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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  animation program) when I had free time back in high school. For me it was a ... decide between MIT, and an art school?" or "MIT and a school with a great ... school. My favorite authors inspired me to try my hand at writing, and I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What programs does MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) offer?

  MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) runs outreach programs under the School of Engineering at MIT for underrepresented ... science and engineering experiences to over 3,000 middle and high school
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  become more important to you very fast, maybe to different degrees but it ... in business and life. Your first one doesn't have to be high tech with ... up for the first credit card you get an offer for, slow down. You

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have any age limits?

  from high school for a while, we would expect to see the results of your standardized tests, Secondary School Report, evaluations from teachers ... you. Obviously, the greater the distance from your high school studies
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  'm low-key still busy. Next week I have two essays due, a short story to ... -design-me-a-quick-robot-over-Skype-please)), and negotiating offers and deadlines. ^That paragraph was ... , but still managing to get through the questions with varying degrees of

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What summer programs are available?

  MIT doesn't offer a traditional open-enrollment summer school program where high school students can come to campus to take courses and live in the dorms. There are a number of small, specialized summer programs on
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 2 our experience trying to prepare for the animation industry at MIT

  

  different degrees! Art classes MIT does not offer: It may have been evident ... that MIT is just a STEM school, there is a vibrant arts community here ... to hear as high school seniors. So, here is a part 2 post, kind of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  lost' question, which offers a choice between two public-health programs ... SAT IIs. 4. Take difficult classes at your high school (or even local ... , compared it to suicide rates at other schools, and decided it was too high

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have required classes or language requirements?

  high schools. We offer helpful advice on academics and extracurricular ... We're often asked to recommend specific classes for high school ... challenging coursework available to you at your high school, treating both AP
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  school rather than medical school: Grad schools pay for your airfare and hotel when they invite you to interview. Med schools don't generally.) So ... . True story. It is possible to succeed at MIT even if your high school

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  graduate students of the School of Management, undergraduates are offered the ... Services Center offers students the opportunity to volunteer in its numerous ... policies and programs” (MIT Course Catalog). The living groups offer unique

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  We were recently thinking about our bad middle school experience, and ... it. We think it would have helped middle school Allan and Danny to read ... public elementary school, lets call it school A. In school A, we made

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  scholarship with a stipend! Woo! My high school offered 8 AP classes, and I ... high school experience was so far removed from what most people judge to ... more importantly, my freshman year in high school I briefly dated a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  balloon rides were offered across the city on Saturday afternoon. And boy, it was hot on Saturday...about 98 degrees. Fortunately, they were ... sophomores business skills and helps pair them up with internships in industry

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  answer. As part of my high school's curriculum, we were required to ... by geographic location, company, graduation date, course, degree ... who ultimately offered me jobs. In fact, I found my current job using

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  , "So sorry guys, but I have been insanely busy these last dew days ... least pass everything, and as we learned a few weeks ago, D is for Diploma ... to take a break from Halo to play some old school games. Take us back

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  : they have no business in the admissions process - in either direction ... school unless he or she has verified it with a primary source. Serving as ... 't offer only math and science. No, MIT isn't male-dominated ('09 is 47

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MEng (Masters of Engineering) Learn about the masters plans of Phil '05 and Laura '06.

  

  Interested in different paths you can take to get a masters degree ... undergrad degree last year in Course 6: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) stayed a fifth year at MIT this school year to earn his masters in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  , but then taught economics at Harvard Business School. Finally, after a ... never heard of an international science olympiad. My high school wasn ... as a really cool thing. Being at MIT meant that I was going to school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  the final steps in the long journey that is the medical school ... Environmental Engineering degree), 1-C (Civil Engineering), and 1-E (Environmental ... Mechanical Engineering was pretty easy. I thought that an undergraduate degree

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007