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Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?
United States citizens or who have applied for citizenship and are medically qualified for military service may enroll as a cadet or midshipman.
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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 ... search for "pirate" above.) -
FAQ / First-year application
How do I track the progress of my application?
student's application—all materials have to be processed. We ask for seven ... 're happy to check receipt of items if you allow sufficient time for -
Blog / Prepare for MIT
My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago
pattern - hunting for the best shortcuts across campus, making daily trips ... at MIT for rising high school seniors. During the program, students ... - I was super intimidated for a lot of reasons. Growing up as the -
Blog / Life after MIT
Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)
for the 20th anniversary of the blogs, I originally hadn’t planned on ... in MIT Open Learning for a few years (working with Ceri!) while doing ... now a professor in Course 20 who I saw every week for the past 6 years -
Blog / Life after MIT
MIT, Medicine, and Success from Any School thirteen years in a thousand words
married, now with two dogs, for eleven years. The impact of meeting her is ... (though perhaps not for me) to compete GPA-wise with applicants from ... for the first time. Vidya, aware of my unprovable connection to the -
Blog / MIT Life
Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?
seems to be the number-one catered item for all events on campus and ... the title, this part of my orientation period was my favorite and for good reason. During the summer before move-in, MIT opens applications for -
Blog / How to Human
home
, crawled under my blanket, and waited for around 30-minutes, willing the ... render adults dreadfully boring to every child under the sun - a desire for ... , articulate what that means anymore. When I was 17, about to leave Arkansas for -
Blog / Classes
Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student
more serious about college, I tried searching for answers on my own. My ... college life, particularly here at MIT. I’ve only been on campus for a a little over a month and attended classes for three weeks, but here are a -
Blog / Challenges
art and work i really struggled with titling this one
skipping past uneventful scenes or zoning out for large portions of concerts during college i developed a method for watching shows very efficiently ... , then read the plot summary for every subsequent episode, take note of the -
Blog / MIT Life
Living the MEng life same, different, same
's shifted how I approach leaving the house. I can't just go home for lunch ... When I leave for the night day [annotation note="Am I dating myself with ... more into biking! I owned a bike for all of undergrad, but I almost never -
Blog / Miscellaneous
on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.
seconds ago and recognizing people I follow on Instagram only for them to ... , peculiarly, where I went to high school. For whatever reason, the inquiry of ... which, while certainly not always accurate, I refuse to actually name for -
Blog / Challenges
by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano
probably screwed. in other words, by the time he knows to look for the other ... happened. for the most part, each round in bloons tower defense is harder ... have been saving up money for a major purchase you’re likely to quickly -
Blog / People & Identities
a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!
Philly. It was called AWP, which stands for the Association of Writers & ... . Apparently the UA Committee funds travel grants for MIT students to attend ... hat and [annotation note = "the hat was too small for me and kept -
Blog / Personal Projects
I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years
the door had ever been painted. I thought about it on and off for all ... no door painting for me that year. Or the next. This blog post is the ... complete psets and exams remotely. They were also super fun for drawing on -
Blog / Admissions
choosing where to go for my younger brother
sandy mountain ledge, a lesbian with hot dogs for fingers. My younger ... ago, Kyler came to Cambridge for Visitas, Harvard’s visiting weekend for admitted high school seniors. He stayed with me for one night before crashing -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
knot again my spread for Infinite Magazine Issue 9
this post I'm going to focus mostly on the spread that I directed for ... : Nina R. '23[/caption] The theme for issue 9 was "chaos." As usual, we ... knew I definitely wanted to do a spread for Issue 9, and specifically a -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation
supplies for team bonding events, since we were all virtual. as a captain, I ... being responsible for the entire [annotation note="aka performance ... joining another college team. from their perspective, the best move for me -
Blog / Events
[Joint Post] Avoiding Sunstroke Solar Cars, Solar Stories, Solar Blogs
race, the first of which I wasn’t present for because I had to work my ... ’t at all sure how to write it. I wasn’t there for the whole time, to ... American Solar Challenge for the admissions site. Which made me think, wouldn -
Blog / MIT Life
and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!
incredible excited for a lot of these classes, but mostly just the prospect of ... 're scared of just showing up to events. Different strokes for different folks ... to finally have all of us together after being virtual for so long and