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• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  the water pressure. They are a friendly and easily accessible hub of support for MIT students. Whether you're struggling with a pset because of something going on in your life, you feel too ill to take an exam, you
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  -based college math competition held on the first Saturday of December. The ... The results of the 2015 Putnam Competition were recently released ... of Mark Sellke '18, Bobby Shen '17, and David Yang '17. The Putnam

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  ) while trying to maximize the happiness of the matches based on the ... of the girls working on this problem: Livin The Dream with Gale ... Softtek   Graciás a la University of Monterrey for hosting us on your

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  stuck this piece of aluminum on the mill. A mill is essentially this fancy ... different diameters, we pocketed (made a square shaped hole) on the top of the ... training class that is. Never heard of the Edgerton Center Student Shop

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Announcement] The MIT Bloggers are hosting an AMA! Ask us anything this Friday and Saturday!

  

  of people based on a specific topic. It has its roots from the r/IAmA subreddit."]AMA ("Ask Me Anything")[/annotation] on April 18 (9 AM EST) to April 19 (11:59 PM EST)! Here's what's gonna happen: On April 18 at 9

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 15, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  C-Sail Jack Florey really went Captain Jack on this one.

  

  This might look like a regular old picture of the Stata Center on a ... a closer look at that sail! Looks to me like a sail with a C on it...a C-Sail... It's a C-Sail on CSAIL! (For those of you who still don

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  today: I received season 1 of Grey's Anatomy on DVD I went to Wellesley ... Two of my friends from UCLA are visiting, and we have had a busy ... , homemade gelato in Beacon Hill, truffles on Newbury, Trader Joe's chips in my

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 30, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  At the very least, we recommend you have one full year of both ... . Depending on your major, you may have covered more ground in one science ... . Fortunately, each decision is made on a case-by-case basis and depends on your
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  21: The Movie Afterthought: You probably have to had seen the movie to understand this entry fully. =/

  

  completely honest, I would say that 75% of the movie is not based on the book. * The movie is not shot on MIT campus at all. Most of the "in ... on the second floor of Building 4 and Sloan lecture halls. * Random

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  My Entirely Unexciting IAP see title

  

  UROPs), to enjoy the multitude of craziness that goes on on campus (see ... So, compared to my IAPs of years past which I spent studying abroad ... taking the monster of a test known as the Medical College Admissions Test

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 28, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist and transfer: quick update No decisions yet, but some notes & reminders.

  

  I know that with all the hubbub for admitted students, some of the ... can admit. For now, we are waiting to see how many of the 1597 admitted ... reconvene and discuss the waitlist. You can see a lot of answers about the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn't accept them all. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  , and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was ... read some of their experiences here, here, and here. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  , and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was ... read some of their experiences here, here, and here. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... learn more about it, you can read more here.  Some of you may feel happy to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Decisions Released Today

  

  reading the profile of transfer student Ian McKay featured on the MIT ... applicants. After several rounds of an extremely rigorous transfer committee process, we eventually were able to offer admission to 25 of them. Transfer

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  great care and thoroughness that they deserve. On behalf of the entire ... of them are going on to college. Add to that an increase in the number ... process the decisions, I thought I'd offer some thoughts on the process

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

  Travels Winter break is here!

  

  of the CME students are taking advantage of our 6 week winter break to do some heavy duty traveling. Some of the places include: Russia ... goes on. Personally I decided to go back MIT for 2 weeks and then going

  • by Cambridge
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions Beginning To Arrive How are you guys doing?

  

  Hi everyone, It's been one of those weeks here in the office - I can't seem to get anything done. I'm working on the big Q&A thread that I ... too. I won't divide you up into groups; after all, we're all part of

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 13, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the Infinite Corridor?

  , the circular path of the sun crosses the axis of the Infinite Corridor. (As viewed from a stationary point on the earth, the path of the sun ... The Infinite Corridor is MIT’s spinal cord. Many of our departments