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• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  of being in the intellectual and geographical center of where the newest advancements in science and technology are made.   Which ... Life, the Universe, and Everything"   To me, 42 is the number of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  of offering ''universal access to human knowledge," and, in pursuit of that, in a small white wooden building that once served the base as a ... library in 1996, for the simple reason that ''nobody else seemed to be doing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

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

  

  It's interesting that I've never been even remotely involved in anything political, and in all such situations would always be the outsider looking in. However, in late February a protest was held at the massive tent

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What programs does Office of Minority Education offer?

  the ultimate goal of developing leaders in the academy, industry, and
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  developments in particle theory, baryogenesis, the inflationary universe model ... , discovered three new species of granola in an unexplored section of the pantry, preheated an oven to the wrong temperature in Fahrenheit but exactly the right

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  increasing exponentially in MA every day (not hyperbole: the numbers literally ... events helped prevent its spread. In a situation like this, even the "best ... competitions that are typically held in spring; ring delivery; [annotation note

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Prototyping’ (more on that in my next post) and interning with a company in Kendall Square in Cambridge-- a global innovation hotspot (and in MIT ... .96 (Management in Engineering). Our class was split between graduate and

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  the rink, in and out of the classroom, offer a social component to an ... freshmen year at Boston University, also competed, in addition to another MIT ... , that pursuing skating and MIT meant I would be subpar in both, not able

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Interning Remotely my verdict is that it definitely could be worse

  

  internship offer in hand despite [annotation note="i even went to this weekly ... . Internships were cancelled, in-person opportunities can no longer happen, and ... this post by saying that I am extremely lucky to have an internship in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  great. You get to travel and experience living in another country, and it ... in another country? And what if you’ve got other plans for the summer—like an internship, or research, or going home to see family? In that case

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  research at another university or intern in industry? Your PI has connections ... seen. Seen in the sense of sending a message to someone, but they just look at the message and don't respond. In Spanish as in English, you

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  Experimental Study Group (ESG) offers instruction in the core first ... -based classes designed for students who are interested in taking an active role in their education. Instruction takes place in a 14-room suite on the top
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  's been a decade, and only brief snippets of that MIT still remain in my ... University of Pennsylvania, which had recruited me for their creative writing ... honestly, does the distinction even matter? When I was in my late teens

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Events

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

  

  , and staff as humanly possible in order to get a full taste of the true ... enough in itself to entice me to explore new opportunities, this invitation ... lecture entitled “The Future of Islam in America: Challenges and Fears

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

  Changes To Your MyMIT Account The no-online-notification thing may change in the future, but unfortunately not this year.

  

  - remember that you can call us after 3/18) - otherwise, we'd be offering "online notification" which as you know we don't offer. :-) MyMIT will only ... -online-notification thing may change in the future, but unfortunately not this year. Also, the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  back in high school had emailed me out of the blue and offered to catch ... university. Now we can tear up the town in my orange minivan, but we still ... kids at the playground, and a trio of middle school boys in neon orange

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  zOMG Zambia!

  

  , and will be spending Independent Activities Period (IAP) in Zambia! We ... - University of Zambia Disacare - wheelchair center IDE - International

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google has a new site up: http://moon.google.com. If you zoom in close enough ... other private university (more here). You could be next!

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a high school student taking college classes. Do I apply for transfer admission?

  If you are still in high school, you are considered a first-year applicant regardless of how many classes you have taken at the university level. The transfer application is intended for students who have
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  : I participated in the Summer Science Institute at the University of ... fox will make sense later[/caption] I want to major in computer science. I have plenty of experience in other fields like biomedical

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022