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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  was a lively meeting, full of introductions, discussions, and sandwiches ... broken by a series of buzzes and dings as our phones simultaneously ... all sampled the different flavors, and a few people took the half

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  . Learn where all the ramps and elevators are. Grumble when there's no elevator near the stairwell you always take. Find an elevator and take it. Exit the elevator and grumble when you see the stairwell you always take

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  from George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language", 1946. ----- So ... . Since then, the application has been revised, and although I still believe ... application looks like (it really doesn't look that different, ha) and I've been

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  , but that each and every applicant has been given a lifetime's worth of opportunities and has made choices about how to use those opportunities. I won ... it to say, we may look just as favorably on the trajectory and distance

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  and none of us shower ever ME: beware ME: resistance is futile ... and i can't believe this roller coaster and wow ME: omg yeah i know ... : good FROSH: so i'm switching off between meat burgers and veggie burgers

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  University of Maryland, College Park for a master’s degree, Morehouse College ... diploma, and Theodore Schor Middle School for fun (We had a ceremony, but no ... in college admissions at Rowan University in my home state of New

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  diploma with both areas of specialization written on it, and we don't do ... actually get two diplomas to show off at graduation (and to hang ... between 15 and 20 percent of MIT students graduate with bachelors degrees in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Wahoo! MIT takes over Doonesbury! Alex Doonesbury is coming to a campus near you.

  

  comic's readers to choose among MIT, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and ... story... (brush up by checking out Matt's entry #1, entry #2, and entry ... 's Doonesbury: and see more at Doonesburg@Slate. The Tech covered this story in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  year, we were sitting around and talking about double degreeing at MIT ... top of your General Institute Requirements AND fulfulling the ... ...you’re taking all of these kids from around the country and the world

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• FAQ / First-year application

  May I apply before I have begun my final year of high school?

  academically and socially ready to pursue an education at the Institute. There is ... We do not require you to have earned a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent before you enroll. As a university for students with unusual
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Singapore-MIT Alliance?

  from universities, research institutes, and industries in Singapore and ... SMART is MIT's first, and to-date only, research center outside the United States. MIT faculty members have laboratories at SMART, mentor
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  - 1900 AD), and finally the United States (~1900 AD - present). No one ... universities throughout history and from different parts of the world, as ... universities, later adopted by both the European and US systems. The next three

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  Institute and our admissions process, particularly for those far ... about my journey, and I thought I'd share some of them with you all to see ... ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;I woke up at 5:30AM and caught a taxi to Logan Airport for my 7:30AM flight

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  ; Theatre Building at California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Camphor ... : October 6, 6:00pm; California State University Chancellor's Office, 401 ... answer three of the most frequently asked questions here and now, so that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  lawsuit, both institutions argue that this decision was "arbitrary and ... and universities have reportedly filed amicus briefs in support of the ...  after many US colleges and universities either released or are readying their

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  Design and Manufacturing I (2.007 in nerd-speak) involves two lectures and one 4-hour lab a week. During the lectures, Professor Slocum teaches us about the FUNdaMENTALs of design and we have guest speakers share

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  that I arrived on campus, and now there’s holiday decorations everywhere. And I have finals coming up, too? That’s wild. Anyway, it’s that time ... bunch of science-y books and shirts that say “Future Scientist” and “(e

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021
• 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 / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  year of high school stood between myself and a diploma. I wasn't accepted ... , a free car, and the right to name a state park after themselves. Some ... Unknown. Forget the brand-name universities and try to imagine where you

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  Institute of Technology, the most normal and infamous school under the MIT ... -Profit Universities. The Massachusetts Institute of Tribology: I don't know much about ... anything here as long as it does not disrupt this Massachusetts Institute

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019