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• FAQ / Life and culture

  What career services are available?

  MIT Career Advising & Professional Development guides all students—current and alumni—as they explore and prepare for careers. Whether you are planning for a career, searching for an internship or job, or
• 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
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to send an official college transcript?

  entered as a supplemental document in your file. Enrolling first
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT prefer public school or private school?

  MIT. Matt McGann, former Director of Admissions, wrote a great blog
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I fill out the self-reported coursework?

  Use your best judgment when completing the Self-Reported Coursework section. We're simply trying to get a clear picture of your academic preparation by subject area—you can't do anything wrong when completing the form
• FAQ / Interview

  What if my interview is waived?

  . The interview is not a required component of the application, and the
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  celebrations and fireworks. I kept a blog (which you can read at gabehikestheat ... been in a position to take the semester off, to have supportive family ... money do not equal happiness So long as you have a certain amount of each

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  Part 2 of today's Q&A... Possible future MIT Mom asked in regard ... in session, but MIT is not?" This is a good question. It's certainly ... example, my friend Jake got a terrific room his freshman year at the East

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  In cross country, you hear a lot about running through the pain, but ... anyway, so I took a day off and hoped it would go away. But it didn't, and ... 't remember what it felt like anymore, just that I felt a bit of real fear at

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  I am popping my head out of committee for a moment to [annotation ... applying to us for Regular Action, but we presume you're getting a lot of ... have all the information we need about your case before we make a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  have been redirected as well.  I know that this may be a frustrating ... in college, and my younger daughter is a high school senior who is ... evaluate each application.  In a blog post on COVID from early March, we

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  after being patted down by a very kind TSA agent while one of his ... Caltech"). We landed in Baltimore close to 7 AM Saturday morning, after a ... . After orienting ourselves and collecting my luggage, we hopped on a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.

  

  " as a catalyst for discussion, seminar participants will examine gender ... complete a final written project. No prior knowledge of "Sex and the City" is ... . Eagar, A. Kadak, J. Freidberg, B. S. Johnston 4.605 Introduction to the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  For many years I have written these blog posts from a cubicle in room ... ="Overlooking...Chipotle."]new office,[/annotation] on the second floor of a new building, E38, which is ... least 2015, as part of a broader Kendall Square Initiative along MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  :)). Anyway, as you can tell from my post tittle, I wanna talk a little bit ... Cambridge.) SIGH. I will look like a zombie for 2 months ☹ But it’s okay ... , munching on macarons. The following summer I obtained a PSC Fellowship to

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the Scenes of MIT Gala liveblog - how a fashion show is made!

  

  out into something much larger, including a student arts showcase, live music, and of course the titular runway show. Planning MIT Gala is a ... the scenes to see how a fashion show is made. [caption id

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • April 27, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding 1000 digits of pi nom nom buzz buzz

  

  On pi day, campus was buzzing with events.  That morning, I even planned out all my pie stops: a Project Manus makerspace mentor social ... event where makerspace mentors welded on digits of pi to a steel apparatus

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2023 i3 videos megapost

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where ... like a glimpse into how MIT students describe their own communities to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  first mentioned this song in a blog post two years ago, and it's always ... 'm listening it right now and I don't like it. Do yourself a favor and listen to ... 't have to listen to how embarrassing I sound? Well, I'm trying to make a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Landing  Your Aircraft Has Arrived at Gate '21 

  

  The very first blog post I published on the blogs was a play on the ... was a witty combination of orientation information and MIT ... the weather outside is a chilling 2021.   For your safety and comfort

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 4, 2021