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• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  thrive." As the report says, MIT has offered generations of people the ... as ‘friend-of-the-court’ —  is filed by entities not themselves parties ... of many factors in admissions. The joint academic/industry brief

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  three of the bloggers would drop off the face of the earth for a little ... think, "PSHHH." "Pshhhhh," I would think. "If I had the honor of being an ... while listening to Kelis under a sign labeled "THE YARD". I have all of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  't enjoy the grade schools I was in to varying degrees, but I never felt entrenched in them - maybe high school a little bit, but only to the degree ... 've lived (my stepdad and stepbrother have, but not the rest of us), like some

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• 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 ... Courses 1-24 (with the exception of Course 19 (which was called Metallurgy ... Languages, then Foreign Literature & Linguistics.)) A history of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  the Class of 2015 Facebook Group and liked very much is called Learning ... , the removal of distractions, and knowing when and how to ask for help ... . Current members of the Class of 2015, future members of the Class of 2015

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  tunes of interphase! or, how to leave home and look cool doing it

  

  , featuring the dome![/caption] III. East Coast - Alex G One of the first things ... letter in December. I held tight onto the breath of fresh air I took in that day for months, and the effort of it made me blue in the face by

  • by Angie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Another week? It's all in the name of pass/no record.

  

  Well, look at that, the dawn of a new Monday. Light is gracing the ... ] There are leaves all over the courtyard, various shades of green to yellow ... from the beds of fallen foliage. Funny, I don't remember this scene

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  -deserved diploma. https://youtu.be/AdwPeNsMmGM I helped select the Class of 2018 ... Today, the Class of 2018 graduates from MIT.       ... exceptional. The admitted Class of 2018 includes mathematicians and marksmen and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  people, and came away with a few new ideas. One of the most interesting things to come from this group in terms of information is the international ... you might imagine, MIT is near the top in terms of total money awarded

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  know about the MIT alumna who is known as the "Mother of the Internet ... Sun Microsystems, inventor of the spanning tree algorithm (!). Check ... is posing as a "spanning tree") The "Mother Of The Internet' Puzzle

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• 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 / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  to get your hands on the prized diploma, but it’s way more fun to ... ’re smaller quests you can complete alongside the main quest (which is, of ... ridiculous amount of sidequests, so I’m going to list the ten that I definitely

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  offers and picked the other guy. After all, most of the professors are ... ! ...if you're a girl) and to lead a tour of my UROP lab. But the one thing ... telling people my major in words instead of numbers, and I always say the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I take a summer session?

  During the regular Summer Session, MIT offers a limited selection of the subjects available in the academic year, as well as a few subjects designed for special interests and needs of MIT students. All classes are for
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  away. I write to you now from Frankfurt, Germany, with the title of “MIT Grad Student”. I start my second year of a dual degree program in ... heading back to Cambridge for a quick apartment move before the start of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  .k.a. must-do things: biking along the coast of Spain, taking a sunset train to ... group of students to bike across the country, from DC to San Francisco ... – some of the routes promised clear signage and well-maintained roads. I

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  The ADD recap of my Christmas break: Ohio. California. Maine. I am ... sincerely apologize for the large size of my blog banner. Holy cow. To be totally honest, the major reason I was freaking out about the loss of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Really, I don’t feel like thinking of a title right now Now there's a title cop-out you can only use once. Good thing I saved it…

  

  As much as I hate Twitter, I think I'm going to follow the trend of ... basically a Twitter feed. I hope you appreciate the enormity of this sacrifice ... prototype of the Braille Label Maker, her 2.009-turned-thesis project which

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 11, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Global warming? ...or just a weather anomaly?

  

  - Dread…knowing that January is the coldest month of the year, with an average high temperature of 36 degrees and an average low of 22 degrees ... of the warm spell by being outside as much as possible. I saw a group

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  Globe (free registration required) which gives a good overview of the ... change for the Class of 2010 this summer (perhaps July?). The paper ... visit:(...." Yali, there's a bunch of stuff you should check out. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005