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MIT is a Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. students for the fourth consecutive year

On February 10, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs named MIT a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Students for the fourth consecutive year. This recognition is given to the U.S. colleges and universities that received …

By Lydia Huth
Lydia Huth Communication and Program Manager
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First-year students discover medical careers in Prehealth Advising-led SP.252

”I’m not sure what I want to do, but I know I want a career where I can directly improve people’s health.“

These sentiments are what Prehealth Advising’s first-year discovery subject Careers in Medicine (CiS) SP.252 helps students explore and, …

By Akunna Rosser
Akunna Rosser Senior Assistant Director, Prehealth Advising
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Medical Ethics and your Med/Health Professions School Application

When applying to health professions school, your ability to wrestle with complex ethical situations is an important predictor of how well you’ll be able to handle such situations as a practitioner.

Medical schools and other health professions schools assess this …

By Ariel Ackermann
Ariel Ackermann
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Hybrid Master’s, PhD, and Postdoc Career Fair welcomes hundreds of students

CAPD is happy to report that the hybrid in-real-life/virtual Master’s, PhD, and Postdoc Career Fair on 3/31 and 4/1 was a smashing success! CAPD’s first in-person career fair in two and a half years had 204 candidates in the Johnson …

By Dana Kovacs
Dana Kovacs Assistant Director for Career Fairs
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MIT’s high standing in employability rankings explained

At MIT, we know that the students we work with are incredible, and we see our graduates go on to make remarkable, meaningful impact. An MIT student’s future potential is common knowledge at the Institute, and we’ve continually seen it …

By Lydia Huth
Lydia Huth Communication and Program Manager
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Exploring the human stories behind the data

Senior Brian Williams has used bioengineering as a launchpad to combat racism in public health — and he doesn’t want to stop there.

Read the full article on MIT News.

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QS World University Rankings rates MIT #1 in graduate employability for 2022

MIT has maintained its no. 1 place in Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings’ Graduate Employability Rankings for 2022. Stanford University, UCLA, The University of Sydney, and Harvard University completed this year’s top five, respectively. 

The Institute received a perfect …

By Lydia Huth
Lydia Huth Communication and Program Manager
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Pay is an Absolute Value


What is the Equal Pay Working Group? 

MIT’s newly-launched Equal Pay Working Group has been working since summer 2020 to raise awareness of the issue of pay inequity.  Led by CAPD and AMITA (Association of MIT Alumnae), the group comprises students and …

By Deborah Liverman
Deborah Liverman Executive Director, Career Advising & Professional Development
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3 Questions: Ian Waitz and Blanche Staton on MIT’s continuing commitment to graduate students

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Despite the pandemic, the Office of the Vice Chancellor has continued to make progress on efforts to enhance the MIT graduate student experience.

Q: How …

By MIT News
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3 Questions: Deborah Liverman on helping students overcome career uncertainty

MIT Career Advising and Professional Development (CAPD) has a simple mission statement: engaging undergraduates, graduate students, alumni, and postdocs in self-discovery to craft lives that are intellectually challenging, personally enriching, and of service to the world. With increased career uncertainty …

By Lydia Huth
Lydia Huth Communication and Program Manager
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