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• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  . IAP is another name of the month of January. Some people may be quick to point out that we are in the month of Feburary. These are the kinds of ... while because I went to Hawaii.. oh, I know. Life is just so hard.) When

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

    livestream of the graduation ceremonies     Today occasions the 151st Commencement of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Over the next few hours of pomp, circumstance, and Tim Cook, 2

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

  Class of 2017 By The Numbers with apologies to iron maiden

  

  've blogged before about how the dangers of reading too much into admissions ... fundamental confusion between our admissions process and the results of that ... %, it does not mean that the chances of a given applicant who scores

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  MEng, or Master of Engineering, which is typically a one-year degree ... to complete the requirements for both degrees at the end of five years ... related master's degree (such as the MST, the Master of Science in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  good teachers, and my school offered a lot of them, so I took them ... So, usually I stay away from College Confidential, as it has a way of making me despair of the state of humanity on the rare occasions that I do

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  How do I apply as a veteran?

  transfer admission. MIT doesn't offer any online degree programs, but if you ... in the world, we offer thousands of options through edX, MITx, and OpenCourseWare. ... our veterans page. MIT has a growing community of veterans on campus
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  past summer on the Big Island of Hawaii and is continuing it from his lab ... Astronomy at the Univeristy of Hawaii, but he also has a faculty advisor in ... prove that all of your tooling has made you a better thinker? For most MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  degree. So I'm very committed to coming in the fall--MIT has a lot to offer ... Today, the Class of 2012 formally register for classes and thus ... sense of their individual achievements, passions, and dreams can be harder

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  diploma, but it might be a good idea). You cannot enroll in a degree program ... . Recently, he was offered University of Michigan merit scholarship($32 ... . ------------------------------------- Scott wrote, "I was wondering how much each part of the application is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer exchange programs?

  MIT offers a number of opportunities to study, work, research, and teach abroad.  
• Blog / Life after MIT

  14 years later what I've been up to in the past one-seventh of a century

  

  , and the rise of LLMs like the one writing this blog post, the years 2011 ... I took the path of least cranial activity and applied to physics ... Hawaii and coordinator at an open science nonprofit. As it so happened, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  . You can watch these remarks, and the distribution of the diplomas (yes, we hand all the real ones out, and read all the names of everyone ... 7th, the Class of 2019 graduates from MIT. They were admitted

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…

  

  Tomorrow, we will mail out the first of four batches of letters ... Seattle, and many places in between (not to mention Puerto Rico and Hawaii ... invitation to our meeting in your neck of the woods (haven't yet signed up for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  other MIT students."]this degree[/annotation]. I think some of it comes ... Before coming to MIT, I consumed a lot of Content™ about college. Probably too much content. Some of that was my own doing, whether it was You

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  A fire alarm went off in the middle of the first 20.110 exam. It was one of those times where I felt like the Simulation was glitching, except in a good way. Half of the class was taking it in one room and the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  sake of adding the name of a second subject to their diploma. I'm really ... important feature of your degree track should be later flexibility. Will it ... I've been reading a lot of comments lately about which majors are

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  professors."]UROP[/annotation] with the MIT Kavli Institute of Astrophysics and Space Research, and it's one of the coolest things I've gotten to do at ... and sends pictures of the sky for signs of exoplanets. [caption id

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  neighbor Lizz came in to offer her daily dose of humor. “What do you call ... have a diploma. I have about 100 pictures. I have a sunburn. It's a ... that by now.) On MIT’s list of 101 things to do before graduation for

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  year of high school stood between myself and a diploma. I wasn't accepted ... means of the Internet), I accepted my offer of admission. You already know ... One year ago, in the mush of schoolless boredom known as Spring Break

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  version of something that will eventually be posted as official content on ... ball rolling a bit, I hope. MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students, and these students are successful and vibrant members of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006