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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  case, universities) subsidize something that they are offering for free ... offer the good at a price of P=0. It's a weird kind of subsidy, but it ... modeled this sort of behavior. Basically, vaccines have positive

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Confirmation Form If you're on the wait list, we sent you an email last week.

  

  If you were offered a place on our wait list in March, you should ... to enroll in another college/university by May 1 (even if it means ... students we will be able to admit to the Class of 2018. If you have any

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An MIT Apprentice!!!!!! MIT Alum Randal Pinkett has won The Apprentice!

  

  .Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Oxford in England as a ... wins a competition to become the apprentice to one of the most recognizable real-estate moguls in the world. For those of you who haven't heard

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  At MIT, there are two weeks between the last day of finals and commencement. The second of those two weeks is called Senior Week: the class council for the year's graduating class buys a whole bunch of group tickets

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  around the corner. (Funny I say that even though Boston had a heat index of 106 degrees last week.) As we get closer to September the class of 2010 ... classes, especially the class of 2011, are preparing to run the gauntlet

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  surplus of academic jobs currently, so getting an offer from a place like ... ultimately got offers from two of those after interviewing at four. You can ... a couple of years ago for those of you who are just now wrapping up

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  thousands of universities across the world, and I know of only a small ... 're professionals! Victoria wrote, "Just one more question: I found a tidbit of ... the middle of early apps) where I can find more information? My book is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Architecture students Are you interested in designing abroad?

  

  umbrella of the Dept. of Geography at Tel Aviv University is the only Urban ... Since its start (circa 1984) MISTI has sent over 350 MIT School of ... their skills abroad. Dima Ayyash Class of 2012 MIT-Germany Program

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  's degree. [...] Do I have any chance of getting in to the Physics M ... common app schools and University of Chicago. I think it's a lot better ... three pieces of advice. 1. Relax. 2. Submit your application well in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  will ever exist in the entire universe--but after three years of problem ... -year programs. In fact, for the chemical engineering degree, instead of doing a ... DID YOU KNOW? Norah Jones is the daughter of sitar virtuoso Ravi

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT EECS students travel the world

  

  Universities in Israel and abroad as well as with research labs of industrial ... MISTI's eleven country programs offer internships in every MIT field (Physics, Mathematics, Urban Studies, etc). One of the most popular

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  and universities in Greater Boston, making it easy to visit a variety of colleges from one base. Most of the major universities are on subway lines ... It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  New kid on the block

  

  ”, “Harry-Potter-style city”, a world-famous university with 61 Nobel Laureates (only 15 fewer than MIT, no biggie- notice the new sense of humor I ... of DNA was discovered (I am a biology major, I have to throw that in

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions ...and happy thanksgiving!

  

  been taught, even despite taking all of my school's offered physics and ... university (Univ of British Columbia), can I still apply as a freshman when I ... . Well,I am a freshman studying at DUT (Dalian University of Technology

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  Exchange offers a wide range of experiences and can depend significantly on ... Cambridge ones, will have done as part of their undergraduate degree, or one ... of individual motivation and tenacity to make it through the year

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Majors & Minors

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

  

  price of the same amount that MITechnology students pay for their degrees ... -Profit Universities. The Massachusetts Institute of Tribology: I don't know much about ... here are interested all kinds of different fields, from anime to manga

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  Summertime, and the livin' is easy... and there are tons of awesome ... premieres of The 4400 and Hell's Kitchen, both of which we watched religiously ... Excel file with all my pieces of clothing numbered, and each hanger and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  educational press has been buzzing about the launch of Minerva University ... (former head of the New School), and Pat Harker (president of the University ... the child of a well-to-do family in Beijing, by offering them a great

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  to one of the top universities in the world. My freshman year is ending ... universities I applied to. Everyone at MIT was so open and accepting of people ... Over these past couple of weeks, I've had the absolute privilege of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  about 18 months. So today, I attended an info session on the Masters of Engineering in Biological Engineering. A Masters of Engineering is a 5th year Masters that is offered only to MIT undergrads. You apply in your junior

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006