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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  started off at MIT, I thought that the only way to learn was to take a bunch of classes and try to get as many degrees as humanly possible. My grandpa shared an anecdote of his childhood with me that I think really

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  of) seven other MIT students (almost all '17s, with real jobs at ... one degree of separation away. Other times it's distant and foreign ... angry with." These work with varying degrees of success.) I hoped to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  offered a spot on the waitlist to just under 400 people, and most of those ... off the waitlist, and wishing them the best of luck at the college they ... At approximately 4:30pm today, we did something we haven't done in 4

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of robotics programs does MIT offer?

  Although robotics isn't a specific department or major, you can find robotics in nearly every corner of MIT. Here are a few examples ... Interactive Robots We even offer free online course materials for students
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions For you.

  

  advantage of the sunny, 55 degree weather to catch up on all the vitamin D I failed to absorb in wintry days past. In celebration of this meteorological grace, my writing professor agreed to move the location of today's class

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 10, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  a pool of similar enough peers that will at the very least be not that ... puzzle of mit — to be at an epicenter of innovation, and know that what we ... super similar to me, which is not common at all in places outside of MIT

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  because of last year's internship at PlayStation, I have still not acquired ... , but I'm awful at technical interviews and haven't gotten the hang of ... , and I'm sort of stalled at the confluence of all three of these rivers

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  , but we all never had time to see it. thanks, MIT—at least all of us were ... bright and early hour of 1 PM, so representation at the event was at a ... cool. features the address of the apartment the floor hung out at for two

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  . "Distinguish" can mean "win every math award ever offered by the United States of ... school that offers *any* AP classes. Basically, the goal of the admissions ... of researchers at (some) museums. S. S. responded, I think my parents

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Time That which I do not have.

  

  reading assignments with only a moderate degree of success at remaining dry ... my schedule such that not a single class of mine runs past 3:30 pm. This was done primarily to create the illusion of actually having time

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 7, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What other student resources are available?

  MIT offers a myriad of health and well-being support resources for students. See the DoingWell site for more info.
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  At the very least, we recommend you have one full year of both calculus (or higher level of math, whichever meets your ability level) and ... calculus and physics at the college level. Depending on your major, you may
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Admissions Released Next Wednesday, 12/21

  

  admitting a small number of highly qualified applicants at a rate characteristic of our extremely selective process. Transfer students are some of the very best MIT has to offer. I highly recommend reading the profile

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2011
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  four-week term at MIT that fills the month of January. For more than 50 ... to organize, sponsor and participate in a wide variety of personal and ... tours, recitals, and contests. Here are some offerings from over the years
• Blog / Residential Life

  Life on Campus? remastered 2021

  

  and headed back towards MIT. At the start of our last week on campus ... I loved living in Macgregor. Every weekday, I woke up at 6, brushed my teeth, and stumbled across Memorial Drive to the boathouse. At 6

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 8, 2021
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide any academic or athletic scholarships?

  MIT provides financial aid on the basis of financial need only. We don't offer money based on any measure of merit—academic, athletic ... the Institute as an MIT Scholarship, even though we offer it based
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Nerd Love Beauty and the Science!

  

  earning his master's degree at MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab, and he had ... One of the stereotypes of sci/tech/engineering schools like MIT is ... they crack under the pressure of my enormous good looks. The pimples on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  major, and I was sick at the end of last semester. Michelle G. '18 wrote about what it is like to not be well at the end of a semester, and it is not fun ... to the committee: "I have spent so much of my time at MIT writing, I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Ali Khademhosseini: Building tissues, cell-by-cell Khademhosseini, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the joint MIT-Harvard Health Sciences and Technology Program,…

  

  Assistant Professor of Medicine at the joint MIT-Harvard Health Sciences and Technology Program, Khademhosseini has recently been named one of Technology ... Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto, he came to MIT to pursue a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  and turf dinners at the houses the first night of rush. Parents, to a ... lot of my friends back home thought to themselves when I told them my ... sleep. So to a degree, the reaction my friends had was well deserved

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006