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• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  Inspirons around, but most are Latitudes (Dell's business laptop). I use a ... . I use a 512 Mb (which Dell may not offer anymore?) but a 256 is

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  , Julie finished her masters degree at the Media Lab in the Playful Systems ... to terraform mars, and lab-grown meat, synthetic biology offers new ... that offers recent alumni a six-month-runway of funding and advising post

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  economic implications. The program offers a master's degree and undergraduate ... technology. You can find all music courses offered here

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2011 Brass Rat! Can I turn this in in lieu of my blank lab report for tomorrow?

  

  roots, but all working together to achieve the final goal - the diploma at ... school year started, we typically had meetings twice a week - one with Peg ... there are like 2 1's in the diploma (reflected from each other) and 1's in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  . ------------------------------------- Manisha wrote, "Does MIT require a Mid Year School Report from International ... you school does not follow the US school system do you need to hand in a ... international student (foreign school system) and I was wondering whether I have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  8 / Fresh start A month of eating and sleeping and other fun things

  

  , and single-digit-with-windchill-in-the-negative-twenties to 46-degrees-and-kinda-sunny weather shifts (throwback to my first Boston winter when I though 26 degrees ... ; ...traveled, After the US Championships, I had a week before school started and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  the reason, I grew up as a creative “do-er.” I kept busy whether it was ... school, I didn’t slow down. To keep mentally sharp, I applied to a new charter school in Georgia. It was there that I, as part of the inaugural

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  that you are ready to get down to business. So, your first step is ... Counselor - or, as we call him or her in the admissions business - the GC. In ... college process for most high school students. How important is your GC

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  mix and launched MIT OpenCourseWare. As powerful as the offering had the ... knowledge to people around the world for free, it should and would. I was busy ... more inspired by where I had gone to school. When others were exploring

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  behind thick skin and sharp thorns. Tucson is full of small businesses ... a hippie street full of local art and small businesses. I went ... stand at roughly 70 degrees. I’d drawn up the designs earlier that week

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline Q & A

  

  fixes most submission problems. Your school/teachers may submit their ... teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in our office by ... submit Part 1 to enable tracking). Again, please allow 10-14 business days

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • December 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  ;What do you want to do after school?” “I’m going to set ... friend at the time what the best school in the world was. Without the ... also has the business savvy (and an impeccable sense of style to go with

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  Today, some of our applicants learned conclusively that we will not be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2029. The comments on ... recently, reflecting on his own Early Action rejection from a "dream" school

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Beta CPW laser mazes and deep frying

  

  enjoyed getting to know them and showing them around campus, our school, our ... that he offered to share:       Hope to see you both -- and the rest of

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 16, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  offers to work there (last year's most popular employer, if you're curious ... , finance jobs are over represented in this blog's group; grad school (of all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  Today, some of our applicants learned conclusively that we will not be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2030. The comments on ... on his own Early Action rejection from a “dream” school: “I’m not going

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  didn't teach me anything about neurobiology in my high school bio class ... you get your bachelor's degree, are you required to get you master's and ... master's degree. In engineering, you generally receive a master's degree

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  Hometown: Verona, NJ High school: Verona High School College: Tufts University for two years and then my degree from Harvard Extension in Art ... everything "right" to get into MIT or any top school. It's really important

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  decision day, I unexpectedly hear from students to whom we did not offer ... are among the many stellar students to whom we are not offering ... almost six years ago. Back then, I was an exchange high school student from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  process the decisions, I thought I'd offer some thoughts on the process ... school more than 25 years ago, I played Ultimate Frisbee and attended the ... high school every day and had a job all through my high school years. Of

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008