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How good are the academics at MIT?
MIT is one of the best places in the world to be a student! Incredible faculty We are a research university that places a great deal of emphasis on undergraduate education. There are 10 Nobel Laureates, 26 Mac -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY
curricula were similar to that of a Soviet university and that “the kind of ... role of a private university in an era of well-funded public universities -
Blog / Academics & Research
Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one
Forbes article, MIT was listed as one of the most attended universities of the 2017 recipients, alongside Harvard, New York University, Stanford, and University of Pennsylvania. Obviously, awards are subjective, and -
Blog / MIT Life
Gendered language y/n?
quality!) The article is basically about how the Princeton University human ... words or phrases have been banned at the university.” Even so, it's pretty ... prestigious universities to support it - at least in formal settings - is big -
Blog / Academics & Research
Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT
consequences of international trade? universal grammar? Last April, at our ... . Universal Grammar by Norvin Richards, Professor of Linguistics What does modern linguistics mean by “Universal Grammar?” I’ll share recent -
Blog / Community Projects
We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.
weights of the top three airplanes at the end of today: University of California, Irvine: 2.86 lbs San Jose State University: 2.04 lbs University -
Blog / Study Abroad
The Other Side The view from another cambridge
Cambridge University students swap places for a year (or in my case, a ... for granted the wonderfully fast, universally-available and fast ... that were discovered or researched here at Cambridge University. The -
Blog / How to Human
10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown
. 7. Some things are universal. Or quasi-universal. Like Latin. Really ... all those Latin roots definitely eased me into Italian. Also universal -
Blog / Academics & Research
Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind
). Also known as the father of inflationary universe theory and, apparently ... Universe - which is pretty mind-blowing, since we owe much of our theories on the early universe to him. If that didn’t blow your mind, maybe this -
Blog / MIT Life
Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...
Universe” and soon it’s like, “Oh yeah! The rest of the world! I forgot it ... matter is, as much as I love being in the Bubble Universe (where else can ... finish, but don't get too embedded in your bubble universe [of college apps -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...
other Universities that have had successful track records. The two places we looked at were Baylor University in Waco, TX and the University of -
Blog / Academics & Research
You win some, you lose some. day in the life.
College, for one. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Bob Jones University, Florida International University. Wellesley. So when I finally got -
Blog / Admissions
My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.
did more research on the University of Chicago. They are weird. Really ... accepted into the University of Chicago early action, and life was set for me ... , made a checklist. We visited both universities, again. The schools were -
Blog / MIT Life
The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.
universe. Being Course 8, he had an advantage over a mere frosh, but I had ... claimed that creamy style peanut butter much better fits with the universe ... represent galaxies floating in that universe, and also that this had nothing -
Blog / MIT Life
New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.
community, I did research at a local university. But in spite of all of those ... simply happens to attend one of the craziest universities in the world. I ... of the University of Notre Dame. Although I've eagerly adopted Boston -
Blog / About Decisions
Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.
required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost ... the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant ... University of Pennsylvania: "Not wanting to break stride is the American way -
Blog / Admissions
Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY
University, 1989, BA Sociology (Home of the Spartans!); University of Delaware ... to know that you can't afford a College/University: First you apply -
Blog / About Decisions
Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.
required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost ... the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant ... University of Pennsylvania: "Not wanting to break stride is the American way -
Blog / Academics & Research
Time-sensitive matters
school at Georgetown, the University of Virginia, the University of California-Los Angeles, Boston University, and Harvard. I also know from