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• 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 / 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 / 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 / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  : design and manufacture many many yo-yos. We're in groups of 3-6, and we ... 'know?"]December.[/annotation] One of my close high school friends does a lot of art, and I'd been ... ; Extracurriculars UROP: GEAR Lab For my UROP, I'm designing the hydraulics of a small

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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

  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 / 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
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What other student resources are available?

  MIT offers a myriad of health and well-being support resources for students. See the DoingWell site for more info.
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  happen? I have heard of other schools using information found online to ... profiles as part of the admissions process, but do you know of any schools ... depends on the culture of the school, I suppose. How have you enacted your

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  principles of design: rhythm, scale, proportion. We watched the Eames Classic ... than most of us and sleep less. MIT is an engineering school, but that ... your thoughts on architecture, craft, the intersections of design and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• 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

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  , software design, French, and costume design) helped avoid the sensation of ... beginning of the school year, in some dimensions I’m closer to where I want to ... My second year of college just ended. I’ve been trying to think of a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  hussies", because you are the best judge of which school is best for you, I ... ;insert your own> degree of seriousness? In my personal opinion, the MIT ... roomful of Institvte phones to individually congratulate and chat with each

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• 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
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide any academic or athletic scholarships?

  MIT provides financial aid on the basis of financial need only. We don't offer money based on any measure of merit—academic, athletic ... the Institute as an MIT Scholarship, even though we offer it based
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  major by the end of their freshman year. If you're really, really unsure ... temporary decision, for a couple of reasons: 1. More resources. You ... bound to your decision. To change your mind (by the end of sophomore year

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  3-108, which was part of the [annotation note="Now that we're no ... passageway between buildings 3 and 10."]complex of rooms along the Infinite ... ="Overlooking...Chipotle."]new office,[/annotation] on the second floor of a new building, E38, which is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021