First Things First,
General Help
Suggested Readings: Get hyped with the stereotypes associated with the major,
(major kudos to the work of Artists at MIT who worked on it during finals) https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/mit-major-arcana/
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oSgNYFuacKRjX5e-BFz8Iah7a360LST9q2gnDkpfkwo/edit#gid=1873586376
Navigating
Classes
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View your Current Schedule
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General Academic Deadlines and Information
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Register for Classes
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Status of Forms and Petitions
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Find The Perfect Class for Your Requirements (HASSS Type,
CI-H/HW/M, Institute Req)
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create your own curriculum
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Organize your Degree Path
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Organize Class Schedules
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Form Class Group Chats
https://interstellar.mit.edu/
Find pset Partners
https://psetpartners.mit.edu/
Class Inventory and Search
https://student.mit.edu/catalog/index.cgi
Degree Requirements and Updates
https://catalog.mit.edu/
Academic Deadlines
https://registrar.mit.edu/calendar
Reading Break
General Departmental News
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Comedy Break
General Departmental News
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View Accreditation Details
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Guide and Resources for Remote Teaching
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View Past Lectures
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Admissions
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Did you Know? Apparently professors and staff are allowed to take one
course per term that seems interesting and professors are allowed to audit and
evaluate the class of other people without being influenced
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/qa_round_two/] }
Pre-Credit, Transfer
Credit, and ASEs
High School
Credit (APs, IBs, Pre-Us, FrenchBac, Abitur)
https://registrar.mit.edu/registration-academics/transfer-credit
What
you need to know
You may
request transfer credit for subjects taken before you arrived at MIT or while
you were already enrolled as an MIT student. Each department has its own
transfer credit examiner who can advise you on procedures and appropriateness.
Transfer
credit will appear on your academic record with a grade of S. Although the
grade is not used in calculating your term or cumulative GPA, the credit counts
towards your Institute requirements. If there is no equivalent subject at MIT,
the examiner may award elective credit.
Graduate
students — your major department determines to what extent subjects are acceptable
for credit toward the requirements of your advanced degree. Credit is
considered with all other academic information in reviewing your application
and in formulating your degree program.
Some
key points to remember:
- You cannot receive
transfer credit for subjects used to fulfill a degree at another
institution.
- Transfer credit
requests must include an official transcript showing work and final grade.
- If the transcript
is in a language other than English, you must provide a translation from a
licensed translator.
- Additional
approval, beyond that of the transfer credit examiner, is required for
HASS and CI transfer credit. See below.
- Transfer credit
requests for advanced degrees at MIT are considered special cases and are
rarely approved.
What
you need to do
- Incoming first-year
undergraduates and transfer students — review information about AP and
transfer credit on the Office of the First Year website.
- Consult the
appropriate transfer credit examiner before registering
for a class at another college to ensure that it is suitable for transfer
credit and if a minimum grade is required.
- Arrange for an
official transcript, showing the coursework and your final grade, to be
sent by email to records@mit.edu.
- Request a copy of
this transcript from the Registrar's Office to show to the MIT transfer
credit examiner.
- Bring your
completed Transfer
Credit Request Form to the MIT transfer credit examiner for
approval, and submit your approved form to records@mit.edu.
What
you need to do — HASS transfer credit
Generally,
subjects taken outside of MIT are only eligible for HASS elective credit with
the HASS transfer credit examiner’s approval.
- Contact the HASS transfer credit examiner for the HASS
field in which you are seeking credit and obtain his or her approval on
the Transfer
Credit Request Form.
- If the Examiner has
awarded credit with a specific MIT subject number, HASS Distribution
credit, or has recommended general HASS Elective credit, email hassreq@mit.edu for a final
signature.
- Submit your
approved form to records@mit.edu.
- Transfer students —
submit your completed form to Room 7-104.
What
you need to do — Communication Requirement transfer credit
- Contact the transfer credit examiner for the academic
department that teaches material similar to the course you took elsewhere
and obtain the examiner's signature of approval on the Transfer
Credit Request Form.
- Email the Assistant
Dean for the Communication and HASS Requirements at commreq@mit.edu.
- We will help you
prepare a petition to
the Subcommittee on the Communication Requirement (SOCR).
- Transfer credit for
Communication Requirement subjects must be approved by SOCR.
The
Types of Credit
Credit for previous study is awarded as either
the equivalent MIT subject or unrestricted elective credit, at the discretion
of the department granting credit. All such credit appears on the transcript
with a grade of S and does not count toward term or cumulative averages.
- Address questions
not answered here regarding MIT’s policies and procedures on credit for
previous study to ap@mit.edu or 617-253-6771.
- Visit the MIT Admissions site for information on how previous study relates
to Admissions decisions. We
cannot answer questions about qualifications for admission to MIT.
AP Scores
Biology
No credit is given for the AP
Biology exam.
Chemistry
No credit is given for the AP
Chemistry exam.
Computer Science
No credit is given for the Computer
Science AP exams.
Mathematics
A score of 5 on the Calculus BC exam
will grant you credit for 18.01.
A score of 5 on the Calculus AB exam
allows you to enroll in the accelerated Calculus sequence of 18.01A/18.02A.
Physics
A score of 5 on both Physics C
exams—Mechanics and Electricity & Magnetism—will grant you credit for
8.01. No credit will be given for the Physics 1 and 2 exams.
Other Science Exams
No credit is given for AP
Environmental Science or Statistics exams.
Humanities, Arts, and Social
Sciences
A score of 5 on all AP exams listed
in the College Board’s categories of
Arts, English, History & Social Sciences, and World Languages &
Cultures earn 9 units each of unrestricted elective credit. A score of 5 on
both of the Capstone exams – AP Seminar and AP Research, earns a total of 9
units of unrestricted elective credit. No credit is given for AP Environmental
Science or Statistics exams.
Advanced Placement credit cannot be
used to satisfy any part of the HASS Requirement.
Communication Requirement
In addition to earning 9 units of
unrestricted elective credit, a score of 5 on either the English Language and
Composition or English Literature and Composition exam places you in the
“CI-H/CI-HW Required” category without taking the First
Year Essay Evaluation (FEE).
You are still required to take a
Communication-Intensive subject (CI-HW or CI-H) your first year as part of
the Communication Requirement. Students
with scores lower than 5 on either exam should take the FEE or plan to complete
a CI-HW subject.
Reporting Your Scores
For More Information
Address questions not answered here
regarding MIT’s policies and procedures on credit for Advanced Placement scores
to ap@mit.edu.
For information about the use of AP
and other exam scores in Admissions decisions, please visit http://www.mitadmissions.org/. We cannot
answer questions about qualifications for admission to MIT.
How to Report scores
https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/sending-scores
A-LEVELS
- Biology: No credit is given for the A-Level Biology
exam.
- Chemistry: No credit is given for the A-Level Chemistry
exam.
- Computer Science: No credit is given for the A-Level Computer Science
exam.
- Geography: A grade of A* or A will grant you 3 units of
unrestricted elective credit.
- Mathematics: A grade of A* or A will grant you
credit for 18.01.
- Physics: A grade of A* or A will grant you
credit for 8.01.
- Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences: A grade of A* or A on applicable exams will
grant you 9 units of unrestricted elective credit for each exam
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB)
Higher Level Exams Only
- Biology: No credit is given for the IB Biology
exam.
- Chemistry: No credit is given for the IB Chemistry
exam.
- Computer Science: No credit is given for the IB
Information Technology in a Global Society examination.
- Mathematics: A score of 7 will grant you credit for
18.01.
- Physics: A score of 7 will grant you credit for
8.01.
- Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences: A score of 7 on applicable exams will
grant you 9 units of unrestricted elective credit for each
exam.
CAMBRIDGE PRE-U EXAMS
- Biology: No credit is given for the Pre-U Biology
exam.
- Chemistry: No credit is given for the Pre-U Chemistry
exam.
- Geography: A grade of A* or A will grant you 3 units of
unrestricted elective credit.
- Mathematics: No credit is given for Pre-U
Mathematics or Further Mathematics exams.
- Physics: A grade of D3, D2, or D1 in Pre-U Physics
will grant you credit for 8.01.
- Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences: A grade of D3, D2, or D1 in applicable Pre-U
examinations will grant you 9 units of unrestricted elective credit for
each exam.
FRENCH BACCALAURÉAT
- Biology: No credit is given for the Biology
exam.
- Chemistry: No credit is given for the Chemistry exam.
- Mathematics: Students with scores 16 through
20, will be granted credit for 18.01. For scores lower than
16, no credit is awarded.
- Physics: Scores 16 through 20 will grant you credit
for 8.01. For scores lower than 16, no credit is awarded.
- Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences: Scores 16 through 20 will grant you 9
units of unrestricted elective credit for each exam.For scores lower than
16, no credit is awarded.
ABITUR
- Biology: No credit is given for the Biology
exam.
- Chemistry: No credit is given for the Chemistry
exam.
- Mathematics: Students with scores 13 through
15, will be granted credit for 18.01. For scores lower than 13,
no credit is given.
- Physics: A score of 13 through 15 will grant you
credit for 8.01. For scores lower than 13, no credit is given.
- Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences: A score of 13 through 15 will grant you
9 units of unrestricted elective credit for each exam. For scores lower
than 13, no credit is given.
Reporting Your Scores
Except for International Baccalaureate (IB) scores, to document
your exam scores you must present an original, final, printed Certificate
issued by an official examining authority. Please scan your original certificate
and email to ap@mit.edu with
the email subject as “Your Last Name” and “Exam Certificate” (ex: Santoro A
Level Certificate). If you cannot email the file, please bring the original
certificate to 7-104 for credit verification.
Final certificates for A Level and Pre-U scores are not usually
issued until November following the June exams. In that case, you can either
send your official Statement of Results to ap@mit.edu or you can bring your original printed
Statement of Results to room 7-104. Staff can record preliminary credit, but
final credit cannot be applied to your degree requirements until staff see the
original, final, printed Certificate.
IB scores are downloaded electronically once you release them to
MIT. Use the Candidate
Results Service. There is no need to send or bring a copy of your certificate
or diploma.
For More Information
Address questions not answered here regarding MIT’s policies and
procedures on credit for international exam scores to ap@mit.edu.
For information about the use of international
exam scores in Admission decisions, please visit the MIT Admissions website. We cannot
answer questions about qualifications for admission to MIT.
Reporting Your
Scores
Except for International
Baccalaureate (IB) scores, to document your exam scores you must present an
original, final, printed Certificate issued by an official examining authority.
Please scan your original certificate and email to ap@mit.edu with the email subject as “Your Last Name”
and “Exam Certificate” (ex: Santoro A Level Certificate). If you cannot email
the file, please bring the original certificate to 7-104 for credit
verification.
Final certificates for A Level and
Pre-U scores are not usually issued until November following the June exams. In
that case, you can either send your official Statement of Results to ap@mit.edu or you can bring your original printed
Statement of Results to room 7-104. Staff can record preliminary credit, but
final credit cannot be applied to your degree requirements until staff see the
original, final, printed Certificate.
IB scores are downloaded
electronically once you release them to MIT. Use the Candidate Results Service. There is
no need to send or bring a copy of your certificate or diploma.
MIT departments may grant
credit for study at other colleges and universities if the subjects are
substantially equivalent to those taught at MIT & the grade earned meets
MIT standards. However, each department sets its own policies and reviews each
request individually.
Only the Mathematics, Physics, and
Chemistry Departments review transfer credit requests over the summer. All
other departments review requests after you begin classes. For summer review,
you must submit all required materials by July 14, 2023.
Transfer credit requests must
include:
- Catalogue
description and syllabus, including textbook information, chapters
covered, number of class hours, length of term, and any other information
that will help the examiner determine MIT equivalency.
- An official
transcript sent by the other college or university directly to MIT:
MIT Transfer Credit
Attn: Jocelyn Heywood
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 7-104
Cambridge MA, 02139
- A completed
Request for Additional Credit Form.
In addition:
- For
Math: The
author, title, and edition of the textbook used, and the sections of it
covered by the course. (You may be asked for a photocopy of the table of
contents as well.). The Transfer Credit Examiner may also ask you to
demonstrate your understanding of the subject.
- For
Chemistry: Copies
of all of the written work you did.
- For
Physics: Students
must also “validate” their transfer credit by passing the 8.01 or 8.02
Advanced Standing Exam. Validating transfer credit for other Physics
subjects are not required for transfer credit for subjects beyond 8.02.
HASS Requirement Credit
MIT transfer credit for courses
taken in the areas of humanities, arts, and social sciences at another college
or university is usually granted as unrestricted elective credit. Occasionally,
however, a Transfer Credit Examiner will grant subject credit and recommend
that it be counted toward the eight-subject HASS Requirement.
For either type of HASS
transfer credit:
- First contact
the Transfer Credit Examiner for the HASS field in which you
are seeking credit. Submit your supporting materials, or meet in person.
- If the
Examiner signs your Request Form and approves general elective credit,
submit your form to 7-104.
- If the
Examiner approves subject credit and recommends credit toward the HASS
Requirement, contact the HASS Academic Administrator at shass-ug@mit.edu.
Bring them your signed form. They will review the type of credit
recommended.
- For questions
about the HASS Requirement and transfer credit, contact Patricia Fernandes
at hassreq@mit.edu or 617-253-2313.
Communication Requirement
Credit
If a HASS Transfer Credit Examiner
grants subject credit (see previous section) and you want this credit to count
toward MIT’s Communication
Requirement, take your signed Request for Additional Credit form
to Patricia Fernandes, Advisor for the Communication and HASS
Requirements.
For questions about the
Communication Requirement and transfer credit, contact Patricia Fernandes
at commreq@mit.edu or 617-253-2313.
For more information about
transferring credit to MIT, email ap@mit.edu .
https://firstyear.mit.edu/academics-exploration/ap-transfer-credit/transfer-credit/
Only
the Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry Departments review transfer credit
requests over the summer. All other departments review requests after you
begin classes. For summer review, you must submit all required materials by
July 14, 2023.
Requests
for MIT transfer credit include the following elements:
1.
An official transcript sent directly from the institution
where you studied to:
MIT
Transfer Credit Staff
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 7-104
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA.
or
sent digitally to ap@mit.edu
Please
note: If you submitted an official college transcript to MIT Admissions, please
contact ap@mit.edu so
that a copy can be requested on your behalf. No credit can be granted
for courses listed only on a high school transcript, even if they were taken in
a college or university, or courses documented only by a letter from an
instructor or school official.
2.
A course description and syllabus from each course for which you are
seeking credit.
3.
A separate Request for Additional
Credit Form for each MIT department in which you are seeking credit.
(Please use the custom form linked here, not the
one posted on the Registrar’s website.) Fill in all blanks except the last
three in each row.
4.
Additional supporting materials in certain departments:
·
Chemistry: Transcript, syllabus, and list of
lecture topics (if not on the syllabus).
·
Mathematics: The author, title, and edition of the
textbook used, and the sections of it covered by the course. (You may be asked
for a photocopy of the table of contents as well.)
·
Physics: Students must also “validate” their
transfer credit by passing the 8.01 or 8.02 Advanced Standing Exam. Validating
transfer credit for other Physics subjects are not required for transfer credit
for subjects beyond 8.02.
·
Other materials as requested by the Transfer Credit Examiner.
Once
you’ve requested a transcript and gathered the materials listed above, send
them to MIT as follows.
·
By email: Mathematics, transfercredit18@math.mit.edu (copy
to ap@mit.edu);
·
By email: Physics, physicstransfercredit@mit.edu(copy
to ap@mit.edu)
·
By email: Chemistry, chemistrytransfer@mit.edu (copy
to ap@mit.edu)
·
By postal mail: All non-electronic materials
for Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry to Transfer Credit staff in MIT Room
7-104, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139.
Transfer
credit approved over the summer appears in your Online Advising Folder, which
becomes available in mid-August. The Registrar will begin applying approved
credit to your official record after Add Date (fifth week of term) and will
most likely be uploaded by final exam period.
After
the July 14 Summer Review Deadline:
For
credit in other departments, or if you miss the summer deadline:
1.
Contact the appropriate Transfer Credit Examiner to
review your materials. Some will do so in a face-to-face meeting; others will
ask you to deliver the hard-copy materials to them.
2.
Return all signed Request for Additional
Credit forms to Transfer Credit Staff in Room 7-104. We will record
your pending credit and relay it to the Registrar’s Office for posting.
https://firstyear.mit.edu/academics-exploration/ap-transfer-credit/transfer-credit/transfer-credit-examiners/
Advanced Standing
Exams (ASEs)
5.111 & 5.12
6.100A
7.012
8.01, 8.02, 8.03 & 8.04
18.01, 18.02, 18.03 & 18.06
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/classes-i-wont-be-able-to-take/] }
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/advanced-standing-exams/
https://thetech.com/2020/09/09/math-diagnostic-ase-fall-20#:~:text=This%20fall%2C%20students%20took%20a,late%20July%20and%20early%20August.
https://registrar.mit.edu/classes-grades-evaluations/grades/grading-policies/advanced-standing-exam-grades
Advanced Standing Exams and
First-Year Grading
Summer (Orientation): Graded
P/NR. If exam is passed, P will show up on external transcript. Credit given
does not count toward fall credit limit. No record is kept of a non-passing D
or F grade taken during Orientation. Non-passing D or F grades taken any time
later in the first year will be posted on the internal WebSIS record but not on
the external transcript.
December (Final Exam Period):
Graded P/NR. If exam is passed, P will show up on external transcript. Credit
counts toward fall credit limit.
January/February: Graded ABC/NR.
If exam is passed, A, B, or C will show up on external transcript. Does not
count toward spring credit limit.
May (Final Exam Period): Graded
ABC/NR. If exam is passed, A, B, or C will show up on external transcript.
Credit counts toward spring credit limit.
Hot Takes
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/advice_youve_heard_before_and/] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/expanding_on_pass_no_record/] }
Gradescope Regrade Request
Analysis
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/regrade-request-analysis/
HASS Credit
https://firstyear.mit.edu/academics-exploration/general-institute-requirements-girs/humanities-arts-and-social-sciences-hass-requirement/
The MIT HASS disciplines — the
humanities, arts, and social sciences — are central to the Institute’s mission
to provide all graduates with the knowledge, skills, and perspectives to make
lasting contributions to the nation and the world.
Students may use their HASS
subjects to broaden their perspectives, complement science and engineering
coursework, experience new fields, or to pursue lifelong interests. Regardless
of your personal approach, take the time to find a subject that sparks your
curiosity. The SHASS website has lists of introductory and exploration subjects,
subjects related to diversity
and inclusion and other
current US issues, and a tour of the many departments
within SHASS.
All MIT undergraduates must
complete 8 HASS subjects to fulfill the HASS General Institute Requirement. You
are expected to complete at least one HASS subject each semester.
The HASS Requirement has three
components: distribution, concentration, and electives.
- Distribution Component (3
subjects): You are required to complete three (3) HASS
distribution subjects, one from each of the following categories:
- Humanities (HASS-H)
- Arts (HASS-A)
- Social Sciences (HASS-S)
- Concentration Component (3
or 4 subjects): Each student must complete a HASS concentration
of 3-4 subjects (some fields require 3, some 4) that together provide
an increased knowledge in a particular field.
- Electives (1 or 2
subjects): The remainder of the HASS Requirement can be fulfilled
with 1-2 additional subjects from any HASS category (HASS-H, HASS-A,
HASS-S), including subjects designated as HASS Elective (HASS-E).
Note: Students interested
in language classes, should visit the MIT Global Languages site for details
on whom they should contact to have their language level assessed,
see: https://mitgsl.mit.edu/fall-2020-class-location-and-level-placement.
Take aways:
- The HASS Requirement overlaps
with the Communication Requirement. All students must take two HASS
subjects that are designated as CI-H or CI-HW. The first CI subject must
be completed in the first year.
- HASS Exploration (HEX) subjects
are recommended to students as one pathway into the HASS Requirement.
These subjects are team-taught by faculty and provide opportunities for
faculty/student interaction. More information can be found at: https://registrar.mit.edu/hex.
- Students may search for HASS
subjects by HASS Category (HASS-H, HASS-A, HASS-S) via the Advanced
Search feature available in the online subject listing in WebSIS: http://student.mit.edu/catalog/index.cgi.
- HASS subjects provide a welcome
balance to problem-set-oriented Science Core subjects.
Have Questions?
PE Requirements
https://firstyear.mit.edu/academics-exploration/general-institute-requirements-girs/physical-education-requirement/
Pre-Registration
At MIT, we have pre-registration
as well as regular registration.
Pre-registration opens very early, pre-registration for the Fall Semester
typically opens every May 1, THE PREVIOUS SEMESTER, registration opens until
Late August, and For the Spring Semester it is December 1st and Late January
respectively. You might find it insane to hear that places like BU and
Northeastern their binding registration period is 1-4
months before the classes hand out their syllabus. The benefit for MIT is
that Pre-registration is not binding, and even regular registration really
isnt. You can alter your pre-reg subjects as often as you want until the
regular registration comes in, then you will have to deal with add-drop forms
and advisor approval for any changes.
But make no mistake staff and
administration take Pre-registration seriously and often rely on it as
their form of gauging how many spots to give to students, allocating funding,
appropriately managing staff resources, and determining retention rate. So much
so that you will be fined an annoying ($85) fee for not submitting it on
time. To avoid all this, you really only have to preregister for 1 class.
It's not all pedantic, in
addition to being helpful for your own degree progress, some very popular
classes such as 2.009, may use your pre-registration as a determining
factor to let people take the class.
Despite what you may hear, incoming freshmen do not have
to pre-register.. First-Year Students have a separate registration process with
their advisor.
*See Colleges Around Campus
The Credit Limit for Units of
Classes Is 24
Only Full Time Students Can Cross
Register
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/invitation-to-cross-register/] }
Your Classes
Discovery Classes
https://firstyear.mit.edu/academics-exploration/discovery-and-exploration-subjects/
https://firstyear.mit.edu/academics-exploration/discovery-and-exploration-subjects/first-year-discovery-subjects/
https://firstyear.mit.edu/academics-exploration/discovery-and-exploration-subjects/other-academic-exploration-subjects/
Completely unsure about what you
might want to major in? Hoping to be inspired by a field you have yet to
encounter?
Try taking an interdisciplinary
subject and/or a few First-Year Discovery subjects in fields that sound
interesting. At this point in your academic career, you will most likely
benefit from exposure to many things at once. While First-Year Discovery
subjects only give you a taste of each department, you’ll connect with students
and faculty who can answer any lingering questions.
Fairly certain of what you want
to major in? Feeling like you don’t need to explore other fields?
Now is the time to test your
hypothesis. Try taking a full 9-12 unit subject in the major. The list of
exploration subjects includes many of these subjects, and everything on the
list has been selected by the departments to provide good exposure to their
major. If you want to get a taste of the department’s approach to research or
careers, try a project-based class or class that teaches you the skills needed
to pursue a UROP or internship. If you want a sense of what typical coursework
in the major will be like, consider picking one of the introductory subjects
that teaches you foundational content and exposes you to core problems in the
discipline. You are also encouraged to take First-Year Discovery Subjects to
gain exposure to other topics that might interest you. These subjects are only
1-3 units and can be great ways to discover a potential minor, second major, or
HASS concentration, or you may realize that you want to rethink your initial
major choice.
Have it narrowed down to just a
few majors, but not quite sure which to choose?
In some cases, there may be
subjects that are jointly offered by two or more departments, allowing you to
explore both at once. You may also benefit from taking First-Year Discovery
subjects in some or all of the departments you’re considering. These 1-3 unit
subjects are low-intensity, so it’s easy to take a few at the same time. Some
departments also offer 6-12 unit subjects for first year students, which offer
even more opportunities for hands-on exploration, and can be great ways to test
out a department that interests you.
Interested in pursuing a UROP as
a way to explore?
Some departments have many
opportunities for UROPs for first-year students, in others it is expected that
you complete certain coursework first to gain the skills necessary for success
in a lab. UROP staff can help you understand the best way to get connected to
department research
The Most Units A Discover classes
can be is 3, there are some at 1 units
Academic Exploration
https://firstyear.mit.edu/academics-exploration/discovery-and-exploration-subjects/other-academic-exploration-subjects/
Most Range from 3 to 12 Units
with P/D/F Grading options
Finals and Exams
http://web.mit.edu/registrar/classrooms/exams/finals/
Senior Thesis
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/it_all_comes_to_this/] }
Grades
First Year Grading
First-year students are
graded differently and are subject to a credit limit by faculty rule.
The grading policy is intended to help you adjust to MIT’s teaching and
grading methods as well as the increased workload without having to worry about
accumulating a grade point average (GPA) and the credit limit aims to help
you adjust to MIT’s workload while also learning to live a balanced life with
more autonomy than you may be used to having.
First-Year Grading Policies
The information provided below
explains how first year students are graded at MIT, along with policies
associated with the use and release of fall term internal “hidden” grades.
Special Features of First-Year
Grading
First-year
students are graded differently from upper-level students
and your grades are also reported differently within MIT as well as on
your outside official transcript. These policies are intended to help you
adjust to MIT’s teaching and grading methods and the increased workload without
having to worry about accumulating a grade point average (GPA).
Students entering in Fall 2020 or
later will not be eligible to use Sophomore Exploratory or Junior/Senior P/D/F
grading options.
In your first semester
and Independent Activities Period,
you will receive grades of Pass or No Record:
- A grade of “C” or better equals
“passing” for first-years. Any subject you pass at the “C” level or
greater is noted as “P” on both your external and internal transcripts.
- Non-passing grades of D or F
only show up on internal transcripts; unofficial grades do not show up on
any external transcript. The external transcript will show no record of
failed subjects, i.e., those graded D or F).
- For advising purposes, you will
receive internal “hidden” grades of A, B, or C. Hidden grades are neither
figured into a GPA nor usable for any purpose other than advising.
- See Official versus
Unofficial Grades below.
In your second semester, you
will receive “A”, “B”, or “C” grades.
- These are recorded both
internally and on your official transcript; “D” and “F” grades continue to
be noted only internally.
- You will begin to accumulate a
grade point average second term, but note that only passing grades
are used to figure your GPA.
Important caveats about the
Spring 2024 semester for first year students:
- First-year undergraduate
students are covered by the new Flex P/NR grading option under which they have
the option to designate up to 48 units to be graded on a P/NR basis
after their first term and at any time during their course of
study. Any subject is eligible for Flex P/NR designation
including those that fulfill General Institute or
departmental Requirements. To use the Flex
P/NR option, students must designate the subject(s) after final
grades are submitted and before Add Date of their next enrolled
regular term.
Beginning in sophomore year, “A”
through “F” grades will be reported, with “D” considered a passing grade. See
the Registrar’s
site for complete grading information
First-Year Credit Limits
First-year students are subject
to a credit limit by faculty rule. The limit aims to help you adjust to MIT’s
workload while also learning to live a balanced life with more autonomy than
you may be used to. The credit limits for each term of your first-year are:
First-semester take no
more than 54 units (plus 6
units of discovery‑focused subjects and related exceptions*)
Since most MIT subjects are worth
12 units of credit, this works out to 4 full subjects (48 units), plus 6
extra units, plus an additional 6 discovery-focusedunits that you may or may
not choose to use.
In the spring semester,
60 units (plus 6
units of discovery‑focused subjects and related exceptions*) is
the maximum
This credit limit increase allows
you more room for exploration. While some students might benefit from
taking 60 regular units, you should note 48-54 units is still considered a typical
load and advisable for most students. Requirements at MIT are structured so
that you do not need to exceed 54 units per semester (or 48 in many cases) to
successfully complete your degree in 4 years. Please talk to your advisor about
how many units would make sense for you given your fall experiences and goals
going forward.
- Options for using the
extra units in the spring are: one or more First-Year Discovery
subjects.
- Students placed on Warning
by the Committee on Academic Performance at the end of the fall
semester have a spring credit limit fixed at 4 subjects, up to 48 units.
*The related exceptions are only
3 units for FAS and approved discovery classes.
Note: Physical Education classes are based on a
point system and do not count toward the credit limit. Further, ROTC subjects,
do not count toward the first-year credit limit.
https://firstyear.mit.edu/academics-exploration/credit-limits-grading/
Subject
Evaluation Reports
https://registrar.mit.edu/classes-grades-evaluations/subject-evaluation/subject-evaluation-reports
https://registrar.mit.edu/classes-grades-evaluations/subject-evaluation
https://registrar.mit.edu/classes-grades-evaluations
https://fnl.mit.edu/september-october-2021/elimination-of-early-sophomore-standing-was-a-step-in-the-right-direction-eliminating-advanced-standing-credit-is-the-next-step/
If you receive subject credit for
previous study and then register at MIT for any version of that subject, note
the following consequences:
You lose the credit for previous
study.
If the subject meets a General
Institute Requirement (GIR) or departmental requirement you must pass the
subject at MIT.
The original credit for previous
study can be reinstated only if you drop the matching subject before Add Date
(fifth week of the term).
Changing Your Major
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/choosing_a_major/
Course 1 (Civil
and Environmental Engineering)
Talks all about Course 1 Program for First Years
{ Source : [https://climate-major.mit.edu] }
Course 1 Alumni Group
{ Source : [https://eesn.alumgroup.mit.edu] }
Environmental Health Science at MIT
{
Source : [https://ehs.mit.edu] }
Center for Environmental Health Science
{
Source : [https://cehs.mit.edu] }
Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural
Precision (DiSTAP)
{ Source : [https://distap.mit.edu] }
Concrete Sustainability Hub
{ Source : [https://cshub.mit.edu] }
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Student Page
{ Source : [https://jpreps.mit.edu] }
Global Action Impact Association
https://www.gaiacompetition.com/about-us
Environmental Solutions Initiative
{ Source : [https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu] }
Reading Break
Suggested Clubs
Course 2
(Mechanical Engineering)
Main Course 2 Page
{ Source : [https://meche.mit.edu] }
Sample Course Portfolio Guide
{ Source : [https://www.meche-portfolios.mit.edu] }
Course 2 Underground guide
{ Source : [https://meundergrad.mit.edu] }
Course 2 Graduate Page
{ Source : [https://mechegrad.mit.edu] }
Course 2 Space/Location Reservation System
{ Source : [https://meche-reservations.mit.edu] }
Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
{
Source : [https://mit.whoi.edu] }
Course
2 Resource Hub
https://meche-res.mit.edu/resources/2A/
MechE Colloquiums are Graduate
Dissertations that are Mailed out
Did you know? MIT is the
only school where you can have IRL Angry Birds as Part of the Curriculum
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/angry-nerds/] }
{ Source : [https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/angry-birds-fly-at-mit/]
}
Course
2 Academic Employment
https://meche.mit.edu/faculty-positions
Course
2 Industry Employment Mailing List
https://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/me-ugemployment
Course
2 Website “Back end”
https://meche.mit.edu/sitemap.xml
Course
2 Graduate Guide
https://meche.mit.edu/sites/default/files/MechE_Grad_Guide.pdf
Course
2 Graduate Site
https://mechegrad.mit.edu/
Course
2 Graduate Thesis Gudie
https://meundergrad.mit.edu/sb-thesis-information
MechE
Career Expo
Suggested
Clubs
*See “Making” in Student Organizations
for strongly affiliated Mechanical Engineering Clubs
Course 3
(Materials Science and Engineering)
Course 3 Graduate Student Council
{
Source : [https://gmc.mit.edu] }
Course 3 Main Site
{
Source : [https://dmse.mit.edu] }
Materials Research Lab
{
Source : [https://mrl.mit.edu] }
Course 3 Sustainability Contest
{ Source : [https://madmec.mit.edu] }
Microsystems Technology Laboratories
{ Source : [https://www.mtl.mit.edu] }
(defunct)) Materials Science Research Resource
{ Source : [https://mitmrsec.mit.edu] }
Metal Working IAP Class
{ Source : [https://metalslab.mit.edu] }
Did you know? Course 3 has
a propriety internship program that is available to Juniors or Seniors, you can
take it by registering for the class 3.930 or 3.931.
More information here: https://capd.mit.edu/organizations/materials-science-and-engineering-industrial-internship-program/
Reading Break:
{ Source : [https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/hard-mode/]
}
Suggested Clubs
Course 4
(Architecture)
Course 4 School of Architecture and Planning Main Page
{
Source : [https://sap.mit.edu] }
Did you
Know? There is an entire archive of recent syllabi of most every Course 4
Class publicly available for download at { Source :
[https://archfac.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://arch-pcut.mit.edu] }
Course 4 Main Design Page
{ Source : [https://design.mit.edu] }
Course 4 Fabrics Research Pages
{ Source : [https://fabric-ideas.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://hcie.csail.mit.edu] }
https://mitandfit.info/
Course 4 Architecture Alumni Page
{ Source : [https://www.mitarcha.org] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/january-in-the-studio/] }
Comedy Break
Course 5
(Chemistry)
{
Source : [https://chemistry.mit.edu] }
Suggested Clubs
Course 6 (Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science)
6-1
Center for Bits and Atoms
{ Source : [https://cba.mit.edu] }
Center for Computational Science and Engineering
{
Source : [https://cce.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://cse.mit.edu] }
Course 6 Hyperlink Resource Dump
{ Source : [https://eecsis.mit.edu] }
Main Course 6 Page
{ Source : [https://www.eecs.mit.edu] }
Course 6 Graduate Association
{ Source : [https://www.thrive-eecs.mit.edu] }
CSAIL Page
{ Source : [https://cap.csail.mit.edu] }
Course 6 TA Application Page
{ Source : [https://eecseduportal.mit.edu] }
odd CSAIL Page
{ Source : [https://neighbors.csail.mit.edu] }
CSAIL Site
{ Source : [https://csail.mit.edu] }
Odd Course 6 Masters Page
{ Source : [https://stateauthorization.mit.edu] }
Course 6 Mailing Lists Management
{ Source : [https://list-management.csail.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://lists.csail.mit.edu] }
AI Ethics and Policy
{ Source : [https://mitaiethics.github.io] }
Course 6 Graduate Women Pages
{ Source : [https://risingstars18-eecs.mit.edu] }
{ Source : [https://gw6.scripts.mit.edu] }
Harvard Data Science Review
{ Source : [https://hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu] }
Github Enterprise for MIT students
https://github.mit.edu/
Suggested Reading: { Source : [https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/6-3/] }
{ Source : [https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/summer-on-campus/]
}
bebras computing challenge
Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education
{ Source : [https://raise.mit.edu] }
Course 6 Underground Guide
{
Source : [https://hkn.mit.edu] }
Course 6-4 & 6-9
CS+AI Labs
{ Source : [https://mitibmwatsonailab.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://oecs.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://www.rle.mit.edu] }
AI Ethics
https://computing.mit.edu/cross-cutting/social-and-ethical-responsibilities-of-computing/
6.AcAd
https://piazza.com/mit/fall2015/6acad
6A Internship Programs
https://www.eecs.mit.edu/community-equity/thriving-stars-at-eecs/
Course 6 Classes
{
Source : [https://6004.csail.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://6191.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://courses.csail.mit.edu] }
LABORATORY FOR INFORMATION & DECISION SYSTEMS
{
Source : [https://lids.mit.edu] }
AI
Olympiad Competition
https://ioai-official.org/
Cypress Engineering Design Studio
{
Source : [https://eds.mit.edu] }
Suggested Reading:
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/short-term-long-term/] }
Industry and Employment
Opportunities
https://piazza.com/mit/fall2020/communic8
Suggested Clubs
|
Electronic
Research Society/MITERS
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=52712
|
http://miters.mit.edu/
|
MIT
Nerding, Course 6
|
|
Eta Kappa
Nu
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=52719
|
http://hkn.mit.edu/
|
CAPD,
Course 6
|
|
Institute
of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=52748
|
http://ieeeacm.mit.edu/
|
CAPD,
Course 6
|
|
Association
of Computational Science and Engineering Students
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=52628
|
http://acses.mit.edu/
|
Course 6
|
|
IDSS
Student Council
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=52746
|
https://engage.mit.edu/IDSS/
|
Course 6
|
|
UI/UX at
MIT
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=53157
|
https://uiux.mit.edu/
|
Course 6,
|
|
Artificial
Intelligence Club at MIT
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=52622
|
http://aiclub.mit.edu/
|
Course 6,
Activism
|
|
IAP Web Programming
Competition
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=53177
|
https://weblab.mit.edu/
|
Course 6,
CAPD
|
|
Computational
Biology Society
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=53325
|
https://engage.mit.edu/CBS/
|
Course 6,
Course 7
|
|
Radio
Society W1MX
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=53059
|
http://w1mx.mit.edu/
|
Course 6,
Course 8, Making
|
|
Pokerbots
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=52826
|
http://pokerbots.mit.edu/
|
Course 6,
Making
|
|
CSAIL
Student Social Committee
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=52687
|
http://projects.csail.mit.edu/student-committee/
|
Course 6,
MIT Life
|
|
Bitcoin
Club MIT
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=52640
|
http://bitcoin.mit.edu/
|
Course 6,
Sloan
|
|
MITxHarvard
Women in AI
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=53153
|
https://mitharvardwai.github.io/
|
Course 6,
Women, Colleges Around Campus
|
|
Graduate
Women of Course 6
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=52738
|
http://gw6.scripts.mit.edu/
|
Course 6,
Women, Graduate
|
|
Battlecode
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=52635
|
http://battlecode.org/
|
Making,
Course 6
|
|
UHF
Repeater Assn W1XM
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=52884
|
http://web.mit.edu/w1xm/www
|
Making,
Course 6
|
|
CodeIt
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=52682
|
https://engage.mit.edu/CodeIt/
|
Teaching,
Course 6, Altruism
|
|
Women in
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
|
https://engage.mit.edu/student_community?club_id=52897
|
http://womenineecs.com/
|
Women,
Course 6, CAPD
|
Course 7
(Biology)
Cypress
Engineering Design Studio
https://mit-igem.github.io/
Course 7 Main Page
{ Source : [https://biology.mit.edu] }
Infectious Disease Research Page
{ Source : [https://infectiousdiseases.mit.edu] }
Video
Break
Course
7 Mentoring Program
https://biology.mit.edu/graduate/current-students/biopals-program/
Grad-Schoolhttps://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/applying-to-bio-phd/
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/applying-to-grad-school/
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/out_of_the_lab_and_into_the_in/
Industry
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/careers_in_biology/] }
Suggested Clubs
*See Pre-Med in CAPD for more clubs
Course 8
(Physics)
MIT Physics Mentor Program
Course 8 Main Page
{ Source : [https://physics.mit.edu] }
Inter-Collegiate Course 8 Workshop
{ Source : [https://physicsrisingstars.mit.edu] }
Astrophotography/Observatory
{ Source : [https://haystack.mit.edu] }
https://web.mit.edu/wallace/
Research Lab
{
Source : [https://eapg.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://bateslab.mit.edu] }
Society of Physics Students
{
Source : [https://sps.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://physvals.mit.edu] }
Suggested Reading:
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/getting_a_physics_major_part_i/] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/8_hypotheses/] }
Comedy
Break
Course 8’s own take on the
Firehose Analogy.
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/a_physics_metaphor/] }
Grad-School
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/from-the-other-side-of-grad-school/] }
Suggested Clubs
Course 9 Main Page
{
Source : [https://bcs.mit.edu] }
Course 9 Institutes/Labs
{ Source : [https://saxelab.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://gablab.mit.edu] }
{ Source : [https://tedlab.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://openmind.mit.edu] }
{ Source : [https://lookit.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://picower.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://quest.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://scsb.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://autismresearch.mit.edu] }
Comedy Break
{ Source : [https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/a_lot_about_course_9/]
}
Suggested Clubs
Course 10
(Chemical Engineering)
Course 10 Main Page
{ Source : [https://cheme.mit.edu] }
Defunct
{
Source : [https://mitgwiche.org] }
{
Source : [https://isn.mit.edu] }
Necessary Mid Semester Meetings
PhD Dissertation Defense
regularly posted
Course 10 ’25 Discord
https://discord.gg/uAkhTjNP
[ChemE USAB] Grad/Undergrad
Mentorship Pairings USAB and Class Election
TGIFs
Lots of Free Merch
Did You Know? Apparently
if you fill out the form you get a free biology minor if you're force 10B,
seems kind of funny which would help in their med school application
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/freedom_isnt_free/] }
Suggested Readings
ChemE Cube
https://www.aiche.org/rapid/education-workforce-development/cheme-cube-competition/2023
Course 10 Tutoring
ChemE Pride Picnic
Christmas Decorations
Grad-School
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/its_the_terror_of_knowing/] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/colin_jackson/] }
Course 11 (Urban
Studies and Planning)
Course 11 Main Page
{
Source : [https://dusp.mit.edu] }
Course 11 Publications
{ Source : [https://mitp-arch.mitpress.mit.edu] }
Course 11 Employment Connections
{ Source : [https://duspcareers.mit.edu] }
Course 11 Resource Dump
{ Source : [https://duspconnect.mit.edu] }
Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism
{
Source : [https://lcau.mit.edu] }
Sensible City Lab
{ Source : [https://senseable.mit.edu] }
MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
{
Source : [https://ctl.mit.edu] }
MIT Mobility Initiative
{
Source : [https://mmi.mit.edu] }
MIT Press: Smart Enough City
{ Source : [https://smartenoughcity.mitpress.mit.edu] }
Intelligent Transportation Lab
{
Source : [https://its.mit.edu] }
Suggested Reading
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/on-the-dusp1/
Course 11-6
Sociotechnical Systems Research Center
{
Source : [https://ssrc.mit.edu] }
Comprehensive Data Resources on Cambridge/Boston
{ Source : [https://cambridgegis.maps.arcgis.com] }
Suggested Clubs
Course 12 (Earth,
Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences)
Advanced Global Atmospheric
Gases Experiment
{ Source : [https://agage.mit.edu] }
Course 12 Main Page
{
Source : [https://eaps.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://eapsweb.mit.edu] }
Multidisciplinary simulation, estimation, and assimilation
systems
{ Source : [https://mseas.mit.edu] }
Center for Global Change Science
{
Source : [https://cgcs.mit.edu] }
Course 12 Ono
Stable Isotope Laboratory
{
Source : [https://ono.mit.edu] }
Suggested
Clubs
Course 14 (Economics)
Group Database for Sloan
https://sloangroups.mit.edu/home_login
Course 14 Main Page
{ Source :
[https://economics.mit.edu] }
Sloan
Portal
{ Source :
[https://mysloan.mit.edu] }
Sloan Normal Page
{ Source :
[https://mitsloan.mit.edu] }
Sloan Teaching
Resources
{ Source :
[https://mitsloanedtech.mit.edu] }
Laboratory for
Financial Engineering
{ Source : [https://lfe.mit.edu] }
Sloan Boston Alumni
Association
{ Source :
[https://www.mitsloanboston.com] }
Legatum Center
{ Source :
[https://legatum.mit.edu] }
MIT Initiative on the
Digital Economy
{ Source : [https://ide.mit.edu] }
Product Management
Club
{ Source : [https://mitpmclub.com] }
Blueprint @ MIT
https://blueprintlabs.mit.edu/
Suggested Clubs
Course 15 (Management)
Scholars of Finances
https://scholarsoffinance.org/
Supply Chain Management
{
Source : [https://scm.mit.edu] }
MITx Executive
{ Source : [https://executive-ed.xpro.mit.edu] }
MIT Global
Scale Network
{
Source : [https://scale.mit.edu] }
Operations
Research Center
{
Source : [https://orc.mit.edu] }
MIT system
Design Management
{
Source : [https://sdm.mit.edu] }
MIT Executive
MBA
{
Source : [https://emba.mit.edu] }
Executive MBA
Courses
{
Source : [https://exec.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://executive.mit.edu] }
Student Supply Chain Management Club
{ Source : [https://mitscmprogram.wordpress.com] }
Student Supply
Chain Management Club Press
{
Source : [https://scmvoices.mit.edu] }
Small Business
and MIT Lincoln Laboratory
{ Source : [https://smallbusiness.ll.mit.edu] }
Integrated
Design & Management
{
Source : [https://idm.mit.edu] }
MIT Sloan CFO
Summit
{
Source : [https://mitcfo.com] }
Sloan Student
Group Database
{
Source : [https://sloangroups.mit.edu] }
IAP Negotiation
Course
{
Source : [https://negotiation.mit.edu] }
Center for
Information Systems Research
{
Source : [https://cisr.mit.edu] }
MIT Sloan
Management Review
{
Source : [https://sloanreview.mit.edu] }
MIT Press :
Hacking Press
{ Source : [https://hackinglife.mitpress.mit.edu] }
Course 15
Career Development Office
{
Source : [https://cdo.mit.edu] }
Industry
https://cdo.mit.edu/channels/employer/
Graduate Programs
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/msms/master-science-management-studies/explore-program
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/mit-sloan-fellows-mba-program/introduce-yourself
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/master-of-business-analytics/introduce-yourself
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/emba/introduce-yourself
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/phd#program-overview
Suggested Clubs
*See Entrepreneurship in CAPD for
List of Sloan Associated Clubs
Course 16
(Aeronautics and Astronautics)
Course 16 Main Site
{ Source : [https://aeroastro.mit.edu] }
Course 16 Graduate Women Association
{
Source : [https://gwae.mit.edu] }
Space Exploaration Club
{ Source : [https://space.mit.edu] }
Course 16 Humans Systems Lab
{
Source : [https://hsl.mit.edu] }
Graduate
Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics
{
Source : [https://ga3.mit.edu] }
Researchers and Postdocs Association of Aeronautics
and Astronautics
{
Source : [https://rpa3.mit.edu] }
A Look at Unified
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/a_look_at_unified_engineering/] }
Course
16 IEEE Aerospace Conference
http://www.aeroconf.org/
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/guest-post-10-reasons-i-joined-rocket-team/
Suggested Clubs
Grad-School
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/figuring-out-what-i-want-to-do-with-my-life/]
}
Did you Know? The operation of
Unmanned Aircraft (UAS), including drones and model aircrafts require the use
of permits to be used around MA. You can request a permit here:
https://ehs.mit.edu/campus-services-program/unmanned-aircraft/
Course 17
(Political Science)
Course 17 Main page
{ Source : [https://polisci.mit.edu] }
Government Lab
{ Source : [https://mitgovlab.org] }
Washington-DC Office Connection
{
Source : [https://dc.mit.edu] }
Educational Justice Institute
{ Source : [https://www.teji.mit.edu] }
Security Studies Publications
{ Source : [https://sspearlywarning.mit.edu] }
Security Studies Program
{
Source : [https://ssp.mit.edu] }
Science Policy Initiative
{ Source : [https://mitspi.squarespace.com] }
MIT has a unconventional but
extremely good Political Science program, literally ranked #7 on US News (not
bad for a Tech School) Although lacking the traditional foundational classes of
studying Latin, having a scientific background enhances critical thinking, and
champions empirically verified policy. Much of the work fall could fall into
the STS. There is a lot of more helpful stories but this is fun { Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/privacy-law/] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/post_25/] }
Did you know? There is
a pre-existing offers for internships available to Course 17 Students. Students
can work in Boston-Cambridge, Washington DC, or over the Summer. More
information here: https://polisci.mit.edu/undergraduate/internships
Course 18
(Mathematics)
Annual Math in Industries Event
Course 18 Main Page
{
Source : [https://math.mit.edu] }
Undergraduate Women in Mathematics
{ Source : [https://uswim.mit.edu] }
Math Prize for Girls
{ Source : [https://mathprize.atfoundation.org] }
Course 18 Email
System?
{
Source : [https://heaviside.mit.edu] }
Topology Research Place
{ Source : [https://topology.mitpress.mit.edu] }
Underground
Course 18 Guide
https://course18.guide/
Course 18 Piazza
Undergraduate Math Association
{
Source : [https://uma.mit.edu] }
Did you know? You can teach your own math classes over IAP? { Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/12-18-s190/] }
Course 18C
Statistics Research
{
Source : [https://stat.mit.edu] }
Suggested Clubs
Course 20
(Biological Engineering)
Course 20 Main Page
{
Source : [https://be.mit.edu] }
Course 20 IS&T Help Page
{ Source : [https://be-it.mit.edu] }
Course 20 Undergrad Underground Guide
{ Source : [https://bestudents.mit.edu] }
Course 20 Grad Underground Guide
{ Source : [https://begradhandbook.mit.edu] }
Course 20 Environmental Health Safety Protection Guide
{ Source : [https://be-ehs.mit.edu] }
Did you Know? Course
20 is the newest Non-Branched Major, unveiled in 2005
Course 20 Research Groups
{ Source : [https://amr.smart.mit.edu] }
{ Source : [https://talresearchgroup.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://rrid.mitpress.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://sasilab.mit.edu] }
(Defunct) Course 20 Club
{ Source : [https://bmes.scripts.mit.edu] }
Suggested Reading
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/biological-engineering-at-mit/] }
Video
Break
Graduate School
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/musings_on_graduate_school/] }
Course 21
(Humanities)
Course 21 Main Page
{ Source : [https://shass.mit.edu] }
Sociology Main Page
{ Source : [https://sociology.mit.edu] }
History, Anthropology, & STS Page
{ Source : [https://hasts.mit.edu] }
Program in the Digital Humanities
{ Source : [https://digitalhumanities.mit.edu] }
CMS Main Site
{
Source : [https://cms.mit.edu] }
CMS Writing Resource Center
{
Source : [https://cmsw.mit.edu] }
Transmedia Story Telling
{ Source : [https://transmedia.mit.edu] }
Work in Progress (Peer Review Service)
{ Source : [https://wip.mitpress.mit.edu] }
Course 21A (Anthropology)
{ Source : [https://anthropology.mit.edu] }
Course 21E
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/every_square_is_a_rectangle/] }
Suggested Reading:
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/engineer/] }
Course 21W (Writing)
Course 21G (Global Languages)
Comédie-Française Registers Project
{
Source : [https://cfrp.mitpress.mit.edu] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/it_all_comes_to_this/] }
Course 21H (History)
{
Source : [https://history.mit.edu] }
{ Source : [https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/blagoblagz_why_im_a_history_ma-2/]
}
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/ratification1/
Course 21L (Literature)
{
Source : [https://lit.mit.edu] }
Lit Tea
Every Monday
Time 4:15 pm
Venue 14N-417
Specific Websites
Melville
Society
https://www.teachingmelville.org/
Shakespeare
Study
https://globalshakespeares.mit.edu/
MIT
French
https://www.mitfrench.com/
Ancient
and Medieval Studies
https://ams.mit.edu/
Humanities
Film Office
https://humanitiesfilmoffice.mit.edu/
Did You Know? Alan Guth
156 Junot Diaz Has Been Mentioned in 45 Different Articles. This is obscenely
higher than the second highest lecturer cited in the admissions blogs, Robert
Langer, at 28
Course 21M (Music and Theater
Arts)
Course WGS (Women's and Gender
Studies)
{
Source : [https://wgs.mit.edu] }
https://wgs.mit.edu/subjects
Each Course has a lovely poster associated with it!
https://www.gcws.mit.edu/students
Consortium for Graduate Studies in Gender, Culture, Women,
and Sexuality
{ Source : [https://www.gcws.mit.edu] }
Suggested Site:
{ Source : [https://data-feminism.mitpress.mit.edu] }
They have an amazing mailing list
with several cool and interesting events.
Course 22
(Nuclear Science and Engineering)
Plasma Science & Fusion Center
{ Source : [https://www.psfc.mit.edu] }
Nuclear Reactor Laboratory
{
Source : [https://nrl.mit.edu] }
Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy
{ Source : [https://canes.mit.edu] }
Course
{ Source : [https://ctp.lns.mit.edu] }
Did You Know? MIT was the first university to actually incorporate Chemical
engineering, Nuclear engineering, and Aeronautical engineering as a major.
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/the_greek_way/] }
Suggested
Clubs
Course 24 (Linguistics
and Philosophy)
24-1 (Philosophy)
{ Source : [https://documentarity.mitpress.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://philosophy.mit.edu] }
Philosophy Club
https://philosophy.mit.edu/groups/philosophyclub/
24-2 (Linguistics)
{
Source : [https://linguistics.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://languages.mit.edu] }
Center for Constructive Communication
{ Source : [https://www.ccc.mit.edu] }
Child Language Lab
{ Source : [https://childlanguage.mit.edu] }
Linguistics Publication/Newsletter
{ Source : [https://whamit.mit.edu] }
Communications Lab
{ Source : [https://mitcommlab.mit.edu] }
Language Conversation Exchange
{
Source : [https://lce.mit.edu] }
Double Majoring
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/double_diplomas/] }
Concourse
{
Source : [https://concourse.mit.edu] }
STS (Science, Technology, and
Society)
STS Mainn Site
{ Source : [https://sts-program.mit.edu] }
MIT Graduate Program in Science
Writing
{ Source : [https://sciwrite.mit.edu] }
(Defunct) Journal of Design and Science
{ Source : [https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu] }
Publications of Graduate Science Writing
{
Source : [https://scopeweb.mit.edu] }
Knight Science Journalism
{
Source : [https://ksj.mit.edu] }
Suggested Clubs
Buchard Scholar Program
https://shass.mit.edu/undergraduate/scholarships/burchard
{ Source : [https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/bumps-slumps-trips-and/]
}
MAS (Media Arts and Sciences)
{
Source : [https://massart.edu] }
HST (Health Sciences and
Technology)
ES(G) (Experimental Study
Group)
{
Source : [https://esg.mit.edu] }
Did you Know? MIT refuses to give a
“Bachelor of Arts” Distinction to any Major, even if you major in Literature,
it will all be awarded as “Bachelor of Science”
Comedy Break:
Bloggers Debating Their
Major/Degree Path