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• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  will have spent at least one full year in another university before ... helpful. Liu Huan asked (re: TOEFL abbreviations), "What is 'PBT' 'CBT' 'i ... -based Testing iBT - Internet-based Testing For more information, see the TOEFL

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  sessions included: Dealing with Natural DisastersThe New TOEFL is Here ... of University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Donna Shalala, President of the University of Miami. At right, Donna Shalala addresses a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

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

  An Exchange Student enrolls at MIT to take classes as a non-degree student. Exchange students are affiliated with a university in which MIT has an established agreement, and both universities exchange students with
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  Undergraduate Degree Audit looks like: This is a very lonely situation, because ... : ??? Uh oh. Visions of watching your friends receive their diplomas while ... . * * * Six Hours Later * * * You return, except now it's MANY MORE degrees

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  moment, I wear mine as an alumna. Then we started receiving our diplomas ... in elaborate robes, waved at Prof. Bertschinger, accepted my diploma ... advisor. In Prof. Guth's Early Universe class (8.286, which I took

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions ...and happy thanksgiving!

  

  ? What if my scores (SAT, TOEFL) arrived before my Part 1 applicaton? Will ... in MIT, or any US university, since US has more emphasis on broad ... universities. ------------------------------------- Jacqueline wrote: "I applied

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  to ask whether MIT considers the University Level courses of EPGY ... anything specific for that matter. However, to receive an MIT degree, you ... either the SAT, or the ACT, or the TOEFL, and also take SAT IIs. Please let

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  [by Ken Haggerty '11] Last Thursday was THE perfect day. The sky was cloudless and the temperature was 73 degrees Fahrenheit. I had only two ... harsh. It was certainly entertaining, and the fake-out was funny, but they

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The State of the Mail: Opened & Processed It's time to check MyMIT to make sure we have all the pieces of your…

  

  your TOEFL scores, make sure the name on your application is exactly the same as it is on your TOEFL registration. If it is not, please send us an email with your TOEFL registration name. As mid-year grades are not yet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  nourished by the university."]Aulus.[/annotation] (Me: "Mom, if you were my ... overshadow the fact that he truly needed help. So, I made some fake sourdough ... were fake. I was so happy -- but I was so nervous. Was he too cold? Did

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  Bucknell University, I envisioned news clippings about horrendous hazing ... . Rush events are fake. But rush is meant to introduce you to every greek ... decide which dorm to live in for the year) is fake too! McGregor, to my

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• 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 / Academics & Research

  [Guest Blog] CourseRoad! A simple way to make your four year plan!

  

  different departments) contains pages and pages of “degree charts”—lists of subject requirements for any possible MIT diploma. Pouring over the lists of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 25, 2012
• 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 / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  , so folks like Prof. Ribbeck are trying to create fake mucus ... .) In a weird convergence of universes, I ended up teaching a class that

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  in course 9, can you dance with two diplomas when graduating? If not ... know you don't get two diplomas, although you do get some sort of notation on your diploma that you completed a minor. The most any student

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  Interested in different paths you can take to get a masters degree ... undergrad degree last year in Course 6: Electrical Engineering and Computer ... a Master of Engineering degree in addition to their Bachelor of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  brother or grandma want you to go to X University, so while you may think ... University, and if it’s not a good fit, those four years are going to be ... go to other universities. The magic of the Internet, cheap airfare, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  Diploma" if you complete the Pre-College Curriculum and take four AP classes ... year, only 9000 have received this special diploma since 1987. The point ... -caliber state university system, it's to encourage students to attempt college

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006