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• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?

  Some students apply to us after an extended break from conventional education, and we value the insights and experiences of students returning to ... expect to see the results of required standardized tests, school
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  are a lot of core requirements that must be completed before a degree ... dozens and dozens of cool classes offered in Course 2, but most students ... . But I'll probably fail. The topic of today's entry is my own amusement

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  classes you take can be applied toward the degree requirements for both ... semester (when you have a better idea of what classes are offered when ... of 24-hour flu or something... I didn't get to go out and watch the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  : health benefits of socialization and long walks. Political Science: aka ... the clubs I have gained access to. Brain and Cognitive Sciences ... own 31 different teas, mostly decaf. I also currently own 6 flavors of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  economic implications. The program offers a master's degree and undergraduate ... : ------------------------------ Henderson explores many shapes of Shakespeare Book examines 'Shake ... September 13, 2006 The works of William Shakespeare have a timeless quality

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Concourse?

  . Concourse offers small classes in the math and science GIRs as well as small ... necessary conditions for liberty, the proper role of science, and the ... Concourse is a unique community of first-year students committed to
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  more applicants we have. When I applied to MIT, we admitted one out of ... process the decisions, I thought I'd offer some thoughts on the process ... great care and thoroughness that they deserve. On behalf of the entire

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  : Receive a degree in Physics, because I love Physics. This is a large part of ... journalism or science writing; regardless of what I end up doing in science, I ... undergraduate has to have a "concentration" in one of the Humanities, Arts, or

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  .409 (which I highly recommend by the way). Another piece of universal advice ... There are going to be a lot of people eager to give you advice on how to survive college and maybe even leave with a degree and some shreds

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  principles of engineering practice in the materials science major.” and of ... Ask MIT students what they like about MIT, and many of them will say ... "the people" of mit, they are only referring to undergrad students, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  reached out for all sorts of reasons—to express concern, offer a monitor ... location of the applied force mathematically relate to the yield point? What variables change if a point load was applied instead of a

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So, uh… help me pick classes I have no classes.

  

  , intermittency, and quasiperiodicity. Scaling and universality. Analysis of ... and no science class. Help me pick a science class! Help me seriously ... the forms and structures of argumentation, including organization of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  curricula were similar to that of a Soviet university and that “the kind of ... , and Social Science. The report, written in the historical context of ... role of a private university in an era of well-funded public universities

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  -international sentiment and are reconsidering their decision to apply to universities in ... at 40% of responding American universities). I understand the concerns ... institutions rooted in science and engineering, we are proud that, for many of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  *written by Rukia H. '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer ... past month, which is strange considering none of the teams I support ... knows that if you sit me in front of a TV and give me a game to watch, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  the wide range of resources MIT has to offer. If you're applying to ... Science and Technology Initiatives) Week, this week is worthy enough to be Career Week. Events of Libraries Week include: Photos with Tim the Beaver

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer exchange programs?

  MIT offers a number of opportunities to study, work, research, and teach abroad.  
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing

  

  [annotation note="in library and information science, which is not offered at ... "]probably won't get a degree[/annotation] out of it. But I know I'll try to do ... 'm preserving this image of a CHILD by embedding it here[/caption] On June 5th

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  their love of science and technology and their desire to deploy them to ... .  We recognize it's a lot of work for all of you to apply to MIT. We ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  MIT, from the University of Michigan to the University of Texas to ... gallon. The tireless enthusiasm of students is one reason universities ... mature sector of the economy will pose complex challenges, universities

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006