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• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  actually sure what the J "stands for," but it means that a course is offered ... count towards your degree in any of a number of majors. Courses designated ... and dread. 2.009 is sort of the be-all and end-all of a Course 2 degree

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  reading. In order to graduate with a degree in course 9, there is a rather ... offered] from the neuroscience list and 24.900 from the cognitive science ... things you can do with a course 9 degree. So that's that. Any other

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  to take a pirate-themed boating/camping trip to Bumpkin Island in the ... ?! Jeremy '09 and Mark '09, who arrived at the island earlier in the day to ... it out to Bumpkin Island in Jeremy's lovely little not

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  summer lovin’ 🎶 🎶 had me a blast

  

  the weather know it... i swear it jumped like 5 degrees celsius as soon ... professors at the university near home, sent out "cold emails" aka begged ... the giant spoon of the universe. There is much more ahead of me: the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 2, 2019
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  University professor who just won the John Bates Clark medal, which is “awarded ... ; Amy Finkelstein, also of MIT, who does health economics; and University ... way, today is 70 degrees and absolutely gorgeous.

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  choice. Filmed on location at the University of Southern California, The ... one of America's top universities -- will compete for a full scholarship ... Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1988

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  Yeah, you read that right. Let me tell you about Stanford. Stanford…is not like MIT. Where to start? Stanford is sunny and spacious. The buildings are built out of tasteful…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  song Yakko's Universe from Animaniacs, and Pokémon for nostalgia) After

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  what can be found in most universities?" Wow, that's quite a question ... of science and engineering courses it offers, and the fact that most of ... corporation. MIT will challenge you more than just about any other university

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  semester across an ocean when MIT already offers the best engineering classes ... year, I ended up applying for the IAP Madrid program offered by the ... beautiful 270 degree view of the entire of city of Barcelona, the ocean in the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  moral: there is more to MIT than earning your degree. Without further ado ... thing. They are wonderful people. The BU (Boston University) Astronomy ... going to university in the Cambridge/Boston area: how many other awesome

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  , from all over the place: BU, University of Kansas, UVA, Macalester ... supervisors, all from different universities. I actually applied to this program ... (104 degrees over the weekend, in my new Fahrenheit vocabulary. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in the world ... start on your degree. (For the vast majority, that’s not the case, and ... , and I never gave a passing thought to university admissions as a high

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  pick up my diploma, President Reif will say "wait, who are you? we don't have a diploma for you. do you even go here?" Or maybe in a little over

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  Environmental Engineering degree), 1-C (Civil Engineering), and 1-E (Environmental ... Mechanical Engineering was pretty easy. I thought that an undergraduate degree ... -A degree program instead of taking the traditional full Course 2 route

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  (to my knowledge) even offered at my high school, at least while I was ... than 170 countries that offers accurate, comprehensive, and current ... graduate education and admissions at MIT, as well as American universities

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  collection of short classroom labs offered in MIT introductory mechanical ... discussion. And at the Expo booth, he offered me to try three of the labs! I ... for local students, as well as its MIT course offerings. STS.050 The

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  veterans, in collaboration with Bowie State University, Maryland’s oldest historically black university. Next week, my mentor and I will travel to Maryland ... trip to the Boston Harbor Islands or Walden Pond because, although I have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  Yale and Cornell Universities are rightfully cause for shock and sadness ... issues in perspective. While universities are seeing larger numbers of ... essential that colleges offer comprehensive, accessible and affordable systems

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  Universe” and soon it’s like, “Oh yeah! The rest of the world! I forgot it ... matter is, as much as I love being in the Bubble Universe (where else can ... finish, but don't get too embedded in your bubble universe [of college apps

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010