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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  , which states that "anything that can go wrong, will go wrong."  Luckily, there is a much lesser known law which states that "every bad thing that ... frying pan until you have a Eureka moment where life and the universe

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  United States, but do happen with some frequency abroad). Instead, ask ... teacher and by no one else. If you attend school outside the United States ... . While much of this advice is universal, YMMV with other schools for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  of the expanding universe is revealed through cataloging Right: to the ... can be stated as follows: there is often a tendency to see technical ... continuity with the universe, while powerlifting builds strength through a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  in a lab at Stony Brook University back in New York, supervising my ... president of the United States of America.  His name was Mr. President and we ... this incredible university - the sickest place in the world. I was so

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  . The conference is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from Thursday to Sunday. (UPMUNC = University of Pennsylvania Model ... States?) Had some amazing food...(I didn't intend to just take pictures

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  few Universities that will offer a biological engineering degree. I have ... research is done at a University and normally works towards exploring ... (Principle Investigator) at some University. A PI is the head of a lab at a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  years per graduate degree? More or Less? And how does MIT feel about accepting graduate students who earned their degree along with their bachelors ... state school and major in biology. Find a college that is a good match for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  's all a state of mind. Read on and find out how I spent the second day of ... doubt getting some sort of degree in Course 7 with her award ... managed to get a degree from the Sloan School of Management or something

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  pursue the field explicitly stated on their degree. Thankfully, for me ... obsessively checking WebSIS) that even though this form states that "change of

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  on this illusion that I am working towards a dual degree at MIT, doing ... to take 8.012 (as stated before, this is Physics for the Truly Insane ... things, as you should already know - if the state of my inbox during the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  and a crest proudly stating, "WINNERS OF THE AMAZING RACE 2007". So, you ... people behind us were from State College, and they were trying to get here ... degrees with us, because what will they ever be good for except for The

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  pictures of Conner 2 residents (in varying states of formal attire) enjoying ... ). This isn't really unusual, and it comes with varying degrees of annoyance ... semester breaks, is it really like that movie Garden State?") I was debating

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  your competence to a greater degree, so good luck just walking into the ... /MIT vs. say a state school. (like will they even factor that in...that you ... sheer numbers perspective -- many, many students from state schools with 4

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  years ago, I chose between undergraduate programs at Ohio State and at MIT ... going to state school would mean an automatic 4.0 and admission into a top ... 's degrees in pure sciences aren't very useful? Does that hold true with

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  rankings by those sketchy university ranking websites. I guess a lot of ... to count towards the degree. It's also flexible in a way that I think ... for information about what you can do with an economics degree (use the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  speaks to my curiosity about the fundamental working of the universe, and I ... engineering school and i think my cs degree would have the word engineering in ... the Star Trek universe. So, you get the picture. Plus, there’s room in

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  a masters degree, who loves psychology, studies/practices Buddhist ... “the Holiday Inn University”. She also has 25 fiction books checked out ... University of Sannio about the productivity gap between the North and the South

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  stalking him visiting his office. But then the universe decided to throw me a ... varying degrees of notice (1 day-5 minutes). Left: Well, these guys kept ... a pattern here?). The universe intervened again, as the station

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Events

  One of those “big picture” days 2 hours of inspirational lectures, one from the CDC director and the other from broadcasting…

  

  .A. degree in Political Science from the University of South Dakota in ... (according to Wikipedia, “Tom Brokaw dropped out of The University of Iowa

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  from the University of Minnesota, that humans swim equally fast in syrup ... and three degrees of firmness. Though, in his own words, it took him "a ... Nobel Peace Prize went to Claire Rind and Peter Newcastle University for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005