{"id":2919,"date":"2017-12-13T19:28:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T19:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biology-dev.mit.edu\/?page_id=2919"},"modified":"2024-01-02T12:49:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T17:49:22","slug":"why-mit-biology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/graduate\/why-mit-biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Why MIT Biology?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Graduate training at MIT Biology is an intense and collaborative program designed to provide students with the research and communication skills required for a successful career as a scientist.<\/p>\n
What makes our program special:<\/p>\n
But don\u2019t take our word for it. Hear what our students have to say.<\/a><\/p>\n The office of institutional research provides admission, demographic, and time-to-degree data for MIT programs. Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hear Grad Students Tell Their Stories<\/a><\/p>\n In response to the challenges of teaching, learning, and assessing academic performance during the global COVID-19 pandemic, we have adopted the following principle: our admissions committee will take into account the significant disruptions that the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020-2021 has had on our applicants.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0This will factor into how we review students\u2019 transcripts and other admissions materials. This is consistent with our long-standing practice of performing individualized, holistic reviews of each applicant.<\/em><\/p>\n In particular, as we review applications now and in the future, we will respect decisions regarding the adoption of Pass\/No Record (or Credit\/No Credit or Pass\/Fail) and other grading options during the unprecedented period of COVID-19 disruptions, whether those decisions were made by institutions or by individual students. We will also take into account lost research opportunities during the pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\n Ultimately, even in these challenging times, our goal remains to form graduate student cohorts that are collectively excellent and composed of outstanding individuals who will support and challenge one another.<\/em><\/p>\n “MIT netbet sports betting appBiology encourages graduate students to get a flavor of different sub-areas within biology, and that was the fit that I was looking for. I have come to realize that the program is all I expected and so much more.” We are strongly committed to promoting diversity and inclusion as one of our core missions. We welcome and encourage talented individuals<\/a> of all cultures, ethnicities, socio-economic backgrounds, and sexual orientations, including individuals with disabilities, to apply to our graduate program. Our faculty value teaching and mentoring and are committed to providing a supportive, caring, and inclusive environment for all students. The department sponsors multiple programs<\/a> and activities to promote community building and to encourage open communication between students and faculty.<\/p>\n In addition to department level efforts, MIT has a number of dedicated offices and student organizations<\/a> as well as substantial infrastructure to support and serve a diverse student population with a spectrum of needs.<\/p>\n View Graduate Program Diversity Stats<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a culture of collaboration and multidisciplinary research. A lot of the best ideas I\u2019ve had came from talking to my labmates and leveraging their knowledge.” The first-year program provides rigorous coursework that teaches fundamental concepts and approaches to research; students engage with peers studying core subjects. Most first year students take four subjects in the fall semester and three subjects in the spring semester in addition to participating in spring lab rotations.<\/p>\n As a first-year student, you will be assigned a faculty mentor with whom you will meet regularly to discuss subjects, lab selection, graduate student life, overall progress, and any concerns.<\/p>\n You will get broad exposure to our department and ongoing research before choosing your rotations and your thesis lab.<\/p>\n Core Curriculum<\/b><\/p>\n Our subjects are designed to strengthen your scientific background, provide broad training in the approaches and concepts of modern biology, and expose you to contemporary thinking in specific fields.<\/p>\n Required subjects:<\/b><\/p>\n One of the following subjects focused on computational and quantitative biology:<\/p>\n Electives<\/b><\/p>\n Elective subjects are chosen from a wide range of topics offered in either lecture or seminar format.<\/p>\nBiology Graduate Admissions and COVID-19<\/h2>\n
\nShalini Gupta, Bell Lab<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nBroadening Participation<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>Lauren Cote PhD ’19, Reddien Lab<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/a>First-Year program<\/h2>\n
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