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• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of first-year learning communities are available?

  MIT undergrads come from every state in the country and approximately ... 't offer something to meet every students' unique individual learning styles ... -year learning communities offer a distinct kind of learning environment that
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  other factors going against me. I was dead-set on attending Ohio State University, because I'm from the Columbus, Ohio, area and knew I could probably ... , girls' state... you would sort of suspect that I was doing it for my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  Francisco, just about to fly back to Boston to prepare for FAP (Freshman Arts ... my dad swims in the San Francisco bay without a wet suit. Daily. That water fluctuates from about low 40s to 60 degree Farenheit. It's something

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  to say no one would hire me, because by August I had two job offers ... was, me and my degrees, pouring coffee for the elderly and [annotation ... yelled to her friends, “HEY! This guy has a master’s degree and he

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  Neurobiology, one of three lab courses offered by the Brain and Cognitive ... undergraduate degree in the subject of your choice. You don't have to be a biology ... D program. Master's degrees don't mean much in biology or other sciences

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What’s new? Life in Radiohead's hometown

  

  University in England. I am reading for a Masters degree in Integrated Immunology and enjoying my time at a university that is very, very different ... with a degree in Mechanical Engineering with Biomedical Engineering

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  Washington University in St. Louis, and down the hall was a colleague from ... take, though there is some degree of choice for each of the required ... science core. The freshman learning communities often offer a coherent

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  , personalities, and backgrounds that MIT offers. One can argue that the people as a ... , compared to people I met at other universities, are more passionate about ... 't think that would've happened if I went to another university (my friends

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  university in Cambridge. "They do things there that haven't been done before ... and technological research and development also offers a wide range of ... baseball team, which this summer is trying to earn a third trip to the state

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  Summer Science Research Program (HSSSRP) Michigan State University High ... Young Scientists (PROMYS) The Ross Program Stanford University ... Program (SSEP) Women's Technology Program (WTP) Programs open to out-of-state

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Sidebar: Visiting MIT this summer

  

  UniversityRed Line: Harvard10am and 2pm, Monday-Friday Tufts UniversityRed Line: Davis9am, 10:30am, 1:30pm, Monday-Friday Boston UniversityGreen Line ... UniversityGreen Line, E Train: Northeastern9am, 10am, 2pm, 3pm, Monday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  , most notably course 6 (EECS) -- biology doesn't offer one. (For that matter, I don't even think the biology department at MIT offers a masters degree to anyone -- masters degrees aren't really all that useful or common

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  perpetual state of studying and exam-taking from your first exam to your last ... Universe” and soon it’s like, “Oh yeah! The rest of the world! I forgot it ... matter is, as much as I love being in the Bubble Universe (where else can

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  economic implications. The program offers a master's degree and undergraduate ... University Press), even those trying "faithfully" to represent Shakespeare ... technology. You can find all music courses offered here

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summary of the Semester I'm a senior and it's super weird.

  

  over the universe one star planet thingy at a time. It has gotten violent, with people cursing, offering drinks (someone from Hungary is getting me a chocolate martini when he comes to the states!), and forming

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  even one protest in front of the state Capitol in Sacramento. Truthfully ... under Taiwan's Universal Health Plan, I really had no sense of the great ... uninsured, covered by federal/state/county aided health insurance (Medicare

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  burg, and I could count down the miles to home. I live in State College ... Pleasant Gap. The town revolves around Penn State, is surrounded by farms ... university shields us from the recession and a sea of red shelters our tiny

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  MEng, or Master of Engineering, which is typically a one-year degree ... ; Comp Sci) offers this and I'm pretty sure it's a lock if you have a ... because you end up with both bachelor's and master's degrees in a shorter

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  14 billion years ago (ish), the universe Banged and rapidly expanded ... exactly what happened in the first moments of the universe. And word on the ... degree. Please do stop by and see your advisor on registration day." and I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  allowed me to win a National AP Scholar award, win the AP State Scholar ... ), Science Olympiad two years (3 medals at state, two top 30 placings at ... university, and win at the ISEF international level. Notice how I had none of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005