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• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  about a proposal to raise the FY 2015 NSF (National Science Foundation ... summer after my sophomore year, I did an internship funded by the National ... , dangling with flags from all of District 7’s many universities and colleges

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  ) - after not touching English since finishing university. Words such as ... these speeches, according to a NHK (Japanese national channel) news report ... another ramen! 63. Best part? Look for restaurants that offer free oomori or

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  and universities in Greater Boston, making it easy to visit a variety of colleges from one base. Most of the major universities are on subway lines ... . And Boston is an exciting, historic city that offers something

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  regarding course offerings and suggested paths to degree completion. Most at ... year. MIT Degree Charts [image_grid images="56243,56244" /] The MIT Degree Charts show all the requirements for each major. This is very useful

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  anyway. MIT offers a really cool unique thing known as joint degrees, a ... joint degree between science and humanities, 21E with engineering and ... computer science degree. I don't like the computer science degree

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  National Gallery (East Wing designed by MIT alum I.M. Pei) and maybe the ... taking classes for credit at a local university? What should they do about ... fall semester university course results along with your midterm grades

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  offered this semester. It's a video-making class!!! It has been incredible ... , organizations, religions, the nation-state, capitalism, democracy, and ... science aspect of my degree altogether and dedicated myself to sociology

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  closer to the universe, and the universe closer to me. About halfway ... nation per experiment. It involves a lot of failure, and frustration. You ... that may not involve a graduate degree in physics. In the past, many

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  have fun! With this reality in mind, I went to Princeton University with ... ,000. It is the fourth oldest university, chartered in 1746, compared to MIT's founding in 1861. Though both universities share a similar profile in terms

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  iCyd This, my friends, is a GREEN APPLE!

  

  set on pursuing a degree in course 16 (aero/astro engineering). After a ... offers. Thus, this semester marks a brand new start for me at MIT. Moral ... completing your degree in exactly 4 years (which is not always a bad thing

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  students leave MIT with two degrees, so it's clearly not impossible, but it ... your diploma -- it's what's in your brain. ;) EDIT, 9/4: MITalum

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Eletha Flores The awesome Eletha Flores '10.

  

  full scholarship to Carnegie Mellon University. Ultimately, Flores stuck ... ,000 scholarship and goes on to the national competition, said Clarissa Sandoval ... thinking about the national competition because she didn't expect to win the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  than 50 colleges and universities in Greater Boston, making it easy to visit a variety of colleges from one base. Most of the major universities ... offers something interesting for the entire family. (I know my parents

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  our understanding of the universe.  One of those winners is an MIT ... physics to the early universe: what can particle physics tell us about the history of the universe, and what can cosmology tell us about the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  responded to his offer first and would therefore be receiving the Dalai Lama ... university level...must educate, educate, educate! (Earth) can live without us ... national self-interest, but if we all do that...all nations hurt. It is never

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  reminders about local, state, and national elections. We’re excited to have ... envelope, prefilled national voter registration form, and free stamped return ... elections and in the 2018 midterm elections. One report by the National Study

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  Health Care Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research, where he ... Fellowship, a FIRST award from the National Institute on Aging, and the Kenneth ... Fellow Award from the National Science Foundation in 1995.  Dr. Gruber was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  scientist or engineer when she enrolled at MIT, earned two degrees in ... University, where Rines had earned his JD. After a year in private practice in ... teaching intellectual-property law at several universities. While clerking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  university with many more offerings than just science and engineering, and that ... ). The conference was held at Washington University (where former MIT ... hosts at WashU. The conference was attended by nearly 400 US university

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  diploma and smiling while my mother took a photo, opening the diploma book when my sister said “show the diploma!” and looking on in horror five ... had been offered, but when it came time to commit, I had a strong

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025