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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  with a large group of people. After a certain degree of collective sleep ... populous enough that I ended up bidding farewell to George Washington only

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  This entry was inspired by a Washington Post article about how the use of a dishwasher is the last frontier in an immigrant household, an ... sleet, when it's -20 degrees outside. Cars, with their beautiful heated

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• 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 / 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
• 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 / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  educational press has been buzzing about the launch of Minerva University ... (former head of the New School), and Pat Harker (president of the University ... as a reasonably meritocratic mission, at least for an online university

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colors of Campus and other random things on my camera.

  

  A few snippets of life .   Inspired by Kai's Parallel Universe Post      

  • by Richard O. '28
  • February 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  "C's get degrees" and move on with my life as soon as possible. But ... strategy. Offer at least two examples of international relations situations ... [annotation note = "One exam question was set in the Avatar universe and another had

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  the city. And now that I've chosen a university that is quite a ways ... M.Eng that gives you both a bachelor's and master's degree in five ... different classes offered and I really want to dabble in video game design and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  myself at a local university, working in a neuroscience lab through a high ... many different universities to see what kinds of programs and ... university's general approach to accommodating students who were undecided or

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  will ever exist in the entire universe--but after three years of problem ... more than a bachelor's degree to get a chemistry- or biology ... with a master's degree or PhD, from what I understand there are jobs in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost ... the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant ... earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost ... the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant ... earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• 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
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  five different universities. We saw some of the best student ... University of Technology’s car can corner at 3 G’s of acceleration. There ... who are pursuing their degrees while somehow squeezing in time between

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  price of the same amount that MITechnology students pay for their degrees ... -Profit Universities. The Massachusetts Institute of Tribology: I don't know much about

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  Chancellor at the University of Cambridge is the Duke of Edinburgh. I recently ... MIT create degree structures that support this while satisfying

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  ’s Tsinghua University. So when I arrived in Beijing, everything got just a tad ... apartments over 2 days - all in 90-degree weather. There were all sorts of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011