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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 4 U What you should do at CPW, assuming you like exactly the same things that I…

  

  , George, gets here in 6 hours, at 4:50 AM. Usually I offer to come out to ... unusually busy Thursday. FRIDAY UROP Lab Tour (2:00 PM - 4:00 PM) -- Do you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  Globe's business section today had a nice column by Scott Kirsner on ... of offering ''universal access to human knowledge," and, in pursuit of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  of video. I was definitely busy, filling up most hours of my days with activities rather than taking the month to rest. But it was a good busy, a fulfilling busy, rather than one laced with sadness or inadequacy. Those

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  with pessimism either. i took physics c mechanics in high school and did ... years in high school -- honors chem, ap chem, and organic chem. and i had ... school, until i decided to love myself a little bit more and allow myself

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  I'm halfway to my bachelor's degree which is exciting but also nerve ... . In high school (and middle school, and elementary... and college), I ... bitchiness. How did my high school friends get to know me? They initiated

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  ," because after high school, don’t all good students go to college? And ... returning to school in the fall, you finally get to work on that dream project ... school can help you be better prepared for these kinds of decisions – you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  for high school. Sometimes it's possible to get extensions or have ... school. In my humble opinion, xkcd used to be a lot funnier than it ... Boston has to offer. Get started soon. Sometimes, you should just T it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  perfect was the school shooting that happened the same day on the outskirts ... , USACO is the best program for high school students interested in pursuing ... ) leaves off, offering students the opportunity to do some real, high

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  Davidson Institute offers many programs of interest to the kinds of students ... database of resources for gifted students. The Institute offers many programs ... that MIT is not one of those big football schools where thousands of fans

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  rise to the level of a [annotation note="Although, if a minor is offered ... minor in the same field."]minor[/annotation] but does offer more coherence ... , research, and infrastructure across MIT's five schools, there is a strong

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  /Fischer/Weitzner's Foundations of Internet Policy, both also offered this fall). Here's our course ... , broadly speaking. I was drawn to CMS/W for my own graduate school experience ... of the other courses offered in CMS/W & SHASS; in fact, probably

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  resources MIT has to offer for a student?" In a word, no. No matter how much you take advantage of what MIT has to offer, there are going to be ... whether you'll be able to take advantage of everything MIT has to offer for

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  school offers. (let's face it - as "great" as Harvard is, you can ... by far in high school was AP English Literature. When our Lit teacher ... in college). Given all of this, I turned down offers to Brown

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  I did some ~leadership~ in high school, as I'm sure many of you did ... , tbh, since I followed a very typical path. In middle school and freshman ... school, I learned a lot, both about my clubs' topics themselves (#Classics4

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  school, namely, the ABCDF system, except with a few additions. Below is a ... semester was the first time that D-Lab: Education was being offered, and I ... high school. It was my first project-oriented class, and I was really

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2017 By The Numbers with apologies to iron maiden

  

  ,927 Admitted regular action (including deferred students) 898 Offered a place ... ; Hawaii 20% Abroad 10% Schooling Public School 67% Independent School 15% Religious School 8% Foreign School 9% Home School 1

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  schools, met with students and parents, and just spread the good word about ... racking. So here is the best that I have to offer 1. Take a DEEP BREATH ... accepted to colleges and have the opportunity to select which school you

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  I'll be interviewing there in three weeks. (All of the schools at ... stay for graduate school. Actually, MIT is the top graduate school ... . I'll offer this warning, though: no matter how much you might think

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  program for students who want to go to medical school. MIT has no official ... school -- as long as you complete med school requirements (more on those below) you can apply for medical school. For example, an acquaintance of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  writing, "Anon -- MIT is probably one of the most gay-friendly schools I ... decide to not major in science? As for applying to law school - they should ... most of the schools I was considering. But still, I had an inkling I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005