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• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  for a difficult interview. That applies for both men and women. It just ... a this converstaion be a two-way street, with our posts and your ... ?"). Both of these are exaggerated a little for effect; I am unaware of any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  interested in the pursuing both comptuer science and design here at MIT (I just declared Course 6-3 on Friday! And there's also a new Minor in Design that is ... share his experiences and thoughts on a variety of topics. He had a great

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  companies are looking for students in your major, and for what kind of ... colleges right now, odds are that you're not looking for a career, but it ... Phone Branding in China European Panel: What Europe? Catalan Lessons with

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  Tooling, to come out and join their fellow slugs for a hot mug of cocoa (bring your own mug and spoons, we provide the rest) for a few minutes ... Right now, I'm sitting at home at my dining room table, with a big

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will you send me materials/prospectus/t-shirt/pennant?

  requests for pennants, t-shirts, and other MIT items, but because we're a ... We appreciate your interest in MIT! We don't send a lot of mail (and ... the Bulletin, is available free online and provides a comprehensive
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  time for a mid-morning workout, and rewarding myself with a change of ... not need to rely on a desktop for hefty exports and renders. Once the ... -notch: I’ve owned this headset for a few years and traveled all over the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  span both tracks. For example, I might want to record and model a neural ... had a lot of electives in both Course 9 and Course 6 which included or ... 's just a way to get students matched with an advisor and start creating a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  and working for Microsoft Research Asia. Kat talked a little about her ... 'd say, "Marge, I have a yen to travel." And Marge would agree instantly ... occasionally want to get out and see the world. In the last year and a half, MIT

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  engineer, but she and I both know that computer science isn’t for me. I want ... bowling, and one of my podmates, a math major, looked at our final score and ... majors here, and it’s hard to choose. # “What course are you?” a tour guide

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  . (INVESTIGATOR PIERCE, a portly, middle-aged man with a unibrow for absolutely no ... . The aardvark looks up with a start.) PIERCE: (addressing the file ... The Man for short. PIERCE: Right, I was just with him. Didn”t say a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Blog] What It’s Like Studying Design at MIT Recounted by two seniors

  

  course number for design is 4-B, and it exists as more of a sibling of ... with 4 (e.g. 4.021). It’s also technically a B.S. in Art and Design (BSAD for short), and students can certainly take it in more of a fine arts

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 4, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  when I was only an alternate for NSLI-Y China, a program that I was ... good job with a high salary bad for you?? Well, as it turns out, there ... 've formed while at MIT, and because dance continues to be a fun way for me to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  , which were both delicious. According to my sister and a few other East ... 's basically flatbread"]Oath[/annotation] and [annotation note="Greek food with ... pastries. i'd die for a sticky bun"]Flour,[/annotation] [annotation note

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  semester — sunk-cost fallacy — so instead I suffer. And end up with a lot of ... discovery class] Physics of Energy Units: 48 + 3 I also worked a UROP with ... out and write for a few days a week. These were good, solid writing

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  MIT for Book Lovers Yultide Day 4

  

  personalized signature for the new Fight Club 2 graphic novel, and a pre ... afterwards, there was a panel with the author and MIT’s first female Aerospace ... the book for my sister at a discount, and personalized signatures from

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 29, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  , today is a day for writing about vegetables." Ben and Vincent wrote two ... the news and think pieces and editorials for quite a while. And after ... feeling of not belonging, and then he was talking to me (or trying to) for a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  looking for a program that didn’t promise that and rather had a different ... with Cambridge University; MIT Madrid, which sends students for a ... , Mexico and Spain) has a coordinator at MIT that helps you search for

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  [Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions by emily '22, alison '23, felix '23

  

  random WikiHow (with pictures) articles for 3 hours Crochet yourself a smol ... backpack for a week Try to get over your fear of how ugly the titans are and ... Eat your beans and make something with aquafaba Call or text a friend

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  the camera will look around and lock onto a body. After it gets a good ... : Mechanical Raymond took 15.S20 Design for 3D Printing as his first foray into ... designing the model, Raymond knew he wanted a turntable for easily maneuvering

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  credits, T is a temporary placeholder for a class still in transit, and P ... the design process with introductions, a lot of questioning, and very ... MIT Museum along with all other D-Lab classes, there was a deadline for

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013