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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  Voyage of the Dawn Treader in my reading textbook in elementary school and ... dropped out of high school and earned a GED at 17. So I'm a first ... 's degree, and others seem to consider MIT the best (#1) Planning school in

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  'd offer some hints if I got stuck. I babbled on for a couple of seconds ... (This is part 2 of my oh, the places you'll go blogpost because they ... to be in the same post since they had different tones kind of so

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21E our major in a diagram!

  

  = Production of Educational Videos 21M.601 = Drawing for Designers 21A.502 ... about the requirements of 21E, and were inspired to make a diagram, sine ... .009 = Fundamentals of Programming 6.031 = Elements of Software Construction 6.UAT

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Kendra

  

  MIT student design project has won a People, Prosperity and Planet Award ... representing 65 teams from more than 50 schools participated in the first "P3 ... of the chemistry department and Jamie Lewis Keith of the Environmental

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  . Chesterton. In any case, the entire point of that little tangent was to get on the topic of knowledge, and from there, school. Classes have started, as ... "...only uninterested people." I kind of hate coming up with titles

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  thrive." As the report says, MIT has offered generations of people the ... as ‘friend-of-the-court’ —  is filed by entities not themselves parties ... Fisher v. University of Texas back in 2015 (brief).']amicus brief

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  , Part 1 There are a lot of machine shops on campus, so in my massive efforts to document all of them, I split the entry into 2 parts. Unfortunately, I still don't have all of the photos I would like, but honestly, if

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  Dean, London Business School and Dean, Haas School of Business 5. Paul ... ? What is my life going to be? Four years of college and plenty of knowledge Have earned me this useless degree I can't pay the bills yet 'Cause

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  -75% of our applicants come from public schools. So your son would fit in ... schools) now enroll classes made up of more than 50% females. That is a huge ... I was amazed @ how competitive the school was and the number of AP

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  .013 and 7.014 are offered in the spring.  All of these classes cover the ... Congratulations to the incoming Class of 2018!  Each and every one of ... . Some of them already know where they are living, and maybe they even

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a school profile?

  Your school counselor (or equivalent) should submit the Secondary School Report and transcript. Most counselors also attach a letter of recommendation and a School Profile, describing your school's curriculum and
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  to go, since I took three years of it in high school, every year in ... because one of them is a 3 unit class, meaning it really doesn't take up that much of my time! My classes: 8.021 - Physics E&M; I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  near Columbus) Degrees: Biology (Course 7) and Brain and Cognitive ... time to apply to graduate school. Favorite MIT event: Rush! Free food ... bunch of freshmen figure out where they'll be the happiest. What's not to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  . We had all sorts of different schooling systems, hybrid, online ... schools offer more limited coursework, or the students are not tracked in ... . So using the requirements of a school, using their tendencies, their

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  In mid-December a friend of mine, Jared '10, asked if I'd be ... official description of the class is: 6.270 is a hands-on, learn-by-doing class open only to MIT students, in which participants design and build a

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Really, I don’t feel like thinking of a title right now Now there's a title cop-out you can only use once. Good thing I saved it…

  

  As much as I hate Twitter, I think I'm going to follow the trend of ... (?#@^&*!!!), all kinds of awesome and interesting things are going on ... basically a Twitter feed. I hope you appreciate the enormity of this sacrifice

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  is one of the ultimate puzzles." Trevor Zinser High school: Straight ... Continuing our series Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor '13 ... valedictorian Trevor Zinser reacts as an impromptu tower of paper cups collapses

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  For many, holiday time is the season of giving. While on this blog I more often talk about aspects of MIT that are freely offered to the world ... showcase some MIT-related products that are for sale. All of these are real

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2027 are now ... you click View Update.  This past year, inclusive of both Early and Regular Action, 26,914 students applied to join the MIT Class of 2027. This

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  had devoted more time to the class, because it offered a lot of great ... take less than 60 units? As of writing this, I’m finished with my ... usual method for choosing classes is to sign up for 12 of them, the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022