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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  , one of my good friends from high school, is visiting this weekend. I ... School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Dan Tecker wrote: Hey my ... . Plus, there's a lot of work. Take last week, for example. I was up until

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  "schools" here, but they aren't really distinct and are kind of a technicality. School 1 = Engineering, 58% of students. School 2 = Science. School ... ). I think I've mentioned before that I sit through one of these every so

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  as the last few years, to wit: We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us about something you do ... begin thinking and planning in advance, which I respect and value (one of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (100 words ... planning ahead of time, which I respect and value (maybe the most

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  Alright, folks. Let's get down to business. Buying cookies and ... one of the few living groups that has Residence Based Advising, or RBA ... advisor to discuss some subject in a group of around 8 housemates in a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Waitlisted Students

  

  the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is campus safe?

  well-being of the entire MIT community. "The MIT Police mission is to deliver total quality service to all the members of our community. We focus ... offers shuttles day and late into the night around campus in Cambridge and
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  during my junior year of high school, and it was seriously awesome. But ... of students from several local high schools), but I decided to join ... managing with all your school work and EMS on top of it? Are you left with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in ... cryptographer, 1997 Given the hype surrounding the potential applications of ... to Nate and his friend Alicia*), I spoke with one high school senior

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  of the process in obtaining a UROP[/caption] It's a great opportunity that MIT offers to their undergrads. However, getting research faculty to ... titled Tips for Finding a UROP, as well as a series of advice and resources

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  who is course 20 like me and has aspirations of owning two Australian ... the help of a Harvard friend to look up course evaluations from previous years for the classes of interest (thanks Cameron!) because if I’m going

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  House residents are junkies who drop out of school cause of Drugs (I hope ... that people care so much, that they’re taking time out of their busy ... followed with immediate mention of “troubling data” and “important decisions

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  out of campus. dan: and then you weren't busy. classes went remote ... content warning: extended discussion of anxiety, depression, suicide ... 's part of the job description. if he doesn't do it, then he's not doing his

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  , not to one of its 5 schools. ------------------------ Zack Yang wrote ... bearing on your application, as ~50% of our admits end up majoring in ... to the context of your overall app - what you're interested in, what

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  This summer was a summer of many firsts. First time actually living ... of balance, at least the attempt of finding one. This summer was a summer of growth.  Internship Most of my summer was spent working as a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  MIT’s newest foreign language offered: Korean) I’ve covered most of ... school of education, Woodrow Wilson Academy. During the summer, I’ll be ... “school bus” for the working class. And it’s odd to realize that I am part

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  in the winter of my freshman year. But life matters were really ... certainty is wildly oscillating. You can not compute the derivative of its ... . That was the first surprising turn of events. I was (mostly) certain I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  (Institutional Research) offered clementines and other goodies with her decades of ... We often think of innovation as tied inherently to engineering and ... LGBTQ+ human rights movement, the flux of international refugees. It is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  other schools (I think), and usually well-taught. Zimi: Math is one of ... variety of course offerings, which covered everything I could dream of ... ="Project Laboratory. one of the communication intensive offerings in the math department

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  ), and applying to medical school. One of the most interesting things that ... first two years of med school was HARD as a MIT grad. But you ask: doesn ... . This actually is a disadvantage during the first two years of med school

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009