKor-Jackson, March 13, 2012: To whom much is given... Lydia K

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  terms of Vegas elegance. We saw Cirque du Soleil's "O" (the one with the 1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT offer conditional admissions?

  MIT doesn't offer any special or conditional admissions. All first-year applicants fill out the same undergraduate application and meet the same testing requirements.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  . Of all of the hundreds (thousands?) of classes offered at MIT, three of ... requirements at once. On the other hand, it is offered every semester, so it ... 's not a priority. The only thing is that it's only offered in the fall, so

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer housing for transfer students?

  Yes—transfer students are guaranteed on-campus housing for their entire undergraduate education! Learn more on the MIT Housing & Residential Services site.
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer an online degree?

  MIT doesn't offer online degrees, but we have world-class educational opportunities available to everyone online for free through our programs administered by MIT Open Learning.
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  motto of the Institute. People who don't understand the concept claim that ... least pass everything, and as we learned a few weeks ago, D is for Diploma

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  , interning at a writers’ retreat, and backpacking through Europe. This break, I ... sleep here. It strikes me how my internal monologue and humor has changed ... . Carmiel + Duncan may go on Vanessa’s retreat — I may intern with her. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  offers one. Secondary applications are unique to each school and generally ... soon as they come in and they start offering interviews and acceptances ... for the Express Purpose of Obtaining Admittance to an Institute of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  intern at a start-up that focuses on artificial intelligence and data ... highest out of all my offers, plus it was in the Cambridge, MA area so I ... seems difficult to become invested when I'm only an intern and don't have

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  International Science and Technology Initiatives). The FLC, which began this semester, is designed to offer freshman community and expose them to new cultures and languages, as well as international opportunities at MIT. It

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  . ESP maintains an internal list of values, one of which is "Be an ... ? International students? I had it lucky. People live in china. Seattle. Etc. there ... DuPont Gymnasium, in case some people didn’t get our memo about Spark

  • by Phi A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  fantastic folks at the Davidson Institute and the new Davidson Academy. The Davidson Institute offers many programs of interest to the kinds of students ... database of resources for gifted students. The Institute offers many programs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  Anonymous wrote, "I am an International Student. My SATII scores are very poor ... . ------------------------------------- International applicant wrote, "i had a few questions regarding the application ... ." ------------------------------------- Viksit wrote, "I am an international student from India. I graduated from

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

  Blended Learning at MIT benefits of technology in MIT classrooms

  

  in an Institute-wide effort to translate traditional course offerings ... educational institutions. Now MIT is implementing the latest educational ... by offering more course options online. For example, 8.S05 (Special

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 23, 2015
• 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 ... measure. He wanted to go to the Art Institute of Atlanta and study cooking ... , he was admitted to MIT. In response to the admission offer, he took MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  Somedays, I check to make sure my diploma is real and I didn’t just dream the whole thing. I get a little bit jumpscared when I get an alumni ... offer them to begin with. If I’m a student, and we have a Pogo sticking

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025