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• Blog / MIT Life

  Summary of the Semester I'm a senior and it's super weird.

  

  over the universe one star planet thingy at a time. It has gotten violent, with people cursing, offering drinks (someone from Hungary is getting me a chocolate martini when he comes to the states!), and forming

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  even one protest in front of the state Capitol in Sacramento. Truthfully ... under Taiwan's Universal Health Plan, I really had no sense of the great ... uninsured, covered by federal/state/county aided health insurance (Medicare

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  economic implications. The program offers a master's degree and undergraduate ... University Press), even those trying "faithfully" to represent Shakespeare ... technology. You can find all music courses offered here

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  burg, and I could count down the miles to home. I live in State College ... Pleasant Gap. The town revolves around Penn State, is surrounded by farms ... university shields us from the recession and a sea of red shelters our tiny

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  MEng, or Master of Engineering, which is typically a one-year degree ... ; Comp Sci) offers this and I'm pretty sure it's a lock if you have a ... because you end up with both bachelor's and master's degrees in a shorter

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  allowed me to win a National AP Scholar award, win the AP State Scholar ... ), Science Olympiad two years (3 medals at state, two top 30 placings at ... university, and win at the ISEF international level. Notice how I had none of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  her bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1973 and a master's in ... . To Perlman, mathematics offered the best way to cut through the mumbo ... happened to be in the audience and offered her a job. She joined Digital in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  14 billion years ago (ish), the universe Banged and rapidly expanded ... exactly what happened in the first moments of the universe. And word on the ... degree. Please do stop by and see your advisor on registration day." and I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  myself at a local university, working in a neuroscience lab through a high ... many different universities to see what kinds of programs and ... university's general approach to accommodating students who were undecided or

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  graduation day. We’d open our diploma folders, read our degrees, and be like

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  for grabs to a degree few still among the living have ever seen. And ... receiving their diplomas from President Reif and Provost Schmidt  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  undergrad and graduate students alike receive their diplomas in Killian Court ... identify their school and degree (red means PhD, or doctorate of philosophy

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  see Penn State, and still see Penn State, as a large research university ... Two weeks ago, while visiting my family in State College, I got to see some images in Old State Clothing Co. that probably seem sad and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  Kay is professor and chair of the psychiatry at Wright State University’s ... Yale and Cornell Universities are rightfully cause for shock and sadness ... issues in perspective. While universities are seeing larger numbers of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  continued schooling at a high school or university other than MIT). Come up ... into one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in ... required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in the ... required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost ... the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  of the World Bank. President of the United States. And who did you get ... 't have a college degree or a fancy job title, Matt Damon still had a story ... . Companies and universities are getting in on the game. I’m glad to know that

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  backing up, about someone not flushing the toilet, about the nation's state ... harder) 8.13 - lab 8.286 - early universe (w/ alan guth) - this can serve ... / different goals. The degree that you receive is the same either way. If you

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  Melissa offered him with gratitude. He took two sips and sputtered, “What if ... diploma—” “Gee thanks,” she said, rolling her eyes. “And well, you ... measured, but in this room—in the room that was now also the universe

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat It, Bump It, Spike It MIT + NCAA: Two acronyms people don't normally expect in the same sentence.

  

  I always wondered what it would be like to go to one of those really hardcore sports universities, then I had the chance to get it at MIT. Last night, the MIT women's volleyball team defeated Bridgewater State College

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2006