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• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  the surface and learning for the sake of a grade instead of for the sake ... , watching four hours of movies a day, and sleeping through the other half). To ... high school this fall), I was one of the AP kids, as I'm sure a lot of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of ... unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you ... , shake it off, and remember that you will survive, even thrive, wherever you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of ... unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you ... , shake it off, and remember that you will survive, even thrive, wherever you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of ... unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you ... , shake it off, and remember that you will survive, even thrive, wherever you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2019
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I need a high school diploma to apply?

  your odds of getting into MIT and will help you make the most of the ... MIT doesn't have any age requirements and doesn't require high school completion to apply. Each year we receive a small number of applications from
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  , solving brain-busting puzzles, and taking classes on the other side of the ... and cold afternoon but the feeling of liberation from classwork kept the ... man) and the features and architecture of the house. Now, this wasn

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  of the #pandemiclifestyle, partially because it's my last semester and ... a week, and maintain the sort of schedule I would have gotten used to ... , which is increasingly sounding more and more ideal to me. By the end of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  pets in dorms, and the number of pet-friendly schools appears to be on ... cat for a couple of minutes and just de-stress." On the third floor of ... , administrators say. The felines add a warm touch to a high-pressure environment of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Things That Are Awesome (And have been keeping me from writing recently -- Sorry!)

  

  , rolling it up into katamari, and eating it! Here are some pictures of the ... courseload. This puts them in position to finish all of the requirements for ... total of 6 years.) Besides the time-savings, I am excited about this

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And I am telling you I’m going And you, and you, and you, you're gonna love me.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The highest ever cricket batting average of all time ... 't wait! Stay tuned for tales of my audition for The Amazing Race, the ... MIT guest in Harrisburg, an 800-pound butter sculpture, and, of course

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How does one attain a Pirate License?

  H. '20 is one of the students who has earned official MIT Pirate ... arrrrrrr! Come to MIT and earn your Pirate Certificate. All MIT undergraduates must complete eight points of physical education classes to graduate
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we ... interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you may talk amongst yourselves below. As always, please keep your comments civil and friendly in

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we ... interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you may talk amongst yourselves below. As always, please keep your comments civil and friendly in

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  They Call Me Yankee The stars at night are big and bright - deep in the heart of Texas!

  

  each day in front of pretty microscopes and pieces of metal. The other ... , and it is a good feeling. I plan on attending the Houston MIT Class of ... here in Texas - people up north are yankees, and people who live on the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 6, 2014
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  a great starting point for us (and for you) to understand the size of ... , these definitions and tools don’t really capture the true essence of what ... ’re valuing the kind of life and how it shapes—the grit, the creativity, and the

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC Presents: Black Panther 2

  

  of Black Panther 2. Black Panther 2 had been on LSC's radar since the beginning of the semester. We knew for sure it was something we wanted to ... of Student Life (DSL) and MIT's Student Organizations, Leadership and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  receptors of the tongue and activates them in response to acid, making sour ... Bill and the release of Radiohead album The King of Limbs. Multiple MIT ... Zev B. ‘08 thought they tasted fake, and prefers the sour versions of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  situation. The feeling of anguish and helplessness can be overwhelming. Life outside of the Gulf Coast moves on, and the Office of Admissions is still ... disaster, and it's just too early to tell what the best course of action will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  to finish my blog post drafts…) I head out of the Museum and go past ... years, we get two student holidays in the fall, in accordance to Rules and Regulations of the Faculty 2.11: Classes shall be suspended during the following

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  After I finish my M.Eng (Master's of Engineering) thesis in the spring, it will be time for me to leave MIT and venture out into the real ... , and otherwise fulfill me. So far, I've met a *ton* of companies. I can

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009