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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  . I only wish we had room at MIT for more of the amazing people on the ... 's new Biological Engineering major got me thinking. The number of majors we offer has grown over time as a result of advancements in science and

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  long time. At least, that's how it was for me in the act of running. Once ... longer surprised me. Past professors or TAs of mine have also offered to do ... psychology grew out of a call for universal education, and that it reciprocally

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  .  Welcome to the party. I fell out of my parents' nest in New Jersey and ... backseat of a lesser sized yellow overpriced mini beast until I arrived at ... do is guess which of the three things I'm about to say is a lie: 1. I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if my country has a different academic calendar?

  We're aware of the different academic calendar in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, South Africa, and other countries in the southern ...  high school or wait until they graduate. We suggest students apply to university
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  and physics curriculum of various grade levels. Each class brought new ... computer science, math, and physics at Liceo Classico Ugo Foscolo. Day 1: Ciao, Italy. Because of the snowstorm in the Northeast of the U

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  haunting. After Loomis, I headed down the various parkways towards New York ... . The meeting went well - lots of questions at the end, so we were there ... , got coffee in the lobby, and checked out of the Hyatt (still no sign of

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  Close up shot of Pluto. (Image Credit: NASA) On Jan 19, 2006, the New ... pick out details on Pluto as small as the ponds in New York City ... went over New Zealand on June 29 to catch the stellar occultation of of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  national average). From there he went to a New York law firm, then to the NHL ... one thing that strikes me is that there are a lot of MIT applicants who like tennis, both playing and watching it. Thus, I'd guess a lot of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  world. Jonny was also just profiled in the New York Times on the occasion of the publication of his new book (!!!), Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a ... The blogs have been pretty quiet for the last week. Most of our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  friends in Heidelberg find this idea of "campus life" weird. "University" is ... , our residential life culture is a rich component of being a student at ... cantos at a time. Inspired by a close friend of mine (who has an ENTIRE

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  've received stipends that cover only a fraction of the costs. At one point ... of Virginia to our neighbor Boston University, brought contingents as ... registration expenses. This coming season, NYU and University of Delaware are

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  ice. Coincidentally, right after I returned to the US, the New York Times ran an article on shaved ice in New York City (close, but no cigar ... For most of the past month, I was traveling in southeast Asia, a trip

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  because of which they offered him/her a slot - that is nothing to scoff at ... . We had some reports from the New York City party. Michael wrote, The ... literature (although some clearly were not good in studies at all - one of them

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  , or a universal open-mindedness and tolerance of difference. perhaps ... unaware of it - the 1975 MUSICAL: the last five years - jason robert brown ... be skeptical of promises to revolutionize transportation from people

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  but one part of universe, thus it follows that it is one part of 42, one ... applications. For the extra space provided at the end of the application (pt 2 ... poorly in classes, MIT can rescind your offer of admissions.(In fact, many

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  Public Policy, arguably the most useful Political Science class offered at ... new subjects. “Essay season” replaces “midterm season.” Instead of a ... con of such a lifestyle at MIT is loneliness. I am the only humanities

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  stuff (by switching to CMS). At the end of that post, we concluded that the only thing we can do is to take things one semester at a time. And ... and don’t have time to (since it’s kind of long), the gist is we were

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

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  rejection. So for those of you who feel like a future at MIT is the only ... 's equally possible to find these things, and happiness, at other universities ... compiling a list of distractions for the final stretch. Distractions are great

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  July 17, 2006 BY DEBORAH KOLBEN / The New York Sun If you've ever walked ... with a case of the shakes. At 50, Belinda, who wears her black hair tied ... bedroom with her 80-year-old grandmother, Josefina, who moved to New York

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  used to be really good at taking tests. I never had any kind of test anxiety or anything like that. But tests at MIT...well, they're hard. So ... .01 exam. So on the back of my index card, after writing in all the last

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008