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  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  in the 21st century. The Institute is committed to generating ... ROI on most undergraduate degrees. It is incumbent on all of us to do better. Colleges and universities need to do a better job of centering

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  Diploma" if you complete the Pre-College Curriculum and take four AP classes ... year, only 9000 have received this special diploma since 1987. The point ... -caliber state university system, it's to encourage students to attempt college

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• 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 ... people wish they had picked the state school that offered them a full ride

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

  Judd Logan is my homeboy He's amazing, so amazing

  

  scholarship to Syracuse University, until the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology offered a similar deal. So in less than a month Logan ... offers of such magnitude would come to someone like Logan. He did after all

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  -house chef for Chapter.   IAP WEEK 3 Off to St. Paul, Minnesota! The ... -30 degrees Fahrenheit with wind chill on the first few nights. To reiterate, it was m-i-n-u-s t-h-i-r-t-y d-e-g-r-e-e-s F

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  MIT?" If you are enrolled in a degree-seeking course at a university ... ). I have also had candidates ask me "what majors are offered at MIT ... essay, if you like. Ajit wrote, "if a person enrolls in a open university

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  name, and he offered me the job. New blogger(s) for next year will need ... in course 9, can you dance with two diplomas when graduating? If not ... know you don't get two diplomas, although you do get some sort of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Met John Waters This beautiful mobile home you see before you is the current hideout of the notorious…

  

  star and cultural icon John Waters. I love his movies and what he's done ... having gone to MIT. These top universities have become punchlines that ... the actual topic of this post: I met John Waters! He said that I was the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 22, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  -time favorites. When I accepted my offer to come to MIT, one of the first thoughts ... stalking him visiting his office. But then the universe decided to throw me a ... varying degrees of notice (1 day-5 minutes). Left: Well, these guys kept

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  On Tour Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand.

  

  , L.A., San Fran, St. John -Award Tour, Midnight Marauders, A Tribe

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  ’ve been a fan of Hank (and his brother John) for basically my entire ... . Dear Hank & John and Hank’s TikToks taught me to think more ... internet, but I’m not going to offer that as advice. If you weren’t doing

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  of the city. The city is built overlooking the St. Lawrence River, so one side of downtown opens up to a 180 degree panorama over the ice ... . The beautiful walkway hugging the border of vieux Quebec and St

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  you'll go to an information session at an ivy league university, or ... 6 from A Musical Offering. Now, since I kind of suck at piano, I'm one ... . Hopefully Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer John Harbison will be really tired

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Lightning Round six eminent faculty on educational technology innovations

  

  their regular undergraduate degree. But even more importantly, they reap ... Visualizing Japan: an online course jointly produced by Harvard University and MIT Years ago, Professors Shigeru Miyagawa and John Dower set out to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  familiar universe previously explainable by reason, science, and Stephen ... and curmudgeonry in our observable universe, I've decided to list off ... sending me a Valentine. In no particular order: 1.John Curtice I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  I did not graduate on time

  

  retake the GIR! D’s get degrees! Feeling refreshed at the start of the ... .  Over the weekend, I graduated with honors with a master of science degree ... Northwestern University. I have a job as a content update editor with Health

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  . JOHN: We’re both heading over there in a few minutes. Gonna be dope. A festival? Sounds fun! What's happening there? JOHN: I'm actually... not sure ... costumes? The flyers didn’t really elaborate on— FRANK AND JOHN: (in unison

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  diploma. This is really the moment I looked forward to. It was like a final ... really. I was near the beginning of the ceremony (Degrees are awarded ... call you.) so after getting my diploma I got to spend a lot of time

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  university housing? Why do students choose to leave university ... that Harvard Medical School offers (which is a PhD program) is really ... clarify what I said about masters' degrees in the sciences not being

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  song Yakko's Universe from Animaniacs, and Pokémon for nostalgia) After ... Awesome, a VlogBrothers, or John and Hank Green, run charity event in

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013