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  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  % design [patterns], and 40% knowledge of a language, and its platform and ... offered me to write a guest blog, and I thought it was a great time to ... I wrote to a few of my friends, but I hope you find the material

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  , not to one of its 5 schools. ------------------------ Zack Yang wrote ... bearing on your application, as ~50% of our admits end up majoring in ... to the context of your overall app - what you're interested in, what

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ZigZag Episode 9 ZigZag presents the Vehicle Design Summit and more.

  

  The newest episode of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is now available. It features a very cool piece about the Vehicle Design Summit, definitely worth checking out. Which student-designed alternative fuel car is your favorite

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

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  limited number of things. So, we have no fashion design, no forestry, no ... conclusion of my EMT class and random dinner parties with friends. About halfway into IAP, I wrote Sam with the intention of stealing his infinite

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  is the medium of instruction" school. My school offers a very limited ... employer for the same job since my first year of high school, does it affect ... specifics of academic potential are part of of match

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge

  

  writing prompts and designing this kind of system. The first time they ... powerpoints,” according to Marie, worked on the overall design of the slides ... that work great rather than offering a whole array of less robust

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Impossible Design Project See what it's like to be a Course VI student.

  

  Ok. Well, I've been kind of busy these days. Taking 5 classes (2 CIs ... giving you one of my problems to take a look at. 6.033 is Computer Systems Engineering. It has lots of different components to it - so far we've talked

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.

  

  of the world. The answer is that I'm also an (er, the school's sole ... (funded by one of my departments, Foreign Languages & Literatures). The ... government. One of the great perks of being at MIT is that all this stuff gets

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 14, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  My winter break so far take a break

  

  a couple of good friends from high school -- Ethan, Harsheta, and ... school. Later, we met up with Raymond and some of his friends from back ... degree but most likely can't. The past couple of days have been a series

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  slightly more flexible version of the Course 7 curriculum, and is designed to ... , but have been left wanting for different electives among a sea of MIT biology classes on the microscopic, the thermodynamics of drug absorption

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / Majors & Minors

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

  

  Institute of Technology, the most normal and infamous school under the MIT ... price of the same amount that MITechnology students pay for their degrees ... : Law school. The Massachusetts Institute of Teenagers: A new pilot

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  spring here at MIT and spend a ton of time practicing, cross training and competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of playing a sport (or two) here and what type of adjustments being a

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  's this class at MIT that designs toys, have you heard of it? It's hard to ... sorts of goings-on beforehand on the 3rd floor of building 35. What's on the 3rd floor of building 35 you ask? Well there used to just be a

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

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  One of the economics electives I have signed up for is 14.11: Putting ... semester it's being offered. I think the website is enrollee-only, so here ... new class on the topic of field (that is, "in situ") and laboratory

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New Portlets? Just throwin' some ideas around.

  

  manage to sequester a few minutes of Quinton's schedule, you'll see them in ... Portlet OCW, or Open Courseware, has cataloged its offerings by subject. We ... link to a given user's interests in academics as designated in his

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skullhouse CPW chicken waffles fire smores volcano steak shake

  

  CPW doesn't get boring, even for current students. Despite many of us ... Independent Living Groups) in general put on a lot of events to dispel the myths of MIT fraternities and sororities and show what our communities are

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  Playsentations, the final Toy Design hoorah where all of the groups present their ... . Following the advice of the scientists and heading towards 6-120 you may have been confused. There were small groups of people in corners, talking

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MITES, RSI and WTP deadlines approaching Summer programs at MIT for 11th graders.

  

  The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT -- MITES, RSI ... open exclusively to high school juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is subsidized and offers financial aid. Here's a little more about them: Minority

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  internship program since my sophomore year of high school. I had always wanted ... what I spent my high school summers mostly doing. So at the end of my ... barely). I got recommendations from two of my high school teachers, since I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  taken their school's science club to nationals. And I've never done any of ... anything to offer in comparison to the rest of the class of 2011. I was ... I'm going through my in-box today, taking care of some long

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007