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• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2020–2021 application cycle

  

  sake, but only to the extent that they help us make better decisions for ... students and our own admissions criteria to ensure we make good decisions for ... students to pick whatever is the safest and most affordable option for them

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 13, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

      (Photo credit for these two goes to Julie H. '11) I was amazed by how ... , I started jogging for the door, while the Dalek announced to everyone ... (DISCLAIMER: Unless otherwise specified, photo credit for this post

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  to ride an hour on the Orange Line. You'll be bombarded by these ... , probably. I want to talk about The Dorms though, because, a) It’s housing renewal season so I’ve been thinking a lot about where I want to live, and b

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  fronted the bill for everyone. Five I put myself to blame I let you get away ... crowdsourcing to give real-time bus tracking, but it was also useful for paying ... time to cook, so it's usually reserved for special occasions. I wouldn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2013 FAQs

  

  your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT from ... our Early Action process. We will accept up to November test scores for Early Action, and up to January test scores for Regular Action. Q: If I

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  [/annotation]2023, for reasons that I don't really want to get into right now. I ... people in Silicon Valley keep trying to found new things rather than ... , something I feel ultimately to be true."]slowly, but surely, things get better

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  siesta, and have left me to use only my eyebrows for expressions (I don ... not to scream. It's not the drill - I have about as much tolerance for ... ), so for the movie my buddies and I dressed up (we didn't go as far as to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  Corridor was abuzz with activity, people excited for the new year of classes ... , for some reason, chose to enroll in MIT's hardest physics class, dubbed ... important than mentoring the students I teach." A relatively new name to me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  Here's one less thing to worry about when applying to MIT: Students apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the ... academic departments, or courses, which are often referred to by their course
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  here in Central Standard Time except for the classy new decorations my ... break, let's share a celebratory non-alcoholic drink to ring in the new ... , microwave-safe cup. Helpful tip: If you can't get the powder to dissolve, try

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  that semester, I went back to him with grades I was proud of, and a new ... learn and get better at math. In a way that allowed me to be me. I guess I ... now you’re learning something new, and that’s hard to do, but that doesn

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?

  

  [by Emily LaVerriere '15] First of all, I need to second Miren ... will be performed in January in New York. So, if anyone happens to be around New York during IAP and happens to hear of it, I’d highly recommend

  • by ARTalk
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  unsuccessfully to fasten it shut. The climbing wall is run by volunteer staff, who ... for the locking mechanism to work, so I called instructions through the ... until I found a way to get back into the hallway. After receiving

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  2020 Admitted Student Gatherings Get a vision of your future at MIT

  

  acceptance letters, current students are getting ready for spring break, and ... -togethers in their hometowns for students admitted to the class of 2020. These ... the listing on your MyMIT account for the most up to date information

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  this ain’t (not) Texas yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw

  

  get to the parking garage, and my rental car agent greets me with a ... super desert-y. You do need a car to get around, but some areas are ... . Felt made for me. Felt right. It made me look forward to a hot girl

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 29, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  Studies and Planning. The number of applicants for admission to the ... Schmill Dean of Admssions Now is no time to despair! Lucky for us, we ... 've probably gotten in to some other schools! So what'll it be for me next year

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Staying in Touch Family back home or here in Boston!

  

  ago when my sister and mom finally got the chance to visit for a weekend ... constantly looking for places to eat. To be fair, I call my mom just about ... changes daily), adventure I had taken into a new area of Boston, or just to

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  I’d previously had for the subject. It was partly due to my disliking ... the properties of things and how to engineer new materials with the ... -immigrant visa for a temporary stay. Per federal regulations, if I want to work off

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  three a cappella groups, and was lucky to get into two, but I ended up ... , many hours getting to know my maternal grandmother, but my grandfather ... conversation in Bangla. I’ll never get to know him. I periodically deeply regret

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  really easy for you to build radio receivers with a car antenna and a ... . she was also the first woman published by the paris academy (for a paper ... working on a new arrangement for my a cappella group. i just finished a book

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017