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✏️ The first-year and transfer applications are available in the portal! Before you start, please review the eligibility requirements to choose the correct application: first year / transfer.
🗓️ The Early Action deadline for first-year applicants is November 1.
✅ If you’re applying for financial aid, the 2026–2027 CSS Profile is now available. Learn more on how to apply for aid.

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The Periodic Table of MIT It's Interactive! (desktop only)
- by Aiden H. '28
- October 14, 2025
The Periodic Table of MIT Close… Read More
my MIT admissions essays a retrospective
- by Victor D. '27
- October 14, 2025
I applied to MIT three years ago (shudders). I was originally thinking about writing a blog post about advice for high school seniors but I find it difficult to put myself in that person’s shoes, especially since I look back on those years entirely differently now than while I was… Read More

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#admissions essay
“Hala’s Escape from Groundhog Day” season 18 episode 98
- by Hala K. '29
- October 13, 2025
Every modern TV show with more than 3 seasons seems to have one thing in common – the Groundhog Day episode.⁠04 and maybe a painfully bad… Read More
liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸
- by Ellie F. '28
- October 9, 2025
About a year ago, I posted a blog about what I thought would be my last year of Mathcamp. In hindsight, it’s no surprise that I applied to return as a JC a few months later. And when my offer popped up in my inbox, I thought perhaps… Read More

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#mathcamp

#summer
what is and isn’t me (rush, part 1) and the somewhat methodical unraveling of self
- by Caleb M. '27
- October 7, 2025
Day 0: The Wind-Up Stop me if you’ve heard this one before—“when I first came to [insert college here], I didn’t think frat/sorority life was for me.” At this point in the blog, I would be stopping myself, because this is a refrain I’ve heard many times from… Read More
How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro
- by Anika H. '26
- October 6, 2025
With how many cool opportunities, classes, clubs, people, makerspaces, traditions, and shenanigans that happen around MIT on a daily basis, it’s easy to stretch yourself thin. You’ve all seen the graph- social, academics, sleep (pick two). Right now I have all three – a wonderful group of friends I… Read More
classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies
- by Victor D. '27
- October 5, 2025
When somebody asks me “What classes are you taking?” my mind completely blanks. Unless I’m actively working on an assignment for that course, it will take me a while to dig through my mental archive to remember all the classes I’m taking. It’s like I lack object permanence, except for… Read More

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#dusp

Empowering classrooms through design

MIT students apply design thinking across diverse disciplines, from bioengineering and architecture to chemistry and public policy; with the newly launched Day of Design curriculum, any K-12 classroom can access this same powerful toolkit.

Achieving escape velocity

Students at a Delta V presentation in an auditorium.

MIT delta v is a capstone accelerator opportunity that allows MIT student entrepreneurs to work full-time on new ventures, receive mentorship and funding, and hit escape velocity to launch into the real world.

Engage, dream, and wonder at EDW

Engineering Design Workshop (EDW) is a month-long summer program that welcomes rising 9th through 12th grade students to the MIT Edgerton Center Student Project Lab to build the engineering projects of their dreams.

On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison
- by Allison E. '27
- October 2, 2025
A lot of people at MIT were probably seen as the “smart” friend in high school–the one who excelled in classes, or juggled impressive extracurriculars, or always seemed to have some interesting trivia on hand. Being the “smart” friend was a piece of our identities, a point of… Read More
1 Fish, 2 Fish, a Lot of Fish, and a Snail Putting a Big Box of Water on my Dresser
- by Richard O. '28
- September 30, 2025
So last semester I had a radical idea to get a pet aquatic turtle. I don’t even remember what sparked my interest in wanting to get one (it was likely from remembering the one we had in my 7th grade science teacher’s classroom), but I knew I wanted one in… Read More
what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is
- by Aiden H. '28
- September 29, 2025
I had a biochem exam today. It did not, uh…go as planned. What was even more frustrating was that the exam was not particularly difficult. The content was totally fair and just challenging enough not to be pointless, but not so hard that most of the class couldn’t do it. Read More

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snip snip liberating the shoulder one free t-shirt at a time
- by Veronica P. '27
- September 28, 2025
Dear blog readers, I have something to confess. I, Veronica P, am an addict. No matter how hard I try to fight it, I get this uncontrollable urge. Every single time I get a free t shirt, I can’t help myself. It’s an itch that must be scratched. It’s all… Read More

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#DIY

#freetheshoulder
loftblogging 3: liberation via customization i <3 process
- by Victor D. '27
- September 26, 2025
My dorm East Campus (EC) has a long tradition of radical room customization, including resident-constructed lofts, shelves, and miscellaneous furniture. Although I initially emailed the EC house manager to request additional bed posts, after several weeks of being ghosted, I decided to regain control of my space. I would build… Read More

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#East Campus

#lofts
rage, as explained by thermodynamics I had a bad day and soon a thermo exam
- by Aiden H. '28
- September 25, 2025
Tuesday I had a bad day. I want to talk about what bad days look like right now, because what I consider a bad day has changed a lot over time. I also want to talk about thermodynamics⁠… Read More

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A beacon of light A lantern created in the Design Intelligence Lab creates sustainable alternatives for consumer electronics.

Recyclable EV batteries MIT researchers designed an electrolyte that can break apart at the end of a battery’s life, allowing for easier recycling of components.

Robotic probe Developed to analyze new semiconductors, the system could streamline the development of more powerful solar panels.

Integrated photonics Sabrina Corsetti builds photonic devices that manipulate light to enable the previously unimaginable, like pocket-sized 3D printers.

Magnetic Breakthrough MIT physicists have observed a new form of magnetism that could offer a path to “spintronic” memory devices.

Art meets science Designed and built by Gloria Z. '26 and Lee L. '26, this calligraphy machine has a way with words.

An underwater robot with a mission Developed by MIT Sea Grant, SeaPerch is a maker project that provides an approachable path for middle and high school students to learn more about sensors, robotics, climate science, and more.

Engineering joy Watch as MechE remembers the late Dr. Woodie Flowers who led the way for hands-on engineering education at MIT and spread the joy of designing and building things to students—not only on campus but around the world.

Robot research MIT AeroAstro associate professor Luca Carlone and his students in the SPARK Lab are working to expand a robot’s awareness of its environment in ways that approach human-level perception.

Blending coffee and science In class 3.000 (Coffee Matters: Using the Breakerspace to Make the Perfect Cup), students explore coffee chemistry and what makes a good brew through hands-on experiments.

“The Whole Student Experience” The latest issue of Spectrum delves into what it means to educate the whole student at MIT.

Mind and hand Rhea Vedro, a technical instructor of metalsmithing, aims to transform the lives of her students through the art of making.

The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch More than 2,000 handblown glass pumpkins are sold each fall to benefit the MIT Glass Lab.

Ride on! The MIT Bike Lab is a student-run bike shop that provides bike repair and maintenance services to the MIT community.

Reshaping the future of clothing manufacturing MIT's Fabric Innovation Hub aims to foster a community of experts in fibers and fabrics and build a network of knowledge that will revolutionize the textile industry.

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A beacon of light A lantern created in the Design Intelligence Lab creates sustainable alternatives for consumer electronics.

Recyclable EV batteries MIT researchers designed an electrolyte that can break apart at the end of a battery’s life, allowing for easier recycling of components.

Robotic probe Developed to analyze new semiconductors, the system could streamline the development of more powerful solar panels.

Integrated photonics Sabrina Corsetti builds photonic devices that manipulate light to enable the previously unimaginable, like pocket-sized 3D printers.

Magnetic Breakthrough MIT physicists have observed a new form of magnetism that could offer a path to “spintronic” memory devices.

Art meets science Designed and built by Gloria Z. '26 and Lee L. '26, this calligraphy machine has a way with words.

An underwater robot with a mission Developed by MIT Sea Grant, SeaPerch is a maker project that provides an approachable path for middle and high school students to learn more about sensors, robotics, climate science, and more.

Engineering joy Watch as MechE remembers the late Dr. Woodie Flowers who led the way for hands-on engineering education at MIT and spread the joy of designing and building things to students—not only on campus but around the world.

Robot research MIT AeroAstro associate professor Luca Carlone and his students in the SPARK Lab are working to expand a robot’s awareness of its environment in ways that approach human-level perception.

Blending coffee and science In class 3.000 (Coffee Matters: Using the Breakerspace to Make the Perfect Cup), students explore coffee chemistry and what makes a good brew through hands-on experiments.

“The Whole Student Experience” The latest issue of Spectrum delves into what it means to educate the whole student at MIT.

Mind and hand Rhea Vedro, a technical instructor of metalsmithing, aims to transform the lives of her students through the art of making.

The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch More than 2,000 handblown glass pumpkins are sold each fall to benefit the MIT Glass Lab.

Ride on! The MIT Bike Lab is a student-run bike shop that provides bike repair and maintenance services to the MIT community.

Reshaping the future of clothing manufacturing MIT's Fabric Innovation Hub aims to foster a community of experts in fibers and fabrics and build a network of knowledge that will revolutionize the textile industry.