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of Chicago. This is a school serious about its academics. Check out the -
FAQ / Academics and research
What is EECS?
School of Engineering, MIT EECS consistently is at the top of U.S. News and -
Blog / Academics & Research
[Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23
rewarding classes that the Physics department has to offer at MIT. Given the ... universities will offer lab courses in addition to your introductory Physics ... progress and work that I’ve done here than I think most Physics courses offer -
Blog / MIT Life
shifting seasons something reflective
mementos high school has been on my mind, lately. it's been almost ... , and the various memorabilia associated with my school. if i ... to reflect. i've come so far since my shy, awkward high school self -
Blog / People & Identities
someday fate of friends
since high school. I expected to feel annoyed: in an objective sense, I’m a lot better adjusted now than I was in high school, and I might have ... our coursework with each other, when our high school interests had been -
Blog / Personal Travel
i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no
except i'm not a grad student, and a gra is like, i think other schools ... school math camp that i went to when i was in high school, is happening ... were three of us: one of us is going to grad school in the fall, and -
Blog / Personal Projects
reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021
In high school, I neglected many of my personal interests to make ... year rolled around, I felt that I had let my high school-self down. This ... time. I bought a DSLR in high school but it was mostly unused. A lot of -
Blog / Academics & Research
Harvard Friends, Part 1 a cross-registration love story
academic opportunities for students in each school and because if it weren ... River. It really drove home the "school down the river" reference. We took ... , and partied together. After the summer ended and school and life got in -
Blog / Extracurriculars
A blast from the past Looking back at things I wanted to do at MIT
from grad school, who knows"]graduate[/annotation], I'll have the time to ... books. But while the school year is going on, I guess they'll still be ... may not know that I was REALLY into quiz bowl in high school. Honestly -
Blog / MIT Life
MIT Moms We stand on the shoulders of giants....!!
I from preschool all the way through AP Physics C in high school (which I found to be one of few high school classes that was actually ... taking it in high school, and always supported me in my endeavors to be -
Blog / MISTI
Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior
organization allowed students across a wide age-range (from elementary school through high school) to participate in after-school programs where they ... school students didn’t have. “Every country that’s developed so far has -
Blog / Admissions
Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.
pursue two years of research in high school, and I loved it. I loved it so ... schools like MIT have taken very demanding classes, and it's okay to ... note: no matter how good you feel about your high school career, don -
Blog / Academics & Research
Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.
through junior high and high school. By the time I got to MIT, it was pretty ... the project through the school year. Currently we're working on our ... 't understand how to do physics problems. Plus, I was still dating my high school -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times
high school, blissfully unaware of the cutthroat competition of the South ... for my high school, where most students preferred to participate in mock ... of a high school experience I'll never get back. Science bowl isn -
Blog / About Decisions
[Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27
’re applying to more than one school. Don’t fall into the trap of the “dream school.” There are many places you could be happy studying (if you’d only let yourself). Don’t trash your current school in your application -
Blog / Summer
SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…
synthetic chemistry. At each campus, 24 to 36 rising high school seniors ... one for me. After a full year of virtual school, I had lost touch with many of my middle school friends, and I was slowly realizing that I had -
Blog / Challenges
how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away
school preview in many ways and I wanted to find out whether I would like ... graduate school decision positively. The more time I had to learn math, I ... school. In addition to that, I derived a lot of motivation from our -
Blog / Athletics
the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!
less. It's nice that this school has a [annotation note="the MIT Outing Club runs Winter School every IAP to teach people how to enjoy winter ... worries about school, life, and things that I usually think about when I