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• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  navigate MIT and attempt to reconcile my diverse interests in both biological ... , but have been left wanting for different electives among a sea of MIT ... advantage of MIT's unique Comparative Media Studies department and enroll in

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  class. That's right, I GOT MY FIRST A AT MIT!!! I am so happy!!  I actually never thought I could do it.  I thought that MIT didn't give A's for ... learned more than I ever had before about myself and about how to do MIT

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  . MIT students are some of the best shooters in the country because we ... MIT, one of the best teams ever. But, due to budget cuts of many important varsity sports and teams, the MIT Pistol Team is now student-run and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  a comment by me, or the admissions office, or MIT on the politics of ... , and YouTube, and Wikipedia, and, for that matter, MIT Admissions) by ... they are important and central to MIT too. That's why MIT Professor Sir

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art is Everywhere! [by Emma Frank '15] Public Art at MIT

  

  [by Emma Frank '15] Before I first visited MIT, I envisioned it ... . But it is! And after a tour of MIT’s public art through my freshman advising seminar 21M.A12 (Arts at MIT), I’m flabbergasted at

  • by ARTalk
  • October 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  I'd like to talk a bit about deferring entry to MIT, also known as ... -year) deferral from starting at MIT, it is super easy to do so. On your online reply form on your MyMIT portal, just choose I will enroll at MIT and I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  -warping influence of continued sleep deprivation, my initial 5 days at MIT were about ... leisure, like building miniature “robots” and touring MIT/Boston and eating ... Facebook community. And then came September, when Fake MIT (orientation

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  semester at MIT, but added, "but he did nothing but study." That is NOT what P/NR is for! P/NR is there to smooth out your transition to MIT's rigorous courseload - to allow you to explore what MIT has to offer while not

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  to be visiting. MIT After going through the surprisingly crowded ... visiting Boston, so I told him about getting into MIT and CPW. After a brief ... while watching the Discovery Channel (I was meant for MIT!) until my

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  I'd like to talk a bit about deferring entry to MIT, also known as ... -year) deferral from starting at MIT, it's now easier than ever to do so. On your online reply form on your MyMIT portal, just choose I will enroll at MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  IAP, as you might have heard, is a fun and exciting time to be at MIT ... , was religion. MIT's Asian Christian Fellowship hosted "Doubter ... are Kevin Ford (an MIT chaplain and pastor) and Garrett Smith, who is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  to get a recommendation letter from a current MIT undergrad student? Do ... of MIT if the rest of your application is stellar ... , a 2100 is definitely not going to keep you out of MIT if the rest of

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  enough to get you into MIT. Invariably, someone takes that statement and ... that they’re capable of being an MIT student!” I mean really. Stop and ... strong enough to succeed at a really hard school like MIT. Plus, admissions

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  subject right now, which I hope will give you some insight into being an MIT ... that this is MIT's fault--MIT is, of course, the greatest school that ... engineering curriculum at MIT, which is structured to hit you with most of your

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of '09, which means that I am writing entries about what it's like to be an MIT student ... I can't even begin to explain it. When I do get to MIT, I'm planning

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  that I can give you to answer all your questions: visit the MIT ... , extracurriculars, tests, and international applications. Next, read the MIT Blogs ... , International Applicants, Process and Statistics, and Prepare for MIT. For those

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  have these unfortunately miniscule admit rates) MIT Programs & Life ... potential of students majoring in science, engineering or other MIT ... gay and lesbian community at MIT--the good, the bad, and the ugly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  the resources to teach it. Would MIT distrust the score because of that ... understand the policies MIT makes on this, whether or not I agree with them." Please remember that no one is ever admitted to MIT based on numbers. The

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  --it was the farthest I’d been from the MIT bubble in months. When the plane ... first semester in MIT was over. Since then, I’ve been with my aunt and ... missed it in MIT too, the food, the drama, the culture, although those

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Events

  dogg number there is no one better to be than myself!

  

  Spotify artist's "Dogg Number". That's the header for our HackMIT project ... [annotation note="an annual hackathon hosted at mit where you try to code a project in 24 hours"]HackMIT[/annotation] this year just to see what it was

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 20, 2023