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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Experience FAQs from high school counselors

  

  , Year, Major, Place of Birth, Dorm Hi! I’m Yuliya, a senior majoring in ... .” And that has been a lot of fun.   What is on your shirt?  My ... Monday.   How do you make friends? What is your community at MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MEng (Masters of Engineering) Learn about the masters plans of Phil '05 and Laura '06.

  

  area that the student's thesis is in. Many students take graduate courses ... (MEng) year, but doing so is not mandatory. In general, the MEng program is a great deal because you can get a Master's level degree in 1 extra

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  if I wanted to join a teaching innovative that he founded. Big Dreams ... Patterns is the name of the curriculum that is being taught in all of these ... science education, especially to young girls, is a cause that everyone

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / Events

  look at the stars hacking mit, six months at a time

  

  that is enough. She also taught me that in fact you can actually run a ... feel incredibly lucky that HackMIT is structured in a way that we can ... am now the director of. HackMIT is a club that helps facilitate

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 17, 2024
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  I've been Operating. Death From Above is a HUGE team (our mailing list ... practically non-existent). I realized last year that I'm a lot better at trying ... focusing on doing that. Every day since Friday, I've shown up at noon, sat

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  , program a whole game of Scrabble right after that. While I may complain ... to have cultured fun (and proves that not every MIT class is a ... the course title is "gender," the class is focused more on how to do

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  takeoff is a good place to start with a disclaimer: my father was in control ... not several thousand feet in the air staring through a camera when I ... a little shout-out on how just cool they are.   And with that

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  's debate at MIT is worth a blog post in itself. Or six. The best thing to do ... is that one year ago, I vowed to leave no restaurant within walking ... pre-folded in topologically confusing structures (not that I needed to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  any college that I’ve ever heard of. Name a country, and MIT has a ... but somehow I ended up in Russia at a computer vision hackathon. It ... abroad. I was in Pavia, a train ride away from Milan, living with two of my

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  student research program is UROP. When you do a UROP, you find a professor who is working on something that you think is awesome. More than 90% of ... The opportunity to get involved in research as an undergrad is one of
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  So I'm writing from the end of a well-needed break back in San ... when I say it that there is no weirder feeling than stepping into your ... flops. That, and maybe knowing that all the hair in the drain is yours

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gala a premiere event celebrating fashion, arts, and culture

  

  a lot. That's why I'm impressed how the MIT Gala board was able to ... , it's crucial that there's a significant amount of pubbing done weeks in ... wanted a natural/basic look for me, so I thought I'd be able to do my own

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  pretty well set up here--I opened a bank account, almost entirely in German ... schedule, and I figured out how to eat. Anyway, I've figured out that you ... that you don't have to do anything for the next five minutes. So I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Vacation A week of total relaxation didn't stop me from thinking about MIT constantly.

  

  near future - it'll take me a few days to remember what it is that I ... I am back in the office, did you miss me? :-) St. John was awesome ... . Here I am, preparing to do an info session for the people on the beach

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  comparing ourselves to others we knew of that got in. We just thought a lot ... what to do with that lofty phrase, but in the case of senior year, just ... with from December to March. It was a full circle experience that we do

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  my mother that I'm expected back in Ohio for at least a few days ... masters in aero/astro. He and I are moving into Westgate, which is an MIT ... work I've been doing for the past year and a half. I'll be graduating

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  lines, it's refreshing for others to embrace and impart a message that is ... share in the experience. But now that I think about it, it seems hard to ... people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Our new video And yeah we’re kind of jazzed about it

  

  more robots in the Media Lab." And to that I say, of course, that’s MIT alright, and we plan to show you more of that in the coming months, so stay ... we wanted everyone to know that, yes, we really do have sports here at

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  looks like a castle!). Peeking behind Maseeh is the Prudential Center in ... that still lets in natural light. The secret is in the moat (below). The ... , including a random lab tech in a white coat wandering down just as I was

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  arrests but that none of us knew how to revive a dead ambulance. So we ... , is something I greatly miss in college. I'm all for cardio and exercise ... I become a victim of chilly winds and interminably dry skin that no

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010