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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  communicated with the soccer coach here at MIT. To be sure though, I'd ask Matt ... looking into biomedical engineering myself. As it is offered as a minor, do ... check out the departments you're interested in and see if they offer such

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I take a summer session?

  During the regular Summer Session, MIT offers a limited selection of the subjects available in the academic year, as well as a few subjects designed for special interests and needs of MIT students. All classes are for
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What other student activities can I do?

  You can do anything we already offer on campus, or you can start your own "thing" at MIT! Check out Campus & Student Activities to see what's going on around campus, or check out a list of active groups from
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can my school counselor find helpful information?

  offer specific advice for educators here. We hope it helps!
• FAQ / Transfer

  How much does the transfer application cost?

  The transfer application costs $75. 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
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  satellite communications, so I need to understand randomness and how random noise affects signals and communications. That brings me to the next class, which is......16.36: Communication Systems and Networks! I haven

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  of Communications and Outreach for the GEL Program."So what did I learn ... international company in particular, these guys say communication skills are key ... effective communication and the ability to work well with others is a big plus

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  , which measures the size of an indentation made by a diamond pressing on ... ? Immediately after I loaded the sample into the Vickers indenter and pressed ... , but I still had one remaining sample to measure, so I pressed onward

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  a single applicant's numbers, to tell you the truth, and I'd be hard-pressed

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  role and institution to institution, some common themes emerged. While ... in question because educational institutions have abdicated their ... -forward. Institutional decision making, writ large, and our admission selection process are

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  sake of adding the name of a second subject to their diploma. I'm really ... 't have to mean extra semesters or no diploma. Alllll this talking aside

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  Cities group, and our car, the CityCar has received a lot of press over the years ... literature available through the Gutenberg press with my friend Michelle. Ok ... , including oscilloscopes, lathes, drill presses, soldering irons, etc. And once

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above

  

  notice as a truckload of detonated TNT, of a Polaroid press conference ... , and discovered at 9:18 AM that I had a press ticket to a Polaroid press

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 1, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT, Medicine, and Success from Any School thirteen years in a thousand words

  

  , I found it difficult even after surviving the Institute. There was a ... for the Air Force to offer a GYN oncology training position. As a very specialized field, slots aren't offered every year. My time finally came when I

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  get a sense of what classes are offered in each major. What sounds cool ... 't understand why the institute didn't print them by default this year (it's been ... resources MIT offers didn't just come out of thin air; they're there for a

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  offered me a return offer and i accepted it. i asked to work in the new york ... there to an institute without people who will learn from it? mit works

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  blended drink is no more. well, dunkin is the way to go now i guess."]institutized ... chapters. japanese 1 is offered in the fall and IAP, japanese 2 is offered in

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  lead to dead ends, but a healthy expectation offers a detour. I wasn ... offered. ISEF would happen if it was meant to be, and by all means I ... the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research where I continue to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  been writing to offer me a job writing handouts for one of AoPS's ... math.SE eventually got me noticed by StackExchange, and they offered me a ... access to elite institutions and only have access to the Internet still

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  take outside the General Institute Requirements. (If you're only doing ... various courses are offered. Plan on spending freshman year on the GIRs, don ... lab class in the same term if you can help it (they're often all offered

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006