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• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I take a gap year?

  year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more students who request a gap year after being admitted to MIT. Taking a gap year before applying to MIT simply gives students more experiences to
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  our future. MIT has been very active in developing solutions to energy challenges, and President Susan Hockfield established the MIT energy initiative in May 2005. Since then, MIT undergrads have done wonders through

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Report on the Status of Undergraduate Women at MIT in honor of International Women's Day

  

  MIT, sharing and analyzing the findings from an extensive survey designed and administered in 2014. The takeaway: young women at MIT are every ... proven competence, the average woman at MIT is less confident in her

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 8, 2016
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit my official transcript to MIT as a QuestBridge applicant?

  (located in the MIT application portal) after you submit your MIT Quest
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can a family member contact MIT Admissions on my behalf, or ask questions about the content or status of my application?

  No, it is MIT policy to communicate directly with applicants about their applications, rather than with their family members. If you have a ... for the MIT application portal.
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colors of Campus and other random things on my camera.

  

  A few snippets of life .   Inspired by Kai’s Parallel Universe Post      

  • by Richard O. '28
  • February 28, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  radio society out of context one panel comics

  

  Triple Foxtrot (Friday Build Night) 7pm Room 50-358!

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 11, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  comic: submitting assignments how it feels

  

   

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 25, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what a sunrise sounds like another one for your ears

  

  sunday morning, before it rained, just before sunrise as the full moon was setting over walker memorial, that brisk boston breeze and the runners along the esplanade (there are always…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2014!

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things:  1) I've begun cold-brewing my own iced tea as per Kenji's instructions 2) I've setup a WeMo Switch connected to IFTTT so…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  MIT faculty member or alum has won a Nobel every year since 1993. So this year, just for fun, I'm doing a poll.  Which MIT professor is your ... in Courage" Cast your vote now on the MIT Admissions Facebook page!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Get to know Tim the Beaver! Tim shows off some moves at an MIT men's ice hockey game

  

  While browsing the internet, I stumbled across this video. While spectators waited patiently for the Zamboni to finish during a men’s ice hockey team against Harvard this past season (we…

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Are We Waiting For besides this video from the freshman arts program

  

  've changed the homepage video. Gone is MIT: The Motion Picture, retired (appropriately) to the MIT Movies Emeritus page. In its place, you can find "What ... movie was produced by MIT students during the Freshman Arts Program which

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh cruel, cursed fate! Blerg!

  

  [Apologies to Wendy Macnaughton and Christoph Niemann for doing injustice to their art form.]

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 3, 2011
• Blog / Events

  150. We're in the news!

  

  rat is physical proof of my being halfway done with MIT. I can't believe ... at MIT. I was thinking of doing something similar this year - but this ... life =P This year, as many of you know, MIT celebrated its 150th

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Like Never Before Kevin Rustagi '11 talks about the MIT LMC and then some.

  

  '11 and interviewing him at the Guitar Center about his club: the MIT LMC (Live Music Connection). To be brief, the MIT LMC is basically a club that brings together various MIT bands through concerts, shows, and

  • by Celena C. '12
  • August 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the Colbert Bump MIT's Riley Crane talks DARPA Challenge on ''The Colbert Report''

  

  Remember when MIT beat out teams from around the world to be the first to find all 10 hidden red balloons in DARPA's balloon challenge? Well Dr. Riley Crane, the team leader, was interviewed on "The Colbert

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / Events

  And It’s Over! The end of the madness

  

  Congratulations to the Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight. They found the Mystery Hunt Coin at 8:28 PM tonight. They're a great team of MIT alums; lots of really smart people. They actually won the hunt 2

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Looking ahead to IAP My favorite MIT event...period.

  

  I got this email in my inbox: ------------------------------ Hi Eveyrone! I know it's hard to believe but IAP is fast approaching and, along with it, the 2007 MIT Mystery Hunt! This years hunt will begin on Friday

  • by Bryan
  • November 29, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  Registration Day for MIT students (the official start of the new academic year) I ... opportunity to help people discover the MIT that I know. Those of you who are at MIT (2010s, bloggers, etc), you know where to find me, and my door

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006