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• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the HASS Requirement?

  100% of MIT undergraduates study the humanities, arts, and social ... ; music; philosophy; political science; science, technology, and society ... . The requirement deepens our students' knowledge in a variety of cultural and
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  educational press has been buzzing about the launch of Minerva University ... (former head of the New School), and Pat Harker (president of the University ... ? Nelson says he wants to make Minerva the elite university of choice for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Update from selection We're working through the weekend towards admitting the Class of 2011.

  

  temperatures (it hit 62 degrees F today, just shy of 1932's 65). But we were inside, happily working towards admitting the Class of 2011. Tomorrow, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a week of class notes airplanes, ethnography, and some bonus doodles

  

  of the capstone options for the aeroastro degree. in true mens ... classes started last wednesday! here's a cross-section of my ... .06 - Principles of Automatic Control this is a required class for the course 16

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  that fine university. Here is the story of one of the very first students ... Cornell University. She was one of the first students that I recruited to ... from the photo, Kimberli is now a 2006 graduate of Cornell University

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  of classes and try to get as many degrees as humanly possible. My grandpa shared an anecdote of his childhood with me that I think really ... I first came to MIT, I had an idea of what I wanted to do, but who

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  pinnacle of technological innovation. Exploring several themes and arcs, it ... of social distinction. Students at prestigious universities undergo ... talented people, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has grown from a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2019 everything from autobiographies to magic the gathering blog posts

  

  polynomial function of a real variable, and the degree of  is , then  is the ... have plans to. I’m also not the kind of person to have new year ... read for class All of these things I read for 21W.022, Reading and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 30, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  of Technology Class Ring dates back to the spring of 1929. C. Brigham ... graduation; and once, halfway through, for the unveiling of the class ring. The ... of choosing the ring committee, or "RingComm," of 12 class members

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  of writing in one collective voice, as we have done for our past blogs ... 's also how most of our conversations for the past two weeks have started ... : These “I dont know” conversations have been about both of our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some reflections Post decisions, a few thoughts.

  

  leaders to have a deep understanding of science and technology in order to ... many of you — students and parents — are concerned about the future ... about the economic, social, and environmental stability of the world. For

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 29, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  have fun! With this reality in mind, I went to Princeton University with my friend, Maria '08, to visit one of my best friends from high school ... ,000. It is the fourth oldest university, chartered in 1746, compared to MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  dozens of web technologies and libraries that sprouted seemingly out of ... Activities Period—this glorious month of fun classes and activities. It’s kind of hard to describe IAP because people are just doing wildly different

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  lighting was way better from this side)[/caption] one of the hazards of ... to the next phase of my life. I’m excited to say that I’ll probably be ... where I’ll be next year, but I like to think that’s part of the fun. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  , the conclusion of our transfer admissions cycle, seems as good a time as ... home countries, domestic public universities and military academies; four year universities and two year junior/community colleges. There were a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21E our major in a diagram!

  

  about the requirements of 21E, and were inspired to make a diagram, sine ... Science and Technology CI-H = Communication Intensive in HASS CI ... = Production of Educational Videos 21M.601 = Drawing for Designers 21A.502

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming non-MIT deadlines Other forthcoming deadlines.

  

  forget everything that's going on, and sometimes you're not even aware of ... , I should make the juniors (and, for some of these programs, other students) out there aware of the deadlines for a subset of recommended summer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  Technology Initiatives; they run a lot of different programs from Global ... ="the humanities? at my institute of technology? it's more likely than you think ... Before we begin, a word of warning. This blog post is not

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  College (Jan. 6), RPI (Jan. 1), and the University of Chicago (Jan. 1). For ... , regardless of when the application was submitted. In each of the past few years, we have admitted hundreds of deferred students during regular action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Time That which I do not have.

  

  reading assignments with only a moderate degree of success at remaining dry ... my schedule such that not a single class of mine runs past 3:30 pm. This was done primarily to create the illusion of actually having time

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 7, 2010