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  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  chance to blog a preview and talk about some of the design decisions we ... you can get a sense of the basic design direction.   Student ... Upstatement, the agency that helped design the new www.mit.edu and science

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  success of the Sloan Business School. In spite of all his success, Berry ... As Technology Review’s 2007 Top Young Innovator of the Year ... problems.” While he admits that he wouldn’t jump out of a plane

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  keep going down this road At the beginning of senior year, I began ... -making is a skill. Like many skills, there's a body of knowledge, scattered in ... spend another year or two in MIT and get another degree, or should I leave

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024
• 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 / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  tenured professor at George Mason University School of Law when she learned ... I'm often asked about MIT students going off to law school. For some ... political science and economics), and then go to law school. Actually, surveys

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  18 inches of snow, and ice on the roads to close schools. Being as ... I woke up today to blowing snow, the sound of fire trucks (from the ... throughout my school career, but we could go years without one. I’m not sure

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 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 / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  ) MIT students, despite the nature of the school, are not cut throat or ... in high school. There are a wider variety of people, so I am able to ... Ask MIT students what they like about MIT, and many of them will say

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• 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

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  supplemental portfolios may feel especially useful. We offer portfolios of the ... ’ve compiled some of my thoughts on the portfolio process and collected some frequently asked portfolio questions. A crumb of context The MIT application is

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  Lab, the same lab that I had UROP'ed in. That first year of grad school ... , and trying to "make the most" of my last semester of college, despite ... going to graduate school, and I expected to complete my PhD in STAR Lab

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  of the school that the admissions office wants you to see. MIT, like ... your knowledge of the school be limited to what admissions wanted to tell ... . You should do A LOT of research before deciding to attend any school

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  last year of high school, somehow synthesized those likes into ... really love the entire design process, especially the design mentality of ... Class started today and before we know it, a lot of us on campus will

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  degree (for example: I took Systems Biology, where a large focus of the ... other schools (I think), and usually well-taught. Zimi: Math is one of ... variety of course offerings, which covered everything I could dream of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  . Luckily all of the time commitments are fun so I'm enjoying it. Toy design ... ME!" and give you a quick Toy Design update. I haven't talked about Toy Design in several months but that's not to say I haven't been

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  My weekend It's been a somewhat busy two not-school days. Yesterday ... survey about perceptions of Goldman Sachs and Microsoft (they gave me $20 ... ), ate dessert at Coldstone, and saw Over the Hedge. We also saw a bunch of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  the quality of their school's college counseling.“ Enjoy. If your brain ... near and the pressure is on--but for all of you who are still typing away ... floormate of mine, Jacob Cole '14, along with Prabhav Jain '14 and Merry Mou

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  self proclaimed "font designer," and thus begins a series of painfully ... MIT arise from accidentally hitting on your TA or forgetting the name of ... kiss or sitting in silence outside of a movie theater on a date just to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  disciplines, so a unique mixture of architecture, computer science, design and ... . Earlier this semester I committed to taking CMS.634, Designing Interactions. The class, taught by the director of the Media Lab's Mobile Experience

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  applications varying by semester. Emphasis on the integration of fundamental concepts with approaches of process design. Emphasis on problems that demand ... , to say the least. I've also been out of town quite a bit thanks to the

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007