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• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  Media, and the universe it comes from. I deeply respect Chelsea for ... that Twitter offers as a medium for storytelling that make it a very ... . Her parents want her to go abroad to the University of Paris. She’s not

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  really lucky I did, because I didn't get a job offer until two days before the deadline (anyone who didn't get a job offer by the deadline didn ... postdoc who called to offer me a job, and for whom I worked for ten

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT offer conditional admissions?

  MIT doesn't offer any special or conditional admissions. All first-year applicants fill out the same undergraduate application and meet the same testing requirements.
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer housing for transfer students?

  Yes—transfer students are guaranteed on-campus housing for their entire undergraduate education! Learn more on the MIT Housing & Residential Services site.
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  in robotics seemed to demand master’s or PhD degrees. I finally got a ... , wondering if robotics was what I really wanted to do. I got one job offer I ... degrees. I had tried my best to make myself a sort of “senior engineer on

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  majors, currently a master's student at the University of Cambridge ... degree (for example: I took Systems Biology, where a large focus of the ... that the standard course offerings are pretty comprehensive compared to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  educational press has been buzzing about the launch of Minerva University ... (former head of the New School), and Pat Harker (president of the University ... as a reasonably meritocratic mission, at least for an online university

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer fee waivers for transfer applicants?

  Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colors of Campus and other random things on my camera.

  

  A few snippets of life .   Inspired by Kai's Parallel Universe Post      

  • by Richard O. '28
  • February 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  "C's get degrees" and move on with my life as soon as possible. But ... strategy. Offer at least two examples of international relations situations ... [annotation note = "One exam question was set in the Avatar universe and another had

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  the city. And now that I've chosen a university that is quite a ways ... M.Eng that gives you both a bachelor's and master's degree in five ... different classes offered and I really want to dabble in video game design and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  universities, the degree to which labs here are open to discussion and the ... , that includes inexperienced freshmen with little more to offer than

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  myself at a local university, working in a neuroscience lab through a high ... many different universities to see what kinds of programs and ... university's general approach to accommodating students who were undecided or

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  will ever exist in the entire universe--but after three years of problem ... more than a bachelor's degree to get a chemistry- or biology ... with a master's degree or PhD, from what I understand there are jobs in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  University of Washington. UW is in the [annotation note="The other two being ... from all across the university, and getting to fully immerse myself in ... likes Ted Lasso offered to move with me because he needed a change. I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost ... the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant ... earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost ... the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant ... earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  Somedays, I check to make sure my diploma is real and I didn’t just dream the whole thing. I get a little bit jumpscared when I get an alumni ... offer them to begin with. If I’m a student, and we have a Pogo sticking

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  five different universities. We saw some of the best student ... University of Technology’s car can corner at 3 G’s of acceleration. There ... who are pursuing their degrees while somehow squeezing in time between

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  price of the same amount that MITechnology students pay for their degrees ... -Profit Universities. The Massachusetts Institute of Tribology: I don't know much about

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019