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  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 ... the child of a well-to-do family in Beijing, by offering them a great

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  Summertime, and the livin' is easy... and there are tons of awesome ... premieres of The 4400 and Hell's Kitchen, both of which we watched religiously ... Excel file with all my pieces of clothing numbered, and each hanger and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  Exchange offers a wide range of experiences and can depend significantly on ... Cambridge ones, will have done as part of their undergraduate degree, or one ... of individual motivation and tenacity to make it through the year

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  to one of the top universities in the world. My freshman year is ending ... universities I applied to. Everyone at MIT was so open and accepting of people ... Over these past couple of weeks, I've had the absolute privilege of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  about 18 months. So today, I attended an info session on the Masters of Engineering in Biological Engineering. A Masters of Engineering is a 5th year Masters that is offered only to MIT undergrads. You apply in your junior

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  a university full of former valedictorians, all I can hope for is to ... saturated and shouldn’t I use my college degree to get one of those well ... with the notion of “half”, I did a zig-zag that still partitioned the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  Chancellor at the University of Cambridge is the Duke of Edinburgh. I recently ... Five months ago, I took on the position of Chancellor at MIT – a position I think of as a dream job. For the previous six years, I had been

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  my internship at the National Institutes of Health the summer after freshman year. It's sort of another "how to do everything wrong" story ... internship program since my sophomore year of high school. I had always wanted

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  lighting was way better from this side)[/caption] one of the hazards of ... to the next phase of my life. I’m excited to say that I’ll probably be ... where I’ll be next year, but I like to think that’s part of the fun. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  one of these students, majoring in Management, and I had many friends in Urban Studies & Planning, Architecture, Economics, and more. Of course ... second major. Also, if you stay a 5th year to get your M.Eng. degree in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  to ask whether MIT considers the University Level courses of EPGY ... the moon(that was used by my school's team( I was a leader of that!) that reached the finals of the International Space Settlement Design

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  , or a universal open-mindedness and tolerance of difference. perhaps ... unaware of it - the 1975 MUSICAL: the last five years - jason robert brown ... be skeptical of promises to revolutionize transportation from people

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• 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 ... University of Pennsylvania: "Not wanting to break stride is the American way

  • 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 ... University of Pennsylvania: "Not wanting to break stride is the American way

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• 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 ... brakes. The University of Stuttgart team that won the electric competition

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  't know any seniors. This year, however, I knew tons of seniors, so there were plenty of people I could root for as they walked down the aisle proudly holding their diplomas for the rest of the undergrads to envy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  collection of short classroom labs offered in MIT introductory mechanical ... discussion. And at the Expo booth, he offered me to try three of the labs! I ... the Libraries have to offer. I have frequently taken advantage of their

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Bookends and every time / i leave this place / i'm terrified, terrified

  

  's charge for the graduates, the receipt of the diploma—these are pomp. The ... the Department of Education. At the end of my gap year between high school and college, I wrote a blog post quoting the chorus of At Least It

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  ) MIT diploma We began closed beta testing of the game to our Early ... admissions staff, it allows students to experience all the best parts of an MIT education (burritos, roller coasters, and such) from the comfort of their own

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  other highly selective schools. Each university's yield (the percentage of students who accept their offer of admission) is predicted to decrease ... . Congrats to all of you who got your applications in on time. :-) And being a

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008