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• FAQ / Life and culture

  What career services are available?

  MIT Career Advising & Professional Development guides all students—current and alumni—as they explore and prepare for careers. Whether ... average starting salary for an MIT undergraduate—regardless of major—is $126
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do dual enrollment students apply as a first-year or transfer applicant?

  Students participating in dual enrollment programs or taking college-level courses while in high school apply for first-year admission at MIT. If you apply to MIT while you're still in high school, you're considered a first
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  Here's something else to love about MIT! The first semester at MIT is graded on a pass/no record basis: if you pass the class you get a “pass” on your transcript;  if not, there's no record you took it. The
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I need a high school diploma to apply?

  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 ... your odds of getting into MIT and will help you make the most of the
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge?

  One of the highlights of MIT's yearly academic challenges and competitions, the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge, connects students with the ... the MIT community worldwide. The IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge
• FAQ / Transfer

  What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?

  MIT welcomes a small group of exceptional transfer students each year. Successful transfer students come to MIT from many backgrounds: community colleges, the U.S. military, international universities, and other non
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  The second Monday in October has long been an MIT holiday, but today is the second year that MIT has observed it as Indigenous Peoples' Day ... the MIT community regarding the day: Indigenous Peoples’ Day is our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Years Through A Laptop Case a walk down memory lane

  

  When I started my freshman year at MIT four whole years ago, senior ... alone eight whole semesters at MIT. At some point, I realized that I ... MIT. Even though, I lost the bottom case and the top is chipping and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 10, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  who had been participating in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange the last year ... reintroduce myself and talk about life post MIT at MIT. I graduated June 8 and ... adulthood. OH -- and if you think you can do everything at MIT in four years

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  make your decision? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are ... in this situation, MIT Admissions is willing to give an extension on ... an extension, you can either email our office at admissions at mit dot

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  21: The Movie Afterthought: You probably have to had seen the movie to understand this entry fully. =/

  

  21 = Vegas + MIT kids. Me = born in Vegas (seriously) + going to MIT ... Sturgess), an incredibly brilliant student at MIT who is capable of rattling ... MIT. Moreover, he is bored with his life as an academic superstar and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  Today's an MIT student holiday! Years ago the faculty decided that ... going on around MIT. For example, today the MIT Museum had an MIT ... graphic identity or my dorm room, I'm a huge MIT history fan. Seeing the MIT

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  make: choosing your MIT username. You may not appreciate yet how big this decision is: your MIT username (also referred to as your Athena or ... your first (and likely primary) email address while you're at MIT, you

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  offices at MIT are. Among them is @MITStudents, an account maintained by Kellen Manning, Communications Coordinator for MIT's Division of Student ... about the Division of Student Life (DSL) at MIT? Essentially DSL promotes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kick . . . start

  

  release of the MIT Application at the end of summer.  I know during the ... MIT alum Matt DuPlessie. Each year Matt gives back a little to MIT by ... all this MIT/5 Wits collaboration we also host a group of MIT interns

  • by Snively '11
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  Shape, as detailed by MIT's Division of Student Life, is as follows: MIT ... students will develop a community among their peers, facilitated by MIT ... joined ~50 other MIT students and boarded a bus to the Camp Wonderland

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  (: Hello everyone! I’m Kirsten, one of the four fabulous freshmen MIT ... ). I, like many (but not all) at MIT, knew I wanted to go into math and ... applications, MIT wasn’t my first choice school. I had visited colleges the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Start shaping up in January! I like.

  

  about starting a team for getfit@mit, a 12-week fitness challenge for the entire MIT community. Presented by MIT Medical, the MIT Health Plans, and ... , getfit@mit encourages MIT to exercise regularly, dangling a grand prize and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  I'm frequently asked about the students that are admitted to MIT. Who ... a series of articles about incoming MIT students. These articles ... , and the students are going to be great members of the MIT community. A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  typical day is like for an MIT student. Although that's a very good question, it's actually really hard to answer, for two reasons. First, MIT is ... feeling the pain appropriately). And even beyond the classroom, MIT students

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008