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• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  school only offers up to AP Calculus AB, and I took that course Junior year ... Computer Science.' Also one of my brother's received a bachelors degree and ... currently have a backlog of materials in our processing center, and expect to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  stadium, Kok-Tobe Mountain, the Sunkar Falcon Station, and the Kazakh State ... than 170 countries that offers accurate, comprehensive, and current ... graduate education and admissions at MIT, as well as American universities

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Ethics, AI, and the College of Computing some student voices in a campus controversy

  

  institutes and universities with regards to diversity, equity, and inclusion ... , aimed at interweaving disciplines offered at the Institute with computing ... have power to alter societal ethics, and stated that the College of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  Washington University in St. Louis, and down the hall was a colleague from ... I did was for the Gateway Institute, a program for minority and low ... ; Memory and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. Tomorrow, I will fly

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

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  Campus Safety and find out how that institution plans to keep your baby out ... what kinds of clubs are offered. If possible, pick one and attend their ... ? For example, The University of Virginia has a very strict honor code and

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  Exchange offers a wide range of experiences and can depend significantly on ... learning style is definitely different at Cambridge and requires a great deal of individual motivation and tenacity to make it through the year

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

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

  

  becoming.[/annotation] And after bloggers receive their diplomas alongside ... . But as we started posting, more bloggers reached out and offered to ... given institution, they are facilitated by those channels and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  did you miss the EA deadline? why i applied and admissions anxiety

  

  universities don't have undergraduate urban planning degrees and no other school in the country offers a degree that combines computer science and urban ... ) procrastination 2) I was already feeling stressed with the [annotation note="University

  • by Victor D. '27
  • November 5, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  You're a first-semester senior and this is what Section 2 of your Undergraduate Degree Audit looks like: This is a very lonely situation, because ... (100 yards) in droves, and receive a free t-shirt as a reward for not

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  undergraduate degree and attended the University of Chicago to attain a PhD in ... these two professors have had on our institute in their time here and ... different teaching models across different universities, and, over time, saw

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  curricula were similar to that of a Soviet university and that “the kind of ... institutions of the United States are subject to forces similar to those that are ... of control in all organizations and institutions, industrial, financial

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  The MIT.01 course, Intro to the Institute, has been very exciting to teach, and I expect that it will be added to the extensive list of courses ... understand MIT and how much the course taught you, I need you to answer the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  for grabs to a degree few still among the living have ever seen. And ... receiving their diplomas from President Reif and Provost Schmidt   ... ; Today occasions the 151st Commencement of the Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  ., where he drew recruiting attention from Division II universities and a ... basketball." But when the Ivy League universities hesitated to make an offer ... I subscribe to the New York Times (paper edition!) and reading it on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant ... for labor; AmeriCorps offers a living allowance and education funding ... .com/education, but it's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant ... for labor; AmeriCorps offers a living allowance and education funding ... 's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  — jointly offered between Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and Earth ... skills. The Course 1-12 Climate System Science and Engineering degree program, jointly offered by the Departments of Civil and Environmental

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Food, Folks, and Fun…..but definitely not mcdonald’s Quinton makes friends at the Muslim Student Association

  

  completing a doctoral program at Yale University, I was sold on the event and I ... students, graduate students, faculty members, and Institute administrators ... , attended the dinner and offered words of introduction. He has been a member

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  problems with social and interpersonal skills. I want to state that this is ... "The Scholar"... Favorite commercial: Intel and its support of ... really do think universities need to do more to make college affordable for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  ready for the best and brightest that El Paso had to offer. True to form ... and boy are my arms tired." (rim shot) But seriously, I have been on the road visiting schools, meeting students and conducting MIT Central

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006