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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cue the montage music

  

  offered me a blog and the task of writing about my life at MIT and the research endeavors of my fellow undergrads. Today, little seems to have ... guy by the name of Matt McGann visited my poster at the Intel Science

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  lot of sense considering I’m in the middle of reading applications for ... to say no one would hire me, because by August I had two job offers ... was, me and my degrees, pouring coffee for the elderly and [annotation

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  . That's a lot of degrees between the two of them, and these guys know what ... MIT a week early and learn about a specific aspect of MIT while getting ... that invest money in startups in the hopes of greater returns. I mention

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide any academic or athletic scholarships?

  MIT provides financial aid on the basis of financial need only. We don't offer money based on any measure of merit—academic, athletic ... the Institute as an MIT Scholarship, even though we offer it based
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  Today was supposed to be my first day of lab work in our new lab ... -to-moderately sized department in the School of Science. There are usually about 30 ... sets instead of papers). There is often a significant amount of assigned

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  Neurobiology, one of three lab courses offered by the Brain and Cognitive ... undergraduate degree in the subject of your choice. You don't have to be a biology ... 'd fill you guys in on some of the nuts and bolts of a life in science

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Jonte ‘13 The fourth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Continuing our series Introducing the Class of 2013... Jonte '13 ... 2009 graduate of Franklin County High School, is one of 12 students ... of Technology (MIT) this fall, where he will major in civil or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  , Andrew J. '10 and I placed offers on a number of houses, all losing to ... my next degree and had a sensational time. Now, many years later, we ... themselves from the pain. The mere passage of time turned out to be that

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  interested in engineering, Berea offers a 3-2 dual-degree engineering program ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... people, and came away with a few new ideas. One of the most interesting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer a list of verbs

  

  offer with a pretty number. Of who I would become if I accepted. People ... I've spent most of this summer in Cambridge, Massachusetts, staying ... dryer. The ends of my hair have withered and splintered, and my face has

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  -A degree program instead of taking the traditional full Course 2 route ... have been traveling around for MD-PhD program interviews, which is one of ... from Paul ’11 many weeks ago that asked about my choice of major (a sub

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What entrepreneurship programs are offered?

  Here are just a few of more than 85 resources dedicated to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship at MIT: Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation Design
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Does the Khan Academy offer practice SATs?

  , and tailored feedback offered by the popular nonprofit learning website Khan Academy. Students can access hundreds of previously unreleased
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  where it lives in my mind and peering at what lies within. some of this ... , since my parents are overseas and i'm in boston, so most of these old ... started poking around the house. there were lots of goodies that were a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  playground of optical physics and offers to give you plenty of brain candy if ... to Wikipedia, and two of them offer interesting solutions to Aviv ... reflecting off a surface at an angle of around 50-60 degrees from the normal

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  Although most of the time I coast through my days in lab in a whirlwind of science glee, I have to admit that every once in a while, the lab ... -- and yesterday, the complexity apparently got the best of me. When I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  economic implications. The program offers a master's degree and undergraduate ... : ------------------------------ Henderson explores many shapes of Shakespeare Book examines 'Shake ... September 13, 2006 The works of William Shakespeare have a timeless quality

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer club sports?

  There are more than 30 different club sports at MIT. Each club is either instructional or competition focused by nature. Many of the competition focused clubs have excelled at both regional and national level
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  take, though there is some degree of choice for each of the required ... the College Night at the Bronx High School of Science. Fellow alum ... classrooms around the building. It was pretty busy for the duration of the two

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

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  -and-a-half, but no less than two purposes for existence, both of which are exciting ... the dregs of October, I've finally decided that today is the momentous ... lot of nothing whisked me into the Boston theater district yesterday at

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008