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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  logical degree system)! Days like this make me glad for two things: 1) my ... won a prize from the National Academy of Sciences. I could go on. But ... generosity. One last thing -- Degree requirements for the SB in biology, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Helps the Red Sox’ Keith Foulke Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last night they showed the final…

  

  Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last ... graduated from MIT with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1984. Clara is a Medical Doctor with a Biology degree, MIT Class of 1985. For more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  final qualifying segment for the 2016 U.S. National Championships in mid ... hotel. A skating mom offers to drive me back to my hotel, and then I ... Senior level, and hoping to qualify for Nationals as well. As it turns out

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  Exchange offers a wide range of experiences and can depend significantly on ... successfully, i.e. earning first-degree class marks on the exams. In particular ... lateral mobility once they've matriculated. Many undergraduate degrees then

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  universe that are not directly expressed in the observable properties of the universe," said Merritt Boyd Meet Merritt Boyd, the smartest student at North ... universe. I've always liked to take the telescope out at night and look at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  Media, and the universe it comes from. I deeply respect Chelsea for ... that Twitter offers as a medium for storytelling that make it a very ... . Her parents want her to go abroad to the University of Paris. She’s not

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  For the past three days, I was at the conference of the National ... of University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Donna Shalala, President of the University of Miami. At right, Donna Shalala addresses a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  ‘Significantly’ by 2020, Says UN Report." Our World (United Nations University ... . "Climate Change Helped Spark Syrian War, Study Says." National Geographic ... , Eliza. "A Nation Of Meat Eaters: See How It All Adds Up." NPR (2012

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  neglect to account for the other nations which will undoubtedly take the ... graduate from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering and, frankly, I ... steering our nation and world to a prosperous, secure and sustainable future

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• 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.
• 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.
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  in robotics seemed to demand master’s or PhD degrees. I finally got a ... , wondering if robotics was what I really wanted to do. I got one job offer I ... degrees. I had tried my best to make myself a sort of “senior engineer on

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

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

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  majors, currently a master's student at the University of Cambridge ... degree (for example: I took Systems Biology, where a large focus of the ... that the standard course offerings are pretty comprehensive compared to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  with? Good. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a tray ... some things. Josh is majoring in computer science at the University of ... thinner than I chop the beets. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer fee waivers for transfer applicants?

  Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  Regional Championships, the qualifying meet for NCAA Division III National ... cheers (Tufts University's "T-U-X-C!" tends to stand out because they have ... they were ranked to be in 9th place. They were going to Nationals. The

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and ... --become the center of the universe." now i am sitting in the grass outside

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  Need help choosing a MISTI program? MIT-Germany alum Nina Sinatra advises incoming interns to keep an open mind

  

  of my workplace as well; while I have worked in several university and military laboratories, I had never been involved in a project at a national

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  MIT different from other universities? How might you know whether or not ... the 30 most populous nations with no students at MIT is the Democratic

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008