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• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  and reputation, it is often discounted. So, at the end of each of my ... School of Dreams (a case study of Whitney High School in Los Angeles ... , and could only admit ~1600 students. But most of the students to whom we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  tag was labeled with the same number). At the end of the week, my mom drove me to Washington, DC, where I moved into one of the dorms at George ... considering going back to the NIH, and I had an offer at Genentech, but I really

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  ?$%!@# place." Sometimes it means both of these things at the same exact time ... , keep in mind that I was pretty worn out at this point. 12 hours of sleep ... that I could just blow off the rest of my work and still at the very

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  receive a Masters degree in some area of engineering combined with an MBA ... distractions, and offers lots of desk space to spread out! Enough studying! Movie! Two things I do significantly less of when I’m at MIT is drive and

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  , 12 to go. That sounds a lot better. Exam week is a busy time at MIT; a lot of living groups have free breakfast on exam mornings, then ... and all that. I heard a lot of conversations on my way to the final

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  to produce a product at the end of the semester.  During the past few ... of the womb, who were building robots before they learned how to walk ... , gotten some lab experience at UC Davis trying to develop a fungal

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  It has only been a couple of months since I left MIT Admissions for a ... official member of the broader MIT community, I find that it is difficult for ... . To some degree, the disconnect is easier to explain.  I no longer live

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• 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 / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  this summer, which is sort of embarrassing since I keep making reference to it. So, here's a snapshot of what I'm doing RIGHT NOW, at 11:52am on a typical day at work. I'm in an office with four other undergrads

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• 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 / 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 / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  creating a diverse, accepting environment at MIT. He led the creation of a ... (Institutional Research) offered clementines and other goodies with her decades of ... , “Over the course of my career at MIT, there have been a few moments when I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• 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 / 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.
• 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 / 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