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• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  would be helpful for us to know about your circumstances, you are welcome ... On the application, there are designated spaces to provide additional context on how the pandemic or other circumstances may have disrupted your
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I defer my enrollment?

  If you're admitted to MIT, you may defer enrollment for one or two years. After confirming your intent to enroll in MIT's first-year class, you will be asked to submit a formal request for deferment to the Dean
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  cool experience. Free transportation: MIT students get free access to ... ’s even just nice to be able to get out of the MIT STEM bubble for a bit ... ’s also just nice to get thrown back into that freshman year excitement for

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• FAQ / Interview

  How am I assigned an interviewer?

  After submitting your application, you will be notified if there is an Educational Counselor (EC) available to conduct an interview. If an EC is available, they will reach out via email to schedule an interview
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  getting to know each other through some applied meeting of the minds, in a ... relationship. Anthony's take: this looks like a *very* promising way to get well ... fall semester, your transcript will look the same whether you get a 50 in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  accurate depictions of how things really were. How wonderful was it to get to meet George Takei? Did you get to hang out with him more than was shown in episode 2? It was AWESOME to meet George Takei. We did get to talk

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  support for MIT students. Whether you're struggling with a pset because of something going on in your life, you feel too ill to take an exam, you're ... hose and Student Support Services (S3) is available to help you manage
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  students cry en masse, Your confidence, you will come to lament." It could ... will let me be your queen Let me succeed, and bring on 5.13. Ode to 9 ... /limerick composition; Person who posts the best one gets either a) a prize sent to him

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  semester has been going. It's been incredibly busy, almost to the point to which I've just forgotten what's important to me. This blog is about the ... wanted for myself. I think one thing that gets underestimated here is the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  next four years. Now, there’s definitely no way to get the full breadth ... . That's not to say that you can't find your home in the grey sponge, just ... Let’s flash back to a sunny weekend in April, where the grills of MIT

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  guarantee you that no matter what your interests are, you will be able to find ... ).... and I've decided to be ME (get the pun?)!! Why you might ask? Well... it ... Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovely readers of the MIT blogs! I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  Alright, folks. Let's get down to business. Buying cookies and ... your advisor every semester to talk mano-a-mano about which classes to ... meetings. It's a great way to start off the week. How are your Mondays? Mine

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  !"]Red Line.[/annotation] If you go, try to get there more than 15 minutes early ... . So...if you're tryna to have a summer beach experience but really don ... since you won't have the opportunity to do that this year, you can access

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  -athlete: “The basketball team comes back early on December 26th to get ready for ... you want to get recruited to swim for MIT you should email the coaches ... coaches. I think recruit trips are also a really valuable experience to get

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  ended deciding to get up and wander Union Station. I have come to the ... ="84400" /] Out of a mild fear of getting lost or left behind, I attached myself to an old lady who was also getting up to stretch her legs; we had a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  building to MIT, because nobody will ever use your name in referring to it ... 't it? Sorry about that, chief. Basically what happened is that I had to ... at MIT. But the real challenge is to explain why it heats up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  , we decided to get the hell out of there. Soon after this, we were told ... tunnels to get from Building 54 to the main academic buildings without going ... getting ready to go outside and play in the snow with Sarah when the 223

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  . But first I want to tell you about the most exciting part of the trip--getting ... cost you a bundle to get to or from there. So don't think "Ooh, la la la ... tomorrow night I'm leaving work a little early so that we can get over to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  sure you need to give your real call sign” “That’s totally a real call ... to figure out how to get to the club room. Walker wasn’t the most ... wanted to print the current W1MX logo on a PCB, but the best he could get

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  feel like: So I just made a vlog to get back in the rhythm of filming/editing/etc. If you're curious, here is the Buzzfeed article I mentioned (I'm still ... working to get more artists to lecture here. (I still have a tiny bit of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014