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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  decision to take the EMT class offerred through MIT Medical and MIT-EMS. This ... -international( to be rejected) =( To be fair, if domestic applications are super competitive, internationals are super duper competitive. While it's probably a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  times already, I'm almost an international student. I'm from Hazzard ... game Friday night. Better yet, Waites (UGA) '08 offered to pick me up at ... -Jackson International Airport, and our first stop was Waffle House. I love Boston, but

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  credits for your major, [annotation note="General Institute Requirements ... offered in 5 terms: Quarter 1 (Fall semester through October-ish), Quarter 2 ... Institute making sure we at least take two hours off a week to go soft brain

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  institute is always churning.  tick There's a constant sound in the back of my ... offering me so much opportunity. How dare I feel like this is all too much? I ... play? Without the hard part? Please? tick I will not let this institute

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  mechanical engineering and general Institute requirements. Some examples of ... (Course 20) has been developed recently, and it offers some really cool ... star. Now that I have a few months left at the Institute and I’ve gone

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  anticipated international olympiads. Every summer, countries from across the ... international math & science olympiads. Competitions are held for such ... , the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) -- the oldest of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cancer on my mind Wait, shouldn’t that be Carolina?

  

  Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT the other day. I could elaborate on the many wonderful aspects of this Institute, namely its ... Kendall Square and beyond with the work of the Koch Institute and it is free

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  International Math Olympiad team in 1974, and what freshman class does this ... scorer for Singapore at one of the international science olympiads. I had never heard of an international science olympiad. My high school wasn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  mini internal crisis during the middle of the semester where I struggled ... Jobs Paid Notetaker - A paid notetaker position was offered for both 6 ... is a pretty good opportunity when it gets offered, and it’s typically

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  't offered at my school. Does that eliminate my chances of being accepted to ... school does not offer any calculus classes...I also worry about not being able to take AP classes, as they are not offered at my school. I would

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  that certain courses, like workshops or oversubscribed offerings, will ... offer after this announcement. Late Drop a class if absolutely necessary ... in order to fulfill the 8-point General Institute Requirement by the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  information about the requirements for each major, when classes are offered, and ... some classes like general institute requirements (GIRs). Most people don ... “joint subjects” between departments, where a single class is offered under

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  the institute once again in the fall! So now you've decided to go to ... are twenty-two FPOPs offered in August, and each one gives an amazing ... 17 General Institute Requirements, or GIRs.  It is possible to get out

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation for labor; AmeriCorps offers a living allowance and education funding. Reardon ... International Counselor did a gap year entry that I have liked to link to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  's rigorous courseload - to allow you to explore what MIT has to offer while not ... ; you've probably turned your friends down on an offer to party because ... that EVEN on your internal transcript on WEBSIS, a P is a P...=p) On

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation for labor; AmeriCorps offers a living allowance and education funding. Reardon says ... International Counselor did a gap year entry, focusing on an extraordinary gap

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  International or to make friends with that one kid you've had Spanish with all ... 've studied MIT's course offerings extensively - multiple times! - while ... . Much to my language-loving little heart's dismay, MIT doesn't offer

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  exams for both classes offered during orientation. Physics B gets you ... , offered in three different-flavored classes in the spring and fall. Most ... bother unless you did, like, the international chemistry olympiad or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT, Medicine, and Success from Any School thirteen years in a thousand words

  

  , I found it difficult even after surviving the Institute. There was a ... for the Air Force to offer a GYN oncology training position. As a very specialized field, slots aren't offered every year. My time finally came when I

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  offered me a return offer and i accepted it. i asked to work in the new york ... there to an institute without people who will learn from it? mit works

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023