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• 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

  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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  that story all over again. I thought getting my bachelor's degree would be the end of my formal education, but here I am applying to graduate schools. It's not an easy task either. Waiting on pins and needles to hear

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• 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
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  page into two equal areas. The teacher, who by this time of the school ... relationship with schooling as “unconventional” nor do I think of myself as an ... saturated and shouldn’t I use my college degree to get one of those well

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  This is the third rush to happen since I graduated MIT. And most of the time, MIT is not at the forefront of my mind. I've got code to write ... remember feeling like a failure a lot. I remember being in a state of shock

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life in the Fast Lane why do i walk so fast?

  

  student here: $300 per day. (Big clarification–MIT offers one of the most ... the excitement of living my high school dreams. But then I start back up ... [/annotation] is a battleground of different speeds. The tourists walk at a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 29, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  interesti – Money? Money! They're offering money!" and then I sort of ... [by Susan Shepherd '11] Many of my readers know by now that if you ... concentration of them centered around 77 Massachusetts Avenue. Well, sometimes

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  with a degree. There are also a number of subquests for the main quest ... , sleep (pick two). Right now I have all three - a wonderful group of friends I hang out with regularly, decent grades, and 8+ hours of sleep per

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  to MIT than its rigor. MIT, yes, is one of the most difficult schools ... nerdy...? I don't want to go to school with a bunch of nerds. I guess if ... Over these past couple of weeks, I've had the absolute privilege of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  Today was the first day of academic year 2005-2006 at old Tech! (I ... of this afternoon and evening sitting around the lounge, eating pizza, watching DVDs, and generally bemoaning the fact that school has, in fact

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  the same-old "words of comfort" that adcoms offer to students," and ... quantity). -What activities do you do outside of school? Why do you do them ... student there. Why did he/she choose MIT over all of the other schools that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007