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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  Swapna '05, at least I had internet cafes. To all of you on dialup, I ... thing I meant to write about a long time ago: At the end of this semester ... '05 and worked at the National Institutes of Health, which was a great

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  at CPW, and many of us ended up staying in touch throughout our time at ... . Regardless of what you major in, or how many degrees you leave with, or what ... people at MIT who support you no matter what, give generously of their time

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• 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 ... : ------------------------------ Henderson explores many shapes of Shakespeare Book examines 'Shake ... September 13, 2006 The works of William Shakespeare have a timeless quality

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  about computers? "At the end of the meeting, the organizers still called ... excited at the opportunity to solve all sorts of puzzles," she said. She ... know about the MIT alumna who is known as the "Mother of the Internet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. As a matter of philosophy, MIT is committed to the idea of equal access to higher education for everyone. It has been our experience that the cost of applying

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  This past September, I started my master’s of engineering. At MIT ... at a company in exchange for that company funding your degree. I TA an ... research or industry experience on top of an advanced degree if you

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  , I have found myself, well, back at MIT. Granted, it has kind of been ... Grad Student”. I start my second year of a dual degree program in ... taking advantage of what MIT has to offer, and though I will still continue

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer fee waivers for transfer applicants?

  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't have any impact on your chances of admission.
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  everything, I picked a spot at the back corner of the room. Right at noon, the ... minutes later, I found myself holding my weights at a 90 degree angle to my ... room with mirrors for walls, from 9-10am on Mondays and Wednesdays. At 10

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  Today was the first snowfall of the year! How exciting, I didn't even know it was coming. Two of my best friends from high school were visiting me and another one of my best friends who goes to MIT. We were walking

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing

  

  [annotation note="in library and information science, which is not offered at ... "]probably won't get a degree[/annotation] out of it. But I know I'll try to do ... looking at a baby photo. This site is both ever-changing from new voices and

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  -deserved diploma. https://youtu.be/AdwPeNsMmGM I helped select the Class of 2018 ... for them. Congratulations to the Class of 2018. May the wind be ever at ... ; The commencement stage at dawn   flowers of MIT  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  Lord, dean of admissions at Haverford College, which posted student ... Jones, the former director of communications at M.I.T.'s admissions office, began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the dawn of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• 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…

  

  , and taught at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. In June, Julie finished her masters degree at the Media Lab in the Playful Systems ... that offers recent alumni a six-month-runway of funding and advising post

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  stretched infinitely downward. He was bent over it, staring at the face of ... at the beginning of his time, trembling so hard the part of him that ... at the speed of helicopter blades to absolutely nothing at all

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What programs does MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) offer?

  MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) runs outreach programs under the School of Engineering at MIT for underrepresented ... students free of charge.  
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  ="one-year master’s of engineering, offered to select engineering departments at MIT ... of the readings than I have at any MIT class. However, they also graded ... , which I don’t typically do. At the behest of my writing professor, I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply to be an Exchange Student, Special Student, or Visiting Student?

  An Exchange Student enrolls at MIT to take classes as a non-degree ... Students are non-degree students who take classes at MIT. You will apply ... are very few of these arrangements. MIT participates in the Exchange
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday at the water park

  

  off-key at the top of their lungs. It was a gorgeous day, 85 degrees ... This is a tale of two college kids from two completely different ... my boyfriend and I ended up at the water park in the first place is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  down on your stomach at the 30-degree (or pi/6 radians, if you prefer ... went into a lab in the secret sub-basement of Building 66, pressed "on ... at MIT. But the real challenge is to explain why it heats up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005