FAQ / Life and culture
Is MIT a diverse community?
currently on our campus who felt the same way before their dream became a
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FAQ / Academics and research
Is Math fun at MIT?
A lot of our students select math as their field of interest when applying to MIT—which is no surprise, since our math department is one of the best on the planet. Mathematics provides a language and tools for -
FAQ / Life and culture
Did an MIT grad start Khan Academy?
posting tutorials on YouTube. Three years later Sal left his job as a hedge -
FAQ / First-year application
Does MIT prefer public school or private school?
about public/private schools years ago that's still relevant today: On -
FAQ / First-year application
Do dual enrollment students apply as a first-year or transfer applicant?
university level. Information on transfer credit is available at the Office of -
FAQ / Academics and research
Can I study Global Change Science/Climate?
, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, the Joint Program on the Science and Policy -
FAQ / First-year application
Will there be a wait list this year?
Each year we aim for a class of approximately 1,100 students. Based on our estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend (known as the "yield"), we admit about 1,400 students. However, it isn -
FAQ / Life and culture
What support is available for LBGTQ students?
, welcoming communities on campus willing to answer questions for current MIT -
FAQ / First-year application
May high school juniors apply?
information on our site about what to do in high school that you'll find helpful -
Blog / Extracurriculars
[Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students
mostly for me to get information on the role rather than anything on their ... puzzle lead (Sophia) and the art director had worked on Haunt the year ... time though, we ended up on the MBTA theme (at the strong behest of one -
Blog / Challenges
everything is actually going okay and i think that's pretty cool
, but i've been slipping on that recently, because blogging has taken a ... with them. i'm on top of my work, and i don't want to kill myself. on ... you lose some, or something like that. on the outside i'm doing less -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
up, down, and out some moments from the last month
soul. These feelings usually sneak up on me—I never know when exactly to ... [annotation note="wear your helmet kids"]a bike helmet,[/annotation] so on the ... scheduling second doses. My bag and my bike helmet sit on the ground. I feel -
Blog / MIT Life
Dear prefrosh, a letter to you
on Campus Preview Weekend. Who knew that the years I spent wasting away on Discord would one day come in handy for something as important as ... &A session on MIT Admissions' official Instagram account. Running these events -
Blog / Extracurriculars
My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience
believe very strongly that if people are sick on hall, they should feel comfortable coming and knocking on my door. Many of us Medlinks in East Campus ... the door and let her in. She sat on my floor, and I sat with her. She -
Blog / Academics & Research
Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.
I am back in Boston, sitting on my comfy couch after a lovely weekend ... right on the Massachusetts Bay, and I always get a little nervous on the ... you can see all the sailboats and people sunning on the beach, and then -
Blog / Academics & Research
The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.
end of July so I could spend the month of August working on Ben's couch ... with subjects so that people can easily find blog entries on certain ... moment, I am dedicating myself to writing entries on a couple of under -
Blog / Admissions
The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!
thousands of dollars that are flowing back and forth on paper between you and ... had a lot of papers out, and was frantically scribbling numbers on ... State on my full scholarship, she was planning to get a pool in the -
Blog / Hacks
Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…
on that site). All of a sudden, the hack pictures were all over the internet- on gaming forums, random livejournals by people halfway across the ... hold off on some interesting pictures I have for you so I can follow -
Blog / How to Human
2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024
’s normal to depend on others, but this year I saw myself confronted with the fallbacks of depending too much. I learned to be happier on my own, and ... expectation, waiting to see and be seen by somene. This expectation weighs on -
Blog / Classes
A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee
tengo amigos en esta clase y mi profesora es muy atenta!! (We are back on ... of gaming on the culture of today as well as the culture that surrounds ... the greatest at Spanish. It's nice to be in an environment that works on