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• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  , the computer science MEng is often seen as an extension of undergrad ... financially feasible for students to pursue the degree. Social life is ... graduate school or working elsewhere. Do I miss the proximity of undergrad

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  . Generally speaking, numbers are odd on the west side of building 10 and even ... you enough of the basics that you don't look like a total tourist when you visit. All in good fun, of course. :) Step one of the "don't look

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  spent the first half of my week home crying. Full body shakes and sobs as I cried into the late hours of the night. I was stressed by my classes ... state of self isolation. I knew it was stupid. Part of it came from the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  a 45 degree angle to the left side of the paper, so it's basically ... I spent the majority of my time re-reading and re-examining my ... basically the master of churning out pointless fluff "insightful" essays for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Recent Questions! Fun for parents @ CPW, enrolling questions, etc...

  

  to Housing and Dining. This will be a great overview of the variety of ... disappoints. 7:30pm–8:45pm Official Welcome for Parents. Perhaps one of the ... education - and this will tell you about much of the rest. 2:00pm–4:00pm

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2007
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  Experimental Study Group (ESG) offers instruction in the core first-year subjects of biology, chemistry, math, and physics through small, discussion ... floor of one of the central buildings on campus. Eleven staff members and
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  I am not sure about the rest of you guys, but when it comes to me I ... definitions of the word. However, you know what I mean. They are simply people ... the exact same when I came to MIT. I would have a good amount of friends

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The School of Architecture + Planning What happened to "science"? "Engineering"? "Technology"?!

  

  leading to the Bachelor of Science in Art and Design degree ... all the schools and majors and degrees if you are curious.) As you ... the entire School of Architecture+Planning is pretty small. The school

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Super Adventure Club In a little while, I'll be gone.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The world's most heavily-trafficked passenger airport ... recklessly complaining, but here goes: Today I had a to-do list of 23 things to ... our very own Bryan and Anthony. Rather, I'll be going south and west to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  So much to do, so little time There's always something exciting going on at MIT.

  

  '73 PhD '76, one of the seven members of the Board of Governors of the ... 'll be speaking "on the role of the Fed and recent economic conditions ... architecture lecture entitled "Warm and Cool Architecture: India and the West," a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  Random to Senior, from the East to the West, All of our hacks show why MIT ... the Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605. Though their plot was ... the history of England, largely thanks to the catchy verses that were

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  part of my country,specifically , the Upper West Region of Ghana ... Some lessons, we learn by virtue of way of life. They’re the kind of ... Muslim students and staff would gather under the roof of a building

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  offer any remedial math classes ‘below’ the level of single ... help us better assess the academic preparedness of all applicants, and ... [annotation note='In addition to the main text of the post, if you see any text

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  Sunday night. There are many hundreds of thousands of women across the ... .R.O.C. (the People's Republic of Clay) was generous enough to invite me to Clay's Boston concert. The Bank of America Pavillion is right off the Silver

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  (+) years of hard work in the classroom, and months of filling out ... classes, and (best of all?) go to college parties! You will roam the ... them for most of the weekend. (Pictures are at the bottom of the entry

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  strangers.”) Have no fear; there is light at the end of the tunnel. Second ... decisions will make a profound impact on the rest of our lives. My classmates ... , many of us are receiving job and graduate school offers. It’s with a bit

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  . Without further ado, I present my expression of feelings for the first ... wee hours of the night, With my 13.01 class in Procrastination ... scaled a few walls, all very run of the mill. I found sisters I can wake up

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Thirteen Theses on Wide Tim In a world which really is topsy-turvy, the true is a moment of the false.

  

  increases, so that the highest degree of illusion comes to be the highest degree of sacredness.[annotation note='All text on this blog post comes from the preface and first thirteen theses of Guy Debord’s classic The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply to be an Exchange Student, Special Student, or Visiting Student?

  are very few of these arrangements. MIT participates in the Exchange ... specific area of research you find interesting, you may try contacting the ... opportunities. For a list of current research areas, please visit the research
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  Degrees of Separation (Anthony Michael Hall's character in the film) Sam ... On Friday morning, I was reading the New York Times review of the ... ("non-linear optics," "top of the class"), Colin Farrell's secret agent in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005