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  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  different states visiting different graduate schools, and realized that home ... would do all three and still graduate with two degrees. (Yes, I failed a ... from San Francisco. Five (or six?) years later, I left Berkeley with a Ph

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  offered in it). And our Engineering field is Course 6, or Computer Science ... representation, and that is EXTREMELY important to us. Steven Universe, in our ... , one for the minimum amount of classes we need to finish the 21E degree

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  , the linchpin in the formation of the United States of America. Worked ... can determine whether you’re offered admission to a school that have ... motivation to apply to a great school like MIT or any other top university, you

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  . The only comments I can offer are, again, that the Mathematics degree ... : general requirements that undergraduates need to get a degree. Schools and courses: organization of departments and schools, course numbers, and degree

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  becoming.[/annotation] And after bloggers receive their diplomas alongside ... of this four-year university model. These [annotation note="around a ... . But as we started posting, more bloggers reached out and offered to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  and San Francisco where everything was too busy, too loud, and too ... decided to sacrifice the comfort of a small town for all MIT had to offer ... centers or lobbying the nearby state legislature or playing in nationally

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  stated that “Every Latin-American student at the Tech is just another link ... Degree (graduate) and Bachelor of Science in Course I. Civil Engineering B ... present year.” The summer after Toros’ fourth year, the Faculty stated that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  university has to offer are unparalleled relative to anything I’ve seen before ... could attend a university whose site I had stumbled onto from a friend’s Google search of “World’s Best Universities.” And then one morning

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  the MIT bubble. People flock to San Francisco or stay in Cambridge and ... Anna has so eloquently stated. But my geographical scenery hasn't changed ... taught the best classes while finishing my undergraduate degree, and along

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  -maaann-what-the-heck-am-I-doing.) MIT, as opposed to some universities both in the United States and ... decision making process of where I was going to the degree that I am today ... people you know in universities you aspire to go to, of people in majors

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  'll be sad.) Since the stated purpose of the blogs is to introduce ... you don't get personal attention at research universities? I leave with ... replication and protein synthesis! My postdoc and I discuss the state of our

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  Center for Bits and Atoms. In June, Spencer graduated with a degree in ... universities, and Spencer was among 31 selected; the scholarship will fund his ... Linn Hobbs. Though tempted by many to begin work at the State Department

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  we sometimes write on the blogs, we write all MIT degrees when ... effect.']master's degree[/annotation] in urban planning. Now, he works for ... : Amanda L. '17, MNG '18; Joie C. '17. Amanda lives in San Francisco

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  six or so other people. The people who were out-of-state were carpooling ... negative ridiculous degrees outside, plus wind chill. And so I weighed the ... , because it's again negative ridiculous degrees outside, and the rest of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  education from MIT is like… Witty quips living in a state of dreaming ... well in the ocean. The same goes for a degree in engineering," says ... . —Diani Jones Oh, capitalism getting a degree from a giant corporation. The

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  state legislators. Their leadership has galvanized students at schools ... may in turn be reported to universities to which they applied. Indeed ... right to revoke or defer your offer of admission if your conduct does not

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  the president of the United States and pulled an all nighter chilling ... prestigious school. My eyes were set on a good, local university that would not ... . But not everyone who is deferred gets offered a spot in the class, and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  attend Ivies and top state universities and small liberal arts colleges and ... -year-old me, Deresiewicz offered a terrifying prospect. I didn’t want to be a ... job offer in Auckland and took a year off to work instead of coming back

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  university. There is a ridiculous amount of pressure from both adults and ... pursued summer internships in labs at universities, has been working on ... chose all my schools (including MIT) on a whim. I picked a variety of in-state

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  into a slightly parallel universe: one where everything remains the same ... up - this parallel universe is also one where art transports you

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024