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• Blog / Advice

  I did not graduate on time

  

  ’t require avoiding addressing how the Institute pushes a culture of stress and ... context of an educational institution, and I loved it.  I’ve also come to ... started senior year with two majors, a minor, and a 4.8 GPA and a habit of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of first-year learning communities are available?

  MIT undergrads come from every state in the country and approximately ... to the community, and each learns in their unique way. Although we can't offer something to meet every students' unique individual learning styles
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  today, Institute Community and Equity Officer John Dozier sent an email to ... Indigenous communities across the United States; and on the work that we as an Institute community must do to forge a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Other summer programs A further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors…

  

  Program (HSSSRP)Michigan State University High School Honors Science ... )Research Internship Program in Science and EngineeringResearch Science Institute (RSI ... Young Scientists (PROMYS)The Ross Program Stanford University Mathematics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  name, and he offered me the job. New blogger(s) for next year will need ... graduated with degrees in Chemical Engineering and Biology and minors in ... culture, developing four Western blots, and preparing some plates for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  staffers why, having gotten a degree from such a prestigious university, they ... they met with her. They weren't offering money to get in; they and their ... Pushiness of Parents, and Other Admissions Tales By ALVIN P. SANOFF While

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• 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…

  

  of precedent allowing colleges and universities to consider race as one ... from the nation’s most rigorous and elite institutions.” Affirmative ... universities, and to create a pipeline of diverse talent in STEM." Additionally

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

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  Science and Engineering for universities across the United States. This ... measured: lab space, salaries, proportion of funding from the Institute, and ... within universities is part reality and part perception. True, but I now

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  , the right side offers a daily glimpse of the culture and output of MIT ... degree of creativity and their deep understanding of current and ... energy and encouragement — and in user testing, the Institute

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Lightning Round six eminent faculty on educational technology innovations

  

  .091 Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry, a Chemistry GIR (General Institute ... Visualizing Japan: an online course jointly produced by Harvard University and ... needs and no consensus on objectives, the Institute is committed to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  distinguishes the Institute from any other university that I know. On one level ... amount of passion, creativity, and pure intelligence that suffuse all of ... also play a tremendous role in creating, encouraging, and preserving the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 More MIT Students Become Rhodes Scholars ...but no bloggers this year.

  

  to Oxford University to read for a degree in the Philosophy, Politics ... jewelry both in Colombo and in the United States. "We are delighted that ... as "the oldest and best known award for international study," includes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  , Professor Sir Timothy O’Shea from the University of Edinburgh and ... Digital Learning. Features and Resources of The Open University The Open University, located in the United Kingdom and presented by Professor Eileen

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  technology competition at Washington State University based on their work ... , and the students are going to be great members of the MIT community. A ... state in the class), are very underrepresented. For a full look at the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  University and Virginia Tech. The Ron Brown Scholar Program is the nation ... commerce. Brown, a graduate of Middlebury College and St. John’s University ... institutions. More than one quarter have enrolled at Harvard University. In the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  (former head of the New School), and Pat Harker (president of the University ... , prestigious universities, and have the resources to pay Minerva's tuition ... , Minerva has significantly changed their educational and business model, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  apply to MIT, what attracted them to the Institute, and possibly what ... MIT?" If you are enrolled in a degree-seeking course at a university ... currently a junior in high school and an IB diploma candidate. This means I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  offered at your high school, and there are immense disparities between ... course in econometrics, and a philosophy degree at MIT usually entails ... degree unlike almost any other institution, MIT is a place where every

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  interested in engineering, Berea offers a 3-2 dual-degree engineering program ... well known, and it offers opportunities for undergraduate research ... the States for university that you'll cast a wide net -- not just MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer an online degree?

  MIT doesn't offer online degrees, but we have world-class educational opportunities available to everyone online for free through our programs administered by MIT Open Learning.