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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Solar Eclipses and Bloggers bloggers around the country all watching the eclipse

  

  A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the ... direct sunlight. The day becomes dark and you can see the stars. Some animals might even get confused and you could hear crickets chirping or

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  PhDs, and not all master’s degrees are equal. It’s important to have ... , and if you took another year for a master’s degree, you would start at ... between grad school and undergrad. I live in an apartment now. Grad housing

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  many people are on the wait list? We offered less than 4% of applicants ... , and how many we wish to take from the wait list. How many people will ... the wait list and as many as 65 students. However, it's impossible

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  many people are on the waitlist? We offered approximately 3% of ... , and how many we wish to take from the waitlist. How many people will ... the waitlist and as many as 78 students. However, it's impossible to

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  offer will "unenroll" at the first college and enroll at the ... waitlist ranked? No. How many people are on the waitlist? We offered ... students remain on the waitlist, and how many we wish to take from the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  . How many people are on the waitlist? We offered between 800 ... know how many students remain on the waitlist, and how many we wish to ... admitted 65 students from the waitlist, and the year before that we admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  Institute and the city governments. My IAP so far has taken place mostly in ... firehouse across the street) and a call from our team captain saying that the ... in Colorado, snow days are few and far between. It usually takes about

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  humanities, and only one graduate ball represents the coveted MIT diploma ... ) and comforted me. Bryan even offered for me to take apart his robot to ... .007 has come to a close. If you're saying, "2.007, huh?" click here and read

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  pressures of class and work and what recreational activities does MIT offer to ... get day by day with the pressures of class and work by really trying to ... help me keep everything in perspective about my work, and they're always

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  computer science department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the ... school's president, Susan Hockfield, is a neuroscientist, and the institute ... -foot building of limestone and glass, the largest research building on campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  's Degree, and become a teacher. I'll go to Penn State. I hope to have an "A ... colleges, so I thought I'd offer you a little advice of my own. More ... . Also, I've gotten comments from high school juniors and sophomores, so I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Thing I Love About MIT… Is how easy it was to use an assignment to pick up a cool internship.

  

  (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). And it’s AWESOME. Significantly less ... (and then scale it up to other technical universities). Companies would ... meeting later, and I was offered an internship for January. If you can

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  Architecture seniors at graduation and awesome USB wristbands from the department  It’s been exactly one month since commencement, and I ... September and I’m not at MIT registering for classes and trying to squeeze in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  am glad you have, and I am glad MIT admissions has offered this forum ... schools like Bx Science and Madison. Since none of them prepared speeches, it came off a lot better and a lot more truthful. Although a lot of it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Answers, and live updates Live from a lecture by architect Steven Holl.

  

  architect of Simmons Hall. I'll update you on the lecture and also answer some ... you that you have a host, and that you will be well taken care of while ... .CPW Farewell: Saturday, 5pm (and probably Battle of the Bands, too). The head of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Revolution Some really cool things are happening in Boston

  

  admission to the academic enterprise and then offering those who clear the bar ... to the Freshman Pre-Orientation Program called Discover History and ... had the gumption and self-reliance to strike out as their own

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in CA, IL, MI, NV, OH MIT Admissions starts to look forward to the Class of 2013 (!).

  

  & Yale Universities for meetings in Northern California/Nevada and the ... a great opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors to hear from three great universities all in one place. Each school will talk a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  how to make a minecraft bot reflections on my microsoft internship

  

  at Microsoft and got to work with Minecraft. I learned some cool things about language models and AI bias! Step 0: Getting the internship Every IAP (Independent Activities Period), MIT offers micro-internships, which

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  anyway. MIT offers a really cool unique thing known as joint degrees, a ... joint degree between science and humanities, 21E with engineering and ... return offer, and realized I was a kick-ass tech employee even if I did

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.

  

  non-degree programs. I'll be enrolling at Peking University, and as the ... in Tianjin--they're universally brand new, and all enormous ... point I was roped into a photo and offered help getting back to Emei… so

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 14, 2014