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• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  't be lame and fake at said interview. 3. Get good scores on the SAT I and ... community college) and get good grades in them. And, of course, you can get ... (and it's difficult to think of a school which would be a good control

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  a house tour of mit sororities! meet aphi, axo, and theta

  

  was thinking that I’d take you all on a tour of a few of them! Alpha Phi ... Welcome to a tour of three MIT sorority houses! Believe it or not, sorority life is a thriving community here at MIT, with about ⅓ of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-January Updates The latest from Cambridge.

  

  application and receiving your decision is a good time to focus on family ... . Lots of reading to be done! If you are a regular action applicant, please check your application tracking on MyMIT today. If you are missing an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  #NoBanNoWall

  

  the United States is already having an impact on members of our ... barnhart (in blue, on the ground left of the pedestal) saying a few words ... the members of the MIT community: The Executive Order President Trump

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 29, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spreading Santorum around MIT Or rather, just spreading awareness of Santorum.

  

  photograph to paste a cutout of good old Rick's head onto. I've decided not to ... 'm not too fond of my US senator, Rick Santorum. I won't go into any ... strong that I felt the need to express it in an avant-garde photomosaic on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  —one year each of college-level calculus and calculus-based physics. Depending on your major, you may have covered more ground in one science ... . Beyond academic preparation, competitive applicants have made the most of
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  statistics on numbers of applicants, percentage accepted, and stuff like that ... Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I ... the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  who is working on something that you think is awesome. More than 90% of ... reactor (the only one of its kind located on the campus of a major research ... The opportunity to get involved in research as an undergrad is one of
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  I've spent the last five months living at home on Long Island, New ... could start a new season of my life. I packed up about half of my worldly ... dear friend on a Christmas tree farm. The other half of my possessions

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection notes A brief update from selection.

  

  web, on email, or over the phone. The date of the mailing will be ... busy time! Most of us are very behind on email, phone calls, etc ... Solomon '06 did stop by to drop off a copy of the new CD by Resonance, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT What every MIT graduate should have experienced.

  

  , won tickets and took my camera along for the trip. On the night of Ring Delivery, we went to the Top of the Hub for some cookies and a good ... At orientation, we received a list of "101 Things to Do Before You

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry, no dorms yet but… ya wanna see some classes?

  

  was a good time to take a quick survey of what you want to see of coursework at MIT (maybe it's not, I don't know, I'm running on empty here ... but it depends on how shameless I am that day. Most likely, I will

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT salutes Harry Potter ...the best way we know how, with hacks!

  

  celebrated the series a number of times in the way we celebrate: with hacks ... Stata Center July 20, 2007 On the day before the release of Harry Potter ... . Building 9¾ from Harry Potter November 17, 2005 On the night of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a college student’s life My life consists of library visits and pizza delivery, because I'm totally original and stuff.

  

  kind of creepy. The bar corresponding to what's currently going on with ... So the other day, I was totally out of food. Like, completely. I hadn't been grocery shopping for weeks, and after making a meal out of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  fraction of the most difficult course at my school. A course on American ... way, then once again, and pushed it into a pocket of my notebook. Years ... I just had the busiest, craziest summer of my life. I remember a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most errors I see are not in the essay portion. People are pretty good about ... activity list, list of honors and awards, self-reported coursework form, or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  Growing up, I loved to mock tourists. Precisely, of those who would take about a hundred pictures of the most random things you can imagine ... the Charles River and stop in the middle of the road to take a picture

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  's living groups or campus geography that the folks on one end of campus just don't often see those on the other. :P The aim of this "outing" is to ... 'm back in Cambridge a couple of days before my French class starts on

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  , there has been a special focus on the substance and purpose of the General ... the GIRs. It's one of the ways I learned that MIT was designed for ... education should be] founded on a thorough knowledge of scientific laws and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  has already increased the amount of greenspace on campus by 0.0005%. And here's how: (The following pictures are a mix of pictures I took on my ... was placed right in front of the main entrance to MIT on Massachusetts

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006