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  I Remember…

  

  Barkowitz. I will never forget how far above and beyond they went to offer ... office, and I even more vividly remember the day -- December 14, 2004 ... downtown to pick up the envelope, and the rush of feelings that went along

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer exchange programs?

  MIT offers a number of opportunities to study, work, research, and teach abroad.  
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life A photographic biography of a Friday

  

  , Katelyn slept for 2 hours and still had a headache at 10:54 pm, according to ... unacceptably tragic, especially at an institution where “sleep is like currency ... , health(t) returns to its initial value and Katelyn still has a headache

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  It's time for more questions and answers! sailmaker asked, "How many undergraduate students at MIT actually major in subjects other than math and ... one of these students, majoring in Management, and I had many friends in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  the university she planned to attend. She thanked me and said she hoped ... ... I've spent the past four years at [state university] which have been ... story of a student we had denied in 2011, and how well he had done

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  Sila queries: How good are the social departments at MIT? And, at the ... talk about science at MIT? I mean, obviously it IS the institute of ... strongly interested in the arts, politics and literature? Irena similiarly

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• FAQ / Transfer

  Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?

  high academic standing at an accredited college, university, technical institute, or community college may apply for transfer admission. If you are ... of entry to MIT will have completed more than two and a half years (i
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Waitlisted Students

  

  the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  institutional offerings. ... calculus (or higher level of math, whichever meets your ability level) and ... calculus and physics at the college level. Depending on your major, you may
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  - and much like their toilet, living in Tokyo offers different type of ... United States is viewed by other countries, how tiny and insignificant my ... use by MISTI - MIT Science and Technology Initiative, an amazing program

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• 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 ... posts planned and then the first round of exams hit us. Some of them went

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

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  proposal. But he liked my idea. And he offered to help me improve it. Ed was ... teacher. Evidently, when my time to show-and-tell had arrived, I read aloud from a library book about reproductive biology, with a degree of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  near Grenoble (the most unbelievable 360 degree views!) and I would like ... Redmond, WA And what are you up to? Product mechanical engineer intern at ... non-work goals! What are yours? Take lots and lots of pictures &

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  manipulate and assemble nanowires at the National Institute of Standards and ... science side: Professor Mildred Dresselhaus, Institute Professor and ... , solution, and solid state. -3.155J Micro/Nano Processing Technology (Same

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  be credited as co-authors for peer-reviewed publications, and some even ... : Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, a $100 million dollar National Cancer Institute designate D-Lab, which develops
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  't offer only math and science. No, MIT isn't male-dominated ('09 is 47% women). Second, and equally important, admissions personnel should never make assumptions about applicants. At the Harvard Admissions Institute

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas

  

  We're closing in on Pi Day and still in the midst of making decisions, which I know many of you await with varying degrees of anxiety. But while you're here, and we have your attention, I would like to ask for your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2017 By The Numbers with apologies to iron maiden

  

  contributed by MIT Institutional Research to the Common Data Set (i.e. what powers the US News & World Report and other rankings systems). Now, I ... fundamental confusion between our admissions process and the results of that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  stress.   And there is also a fourth degree, but, well, there's no ... week after week, the cleaning staff will eventually get tired and stop cleaning them. Frozen grapes are really delicious, and keep basically

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  heritage is offered and received. There's old half-true legends that get told ... 't enjoy the grade schools I was in to varying degrees, but I never felt entrenched in them - maybe high school a little bit, but only to the degree

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005