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• FAQ / First-year application

  How much is the application fee?

  The first-year application fee is $75, payable online with a credit card when you submit your application. We understand that paying college ... one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT practices
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does the MIT admissions process work?

  After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel as though your application has entered a black hole. So what really happens between when you ... the details can add a lot of stress to the waiting period, so we
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  for a couple days, the bulletin boards begin to look familiar. You ... leads you. One. Don't look: what's the color of the floor in the room you ... , because my head is imposing this map that the territory does not follow

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why I stayed up until 6am on Thursday More nerdy cake-baking.

  

  Spoilers: there's a picture of an awesome cake at the end of this ... French House dinner - at this point, I don't remember what the food ... a mental list of all the things that had to be accomplished between 7

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach with the taste of fresh complaints in my mouth, trying to wrestle down the symptoms of workaholic withdrawal through the ancient zen technique

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  so I could stand around the track in the athletic center for several ... capture the huge number of people milling around in caps and gowns. I ... the details of the day explained to us. No such luck. We checked in at a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  So, remember how back when I blogged about all of the many varied ... " is going to have to be added to the list, because I am seriously good at it. No, really! Okay, so unlike some people in the dorm who live

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  day his work lines the Institvte's hallways. The Edgerton Center ... as a photography hub, but if you look in the right places you will find ... on forever). I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Conspiracy and intrigue

  

  Before we get to the subject of this entry, we have a question! Xin ... character part in an Assassins' Guild game. The Guild is an MIT live ... of your character that also explains your character's goals for the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  joshua angrist shares the nobel prize! and the research is *so* cool

  

  Some of you may have heard the news already, but if you haven’t: on Monday, Joshua Angrist, the Ford International Professor of Economics at MIT, won the Nobel Prize in Economics (officially, the 2021 Sveriges

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 14, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  All the advice you’ll need for the next twelve hours not clickbait

  

  , please breathe, relax, and ground yourself. If the emotions become too much ... . Right now, it can feel like the most important thing in the world is what you'll hear in the next few hours. Your mental and emotional health are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Conner 2 Trip to the North End Bother bother bother bother

  

  A bunch of people from my floor decided to go to the North End to get pizza and pastries the other night. I didn't feel like writing about it so ... look like if you were an MIT student and went to the North End. Enjoy!

  • by Snively '11
  • February 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  New ZigZag video podcast & behind the scenes An inside look at the new video.

  

  ... check it out! Let us know what you think, either in the comments section below or at the ZigZag comments box. The idea for this episode actually came up last semester over a lunch meeting at the Forbes Family Cafe in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2007
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  Experimental Study Group (ESG) offers instruction in the core first ... their education. Instruction takes place in a 14-room suite on the top floor of one of the central buildings on campus. Eleven staff members and
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  ... which just goes to show what a great job the acoustics engineers did on soundproofing the building! I got to experience it first-hand last week, and it was pretty mindblowing. That’s right – the Music Cubes

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Have you ever wanted to copy-paste the text in an image file? Well, now you can--thanks to a HackMIT project.

  

  Naptha trending the front page. I've blogged a couple of times already about hackathons at MIT and how amazing they are in the amount of experience, learning, and motivation they can give you in the space of ten or

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 25, 2014
• FAQ / Transfer

  Are there other classes I should take beyond the recommended coursework?

  While we can't recommend specific classes, you may want to compare the courses offered at your institution to MIT's by referring to the MIT ... what you would like to major in, you may also want to take a look at the
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  The Quiz: HEY GUYS UPDATE THE LINK DOESNT WORK ANYMORE ILL TRY TO FIX ... got! Behind the Scenes: This started months ago as some joke-turned-blog-idea on the MIT class of 2029 Discord Server, where I was helping out

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  the spring force, as expressed by Hooke's Law This past spring ... days swung wildly up and down. The more I pushed myself, the greater ... feel like I've experienced both ends of activity levels: doing all the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  i'm in the class of 2023. this means that i spent only six full months on campus before getting kicked off due to the pandemic. now i ... the sophomores who spent their COVID spring semester at MIT. i'm really

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021