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• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a high school student taking college classes. Do I apply for transfer admission?

  -year applicant regardless of how many classes you have taken at the university level. The transfer application is intended for students who have finished high school and who will have completed at least one year of college
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  ,” I said, “I’m pretty good at asking for help. And people at MIT are ... pointed out. Working for room and board at farms doesn’t really count. I ... , not for more than a few weeks, a traveller passing through her old

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  in with my parents. About a month ago I decided to go back home for the ... : Everything happens for a reason, (insert name here) is a bad person, I will ... fantasy novels and took advanced math class. Middle school was hard for me

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus ... -key, informal event, where you can sit down for a delicious lunch and chat with ... 'll be in the area, so please RSVP by emailing me at [email protected]. Include

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  actually stand for? I don't know. He concluded much more curtly than at the ... bestowed upon ten leading researchers from four different continents for ... literally free money, we have to stage a battle to the death at an Exec

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choose My Senior Spring Classes for Me pre-registration is open and i will let you decide

  

  every day which is probably not good for my grade. It's at 9am, but even ... is my favorite time of the year! I love registering for classes because ... ."]REST[/annotation]. I know for sure I am taking [annotation note="Oral Communication"]6

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  In the South for prospective students; in the mail for incoming students Travel & email.

  

  Report from MIT Medical. Instructions for obtaining your MIT computing ... is the one that generates the most excitement. For many students, it ... care about you, here are some tips for choosing an email address: You

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  major roller coasters at the park, except for the newest one. Different ... looked at that first drop, I felt genuinely scared of a coaster for the ... . And tour groups in Killian Court looked at it as they went by. Hacks

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  . I am giving you a hall pass for this blog entry. This entry is for the ... ! For the last six months I've spent time in cyberspace talking to your ... called for advice because his oldest daughter was going though the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Themed Online Distractors (for EA Decision Day) to the 2020 MIT Protofrosh

  

  , they say that rejections are required for a successful career. Another ... publishing deal for Chronicles of Narnia after 2 years of trying and failing. Chicken Soup for the Soul authors received 140 rejections before selling their

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  , featuring the bloggable Mollie. For MIT students, they're remarkably happy, and not too shabby at the high-flying stunts either. 5. Heckler: "Hey ... band is pretty cool in itself. 7. The entire band shouting at a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  Financial Services (SFS) SFS is the office at MIT that combines the function ... out. Based on these findings and priors, our goals for this redesign include: making it really easy to find what you are looking for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  DISCLAMER: Again I must inform students that this post is directed at the parents in the crowd. So if you are a student looking for info about ... child survive the process of choosing the right college for him/her. As

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  , experimental prototypes recently devised at MIT's prestigious Artificial ... eyewitnesses, the three robots were ripped from their chargers at the Theta Tau chapter house at 3 a.m. Tuesday. One, a titanium-alloy hexapod approximately

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  fell in love with Chinese at MIT. And for a soundtrack - press play on ... psetting at Next House during spring semester of freshman year when Will ... . While we all waited to fight at tournaments, Kristina would do her Chinese

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  for free like I always do. When I first came to MIT I was terrified of ... counting down to the next bus. (The Silver Line stops at each terminal ... other people on the bus will get off. Get off at South Station. Behind you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  , Catherine D'Ignazio, is even a professor at MIT! Oh god I'm old.  Earlier today, Catherine circulated an announcement (and syllabus) for a new class ... credits Urban Science for Public Good: Gender and Racial Equity in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  was waiting for early action decisions. I know there's no real way you ... few things I can think of.. Things To Do While Waiting For College ... shape who you are today. (Write one to your mother, while you're at it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!

  

  lots of emotions for day 1 of my freshman year. Thoughts ran like mad in ... : silence and song. Moments of laying down on my bed, looking at the ... dancing alone in my room to some tunes. Here are 4 songs for you, with

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 3, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  Silva. He's painted my name at least five times since I've been here as we ... not more, important than doing the same for innovators, I wanted to ... and care are everywhere at the Institute. update March 2025: last

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017