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• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  don’t panic. While it is important to submit your application on time ... application. Supplemental items are not listed on the tracking site, but we ... item you are checking on and the approximate date that it was received by
• FAQ / Transfer

  How much does the transfer application cost?

  -blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won’t have any impact on your chances of
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT have a Financial Aid Calculator?

  We have two calculators. The MyinTuition Quick College Cost Estimator provides a quick estimate based on six questions. For a more in-depth review, the Net Price Calculator will help you learn your eligibility for
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  to occur around the first week of June. The '18s graduated on June 8, the '17s graduated on June 9, the '16s graduated on June 3, the '15s graduated on June 5, the '14s graduated on June 6, and the '13s graduated on

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  On Wednesday evening, right before the first 8.01 midterm, I had an ... on the internet did not turn out to be helpful. You can find things like bathrooms and elevators on the MIT floorplans, but vending machines

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  new nature. I make skeletons that walk on the wind so they don't have to ... these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own ... 's Strandbeest stood in the rain on a patch of pavement outside the Media Lab. With

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Let There Be Prefrosh! And let them build ALL the things!

  

  with all the cool things going on in the East Campus Courtyard! There are so many exciting things going on, and best of all, THERE ARE SO MANY ... prefrosh until convocation when President Reif gets on a stage and says that

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.

  

  half-floor suites. B entry has a common entry lounge on the eleventh floor, with colossal windows on two of the walls, and we also had a suite lounge on the tenth floor a few doors down from Cory’s room. The suite

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  I got on a bus this morning to go home for Thanksgiving, fully ... on the bus, I realized that everything I do - work, blogs, grad school app essay drafts - is on Google Drive. I am now drafting this in a .txt

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Multidimensional Showcasing an aspiring physicist with amazing musical talent

  

  that is so typical of life here at MIT, I hear piano chords playing on ... together in our chapter house on Beacon Street on the Boston side of the ... " at SK Late Night on October 7th. (A campus-wide talent show hosted

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Celebrate the Good Times just another good reason to eat more cake

  

  fireplace and placed it way back on the lawn with chairs organized around it ... full day on Saturday while surveying the yard in anticipation, I said to my partner, Janyce, “Come on, we’re driving in to Cambridge tonight to

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 6, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Public Art And one fantastic sandwich

  

  BLT on whole wheat, I passed by numerous workmen unloading flatbeds of ... woman on a crane directed workmen on the ground while pointing out how to ... event of the FAST Festival. On the evening of May 7th, the Charles River

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  ’ portion of the exhibit. And then on my second month on the job, I had the ... Festival just another of many pieces to this impressive celebration going on ... my partner reminded me that we hadn”t been out on a date – or even out

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  This past week has been a mixed bag on many levels. On the one hand ... generally hanging out with friends. On the other hand, I didn't get much ... potholes, run into ridiculous roadblocks, turned down dead ends. On some

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  For pi are cubed. There can only be one winner.

  

  it because I was running 3 miles on a treadmill in the Burton ... fact, on my running log, I have "FREAKING BC TREADMILL" written for the ... The Colbert Report, just like a real college student! And so I did on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  admissions advice. Hmm.... First, here are some previous entries on specific topics: Advice on the college interview (Mitra) Advice on the application essay(Mitra) Clarification on what exactly a "good match" is (Matt) But

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Florida, complete I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a…

  

  packed house. I also got some recommendations for yummy Cuban food on Calle ... back to Tampa on Thursday to attend and present at the national ... few entries to talk about stuff happenning on campus. On that note

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who ... to leave your advice on visiting MIT and Boston in the comments; I will pass that advice on in the posts to come. A visit to Boston to visit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  prospective student) with MIT student hosts (more on this soon), putting ... and listening to Dinnertime Sampler on WMBR. Tonight's guests are ... going on this week at MIT, as always -- a video art lecture tonight that I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  me wonder why I don't see more people listing fishing as an activity on ... understandable; I remember doing a bit of that myself on college apps. I vividly ... ahead of me in school, was working on her college essay on the bus to a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004