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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  on more college admissions decisions (and/or maybe happen to like ... that Twitter offers as a medium for storytelling that make it a very ... senior. Applying to college! Well, she’s waiting to hear back from colleges

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

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  classmate about the class of 2019, and we agree that college acceptances have ... ’ll do awesome things. i wish i'd known earlier that good colleges aren ... , well, just a college. and don’t get me wrong, i love it here, but

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• 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

  

  Environmental Engineering degree), 1-C (Civil Engineering), and 1-E (Environmental ... Mechanical Engineering was pretty easy. I thought that an undergraduate degree ... -A degree program instead of taking the traditional full Course 2 route

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

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  , you don't sound like a college professor in real life!" I'm sure now ... your college choices and attend other colleges' admit weekends (I know ... time exploring other college campuses (though, you're not allowed to have

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  already planning your summer, the changes from home to college ... what to ... ... well, whatever the reason, college is a way to leave home that’s ... ," because after high school, don’t all good students go to college? And

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  the only institution in the country to offer an undergraduate degree ... philosophy classes at community college through dual enrollment, I read a lot

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  people and even wrote college essays on the topic. Tragically, I am here ... "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

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

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  ="MIT offers a special opportunity for students to acquire a masters degree in ... started going shopping together, writing college apps together, hanging out

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  Why MIT is So Awesome #2103 - We have IAP while other college kids have ... manuals. 20. Japanese eyeglass stores started offering free cleaning ... it's not right, tilt your head 30 degrees to the left, say "e-to" (ay

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  if it isn't flawed, then you probably don't need a Bachelor's Degree ... motion design offers a potentially instructive challenge to physicists: we ... in college would change a family's financial aid demonstrated need. To

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  , Julie finished her masters degree at the Media Lab in the Playful Systems ... to terraform mars, and lab-grown meat, synthetic biology offers new ... that offers recent alumni a six-month-runway of funding and advising post

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  economic implications. The program offers a master's degree and undergraduate ... technology. You can find all music courses offered here

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  state college the next. And I got lots of work here now, but at least I ... respectable sources about college admissions, I descended into the depths of College Confidential forums. Now, don't go to these, but there are whole

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  to college ... what to bring, how you’ll spend those last days with ... to eat... well, whatever the reason, college is a way to leave home ... ," because after high school, don’t all good students go to college? And

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  degree in that major/sub-major in 2005. (Yes, I made it in Word. Yes, I do ... , "undesignated" sort of means "same degree, fewer classes" -- many people, for ... answered for me: And your teacher is right: unless the MIT class offers an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It All Started with a Sound Board… [By Harrison Bralower '11] I was pleased to find that MIT had a very strong…

  

  offers classes in stagecraft, lighting design, script analysis, acting, set design, voice, and costume design among many other offerings. In addition ... --people from MIT, Wellesley College, and Emerson College. This IAP I'm working

  • by ARTalk
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  offers 57334534923 (not a hyperbole) convincing reasons to attend, to me ... Massachusetts College of Art and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. The ... MIT offers student discounts on Charlie Cards that make it much more

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  is the best opportunity I have to go abroad. College is one of the most ... semester across an ocean when MIT already offers the best engineering classes ... year, I ended up applying for the IAP Madrid program offered by the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2021 Wait List Today, we have closed out the wait list for the Class of 2021.

  

  our wait list, 14 will be offered admission. At that point, our wait ... very best in college and beyond. We know you will make a huge impact on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  on our wait list via email that we will not be able to offer them ... awesome college experiences. Big virtual hugs to you all, and we wish you

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013