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• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  seem very nice; the lady offered me one of her crackers. We're flying ... alumnae-turned-astronomers at various institutions. I e-mailed all of them ... Institute. I presented my poster on the first day of the conference. The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fonts of MIT a typographical tour

  

  fonts."]display fonts[/annotation] of the Technology Review and the Media ... of its signs, like this one: Most room signs have numerals set in ... :[/annotation] That's not the only instance of Helvetica here. On the lower-right corner

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  have ever met, a lot of whom have degrees from MIT. It was pretty cool to ... [by Vicky Thomas '12] Like most of you reading this, I stalk these ... follow-up stalking (I like to think of this as "scanning for comments by my

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  The theme of my (very short) MIT experience so far has been that ... interesting. EVERYTHING. I’m exaggerating, of course, but only a little. There ... about before this summer, and all of a sudden, they all seem like the most

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  application process has just started to wind up, but they do offer a ton of very ... sophomore year of high school. Even with me diving head-first into studying for the MCAT (which demands quite a lot of time), I'm still willing

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  -obsessive amount of time to look through the course catalog and major requirements for every major. Most of this was out of curiosity and [annotation note="I've never gone through with any of my plans, I just love making them. My

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Red Sox *wwooooossshhhh!*

  

  sounded like a bunch of fighter jets just flew by, another benefit MIT has to offer: front row seats to fly-overs. [Update] Yeah, I think there has to be a game, because I just heard the last little bit of the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 7, 2009
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What summer programs are available?

  MIT doesn't offer a traditional open-enrollment summer school program ... the dorms. There are a number of small, specialized summer programs on campus, but they're not run by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Most
• FAQ / International applicants

  Can I apply if I am undocumented?

  those students who face financial barriers, we offer fee waivers on our ... that meets 100% of a family’s demonstrated financial need. For more information, check out the section of our website for undocumented applicants.
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide CSS Profile waivers?

  Some students of certain incomes are able to have the their CSS Profile fees waived by the College Board. MIT is not able to offer a fee waiver directly. If the cost of the CSS Profile poses financial difficulty
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  with the privilege of a) having gotten a math/cs degree from mit b) being ... questions me: what would you say is the primary source of joy in your life ... of them: one is people and another is creative work, like art or

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  It's so nice to be graduated -- I can make lists of things that I've done and call them blog entries! Hooray! I know a lot of people are thinking about their fall schedules right now (I mean, a lot of freshmen

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  french fries. The brothers of Theta Xi saw our excitement and offered to ... . We offered them some of our surplus cake, but they politely declined ... Of all the numerous documents bestowed upon prefrosh checking in for

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there really a swim test?

  Yup, there's a swim test! There's an awesome variety of physical ... and the eight point General Institute Requirement. The swimming ... during the academic year. If you take the right mix of classes, you can
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  dwelling on that. While some of my friends have completed their requirements ... . Then there's the feeling of relief. Whew - I don't need to cram 6 classes together to finish my degree. In fact I can proceed at a comfortable pace. I

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  introspection, sometimes they creep into my life nonetheless. (I'm the daughter of ... completely not-sappy movies like March of the Penguins and Sahara.) Today was ... Miller, was out of town today, so the Brain and Cognitive Sciences

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  science aspect of my degree altogether and dedicated myself to sociology ... In my sophomore fall, I wrote the art of trying new things, where I ... Addresses important, current debates in media with in-depth discussion of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  institutions outside of their home state.  Planning the 5 stop college fair was a ... institutions, I often wondered how to give back. In Fall 2023, I joined the ... of Wyoming. I was thrilled to join the planning team and attend the

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life in the Fast Lane why do i walk so fast?

  

  student here: $300 per day. (Big clarification–MIT offers one of the most ... [/annotation] is a battleground of different speeds. The tourists walk at a lackadaisical pace, gazing around at the trappings of academia and stopping to

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 29, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  A few nights ago I insinuated that there was a list of questions ... work? Is the program composed of self-starters, with very little peer ... work hard? Is hard work a virtue or an expletive? Is there a lot of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006