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By doing so, we hope you’ll learn more about MIT, but also about yourself.

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❗️What to do if your application is disrupted by a natural disaster or other crisis.
✅ First-year applicants: Don’t forget to submit the February Updates & Notes Form by February 5. You can find it in your checklist in the portal.
🗓️ Transfer applicants: Before you start an application in the portal, please review the eligibility requirements. The transfer application deadline for fall entry is March 17.
✅ Learn more on how to apply for financial aid.

Latest from the bloggers

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How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(
- by Aiden H. '28
- February 4, 2025
As someone who is notably not a millionaire, I started working in high school once I turned 16. And while a lot of students at other universities might continue to work off-campus jobs, this is very much not the culture at MIT. Considering that the workload here is commonly referred… Read More
happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)
- by Emiko P. '25
- February 3, 2025
Today marks my last first day of classes (LFDOC!) as an undergrad at MIT. This semester feels particularly special for a number of reasons. Namely: It’s my very last semester (still trying to wrap my head around this) I have already completed every requirement… Read More
(another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center
- by Veronica P. '27
- February 1, 2025
barcelona, with casa battló in the background If there’s anything I’ve learned from being here this long, it’s that when the weather turns and the gloom sets in and everything feels cold and bleak, the one thing that helps is to pick your head up, to stop… Read More

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#GTL (Global Teaching Labs)

#IAP
Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students
- by Richard O. '28
- January 30, 2025
Being able to experience new things is such a fundamental part of growing up and with the increasing interconnectedness of our world, it’s now easier than ever to share new information with others. But despite this, there are so many barriers that make finding learning opportunities difficult for… Read More
the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts
- by Ceri Riley '16
- January 29, 2025
Last August, the MIT Admissions blogs turned twenty. Over the past week, we (belatedly) celebrated by asking a bunch of former bloggers to come back and blog for us—just like we did for the tenth blogiversary. In case you… Read More
Affirmations not unnecessary
- by Paige B. '24
- January 29, 2025
“My name is Paige, and I’m a bit of an optimist. Or at least, I try to be. … Beyond being an optimist, I’m a mathematician. Or at least, I try to be.” – my blogger bio, circa summer… Read More

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#grad school

#paige doing math
Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)
- by Elizabeth Choe '13
- January 29, 2025
When Petey messaged the blogger alums about coming back and posting for the 20th anniversary of the blogs, I originally hadn’t planned on writing anything. And that is because while everyone else has been checking in from all corners of the world and sharing the many adventures post-MIT… Read More

Bringing hands-on STEM activities to all

Yari Golden-Castaño, engineer and aspiring astronaut, speaks on her evolving commitment to educational outreach through her work with the Lincoln Laboratory and the Girls' Innovation Research Laboratory (G.I.R.L.). G.I.R.L. encourages students (you don't have to be a girl!) to develop technologies that help communities and to empower them with the skills and confidence to pursue STEM.

Online learning opportunities

Shreya Mogulothu '26 shares how taking an MITx online class as a high school student opened her eyes to new possibilities—including applying to MIT.

Free SAT bootcamp with Schoolhouse

Schoolhouse.world is a free online tutoring platform where you can get personalized support from a peer tutor. Join their small-group SAT Bootcamps, College Admission Workshops, and Math Learning Labs, or get extra homework help. If you're planning to take the SAT, sign up for one of Schoolhouse's free SAT Bootcamps. The deadine to register for the March SAT bootcamp is February 6!

Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed
- by Nisha D. '21
- January 29, 2025
I really was not going to post. There were several excuses I was making to myself as to why I was not going to post: I am not even that old! I only graduated 4 years ago, or 1 MIT generation ago. My yapping has not… Read More
rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life
- by Waly N. '24
- January 28, 2025
Somedays, I check to make sure my diploma is real and I didn’t just dream the whole thing. I get a little bit jumpscared when I get an alumni newsletter. It doesn’t really feel like it meant for me, though, somehow, it is. I’ve been getting MIT… Read More
Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only
- by kellen manning
- January 28, 2025
I’ve been stuck in the same dungeon in Metaphor: Refantazio for the last two weeks. The most frustrating part of this experience is that every time I turn the game on, it’s a new enemy that sends me to my digital maker. Well, that’s not true. The most frustrating part… Read More
in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23
- by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
- January 28, 2025
zero. alan proof of life (credits: Arun W. ’23; Eric Z., Harvard ’23) So, in spite of it all, we’re still alive, and we’re still writing. You can’t stop us. I’m fairly convinced that nothing can, except for the sweet and… Read More
You always have been hi everybody!
- by Cami M. '23
- January 28, 2025
Dear Reader, I’m writing this in the WordPress portal and this is an absolute blast from the fucking past. Can I open up by cursing? Is that allowed? One time, in my sophomore year, there was a blogger meeting where I think it was insinuated that content on the blogs… Read More
infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet
- by Vincent H. '23
- January 27, 2025
in the (almost) two years since leaving school, the term “infinite corridor” has taken on new meanings for me. at mit it refers to a long hallway on campus: but lately when i think about infinite corridors this is the picture i have in mind:… Read More

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From the community

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.

Sky is no limit MIT alum Sheila Xu '14, who was born deaf, never imagined she could become a pilot, but says MIT put her on that path.

Log Log Land Tap along as the MIT Logarhythms debut their song, "Hall That Never Ends."

Advancing aquaculture Santiago B. '26 and Unyime U. '27 are working with MIT Sea Grant to develop image-recognition tools that will help aquaculture hatcheries monitor shellfish seed.

Life on Mars, together As part of Crew 290 at the Mars Desert Research Station, two MIT students learn what it’s like to be a Martian during a Mars analog mission.

An unusual piano lesson Advanced piano tech offers new ways to engage with music and study live performance data.

The positive power of math MIT alum José Esparza Lozano ’19 is spending a year in Rwanda to help train its math olympiad team, with the aim of using math to bring positive changes to the community.

Recognition for sustainability work MIT’s Anna Kwon '24 and Nicole Doering '26 are the first undergraduate students to receive Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Jane Matlaw Environmental Champion Awards.

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