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• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is the Sloan School of Management for undergrads, too?

  MIT Sloan School of Management will challenge undergraduates to expand their analytical and quantitative skills and apply a business ... lead a team, manage a complex organization, or found your own company
• 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 fund analyst to start Khan Academy, a nonprofit educational organization created to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Splash?

  analysis, Splash offerings span a wide variety of areas. Want to take a class ... during Splash, you can get your feet wet with a short introduction to any
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  're considered an international applicant if you're not a United States citizen or ... resident status. If there's a change in citizenship status during the application process you may send a copy of your green card via the application
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  some luck based on your circumstances. It's going to be a bit harder if you live in a more suburban or rural area and local bus routes don't pass by your house. However, if you live in a big city or within walking

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  You may have noticed that I've been playing a lot of video games ... 've been playing a lot of in the last two weeks is Slay the Spire, a ... , that's a lot of hours for a game I've only owned for eighteen days

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  A few days ago, I scrolled through my camera roll to find an old picture. Instead, I found a nearly one year old video that I accidentally ... . Hopefully some of these help take your mind off of college, even if just for a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  ubiquitous as a professional chat room, it was a project management term referring to free space in a schedule, like a buffer period. but there's a ... wanted to do a big task XYZ. they split it into three tasks, X, Y, and Z

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  [annotation note="called as such because it's no longer a weekend ... ! These couple of days have been a testament to how amazing the MIT ... impressive to me. I'm so thankful to be a member of this community :) As I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  IAP is in full swing, and I am having a blast! At MIT, the second ... the IAP acronym, and then spending a quarter of an hour trying to come ... ):...well, mediocre might be a more accurate word choice. But that's unsurprising

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  The Accidental Harvard Class It is possible to miss a class. Not in the “sleep through it” way, but rather in the “harbor a feeling of ... , Culture, & Gender in the U.S & Beyond: A Psychological Perspective

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  “Greater Boston Area”) While at MIT, I’ve been able to hang out with a lot of awesome Boston-area college students. Considering that a lot of ... colleges, I’ve definitely considered this a unique opportunity. There’s a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  our “daily walk” around the track, followed by a vigorous round of ... pretty psyched to see just how cool the PE offerings at MIT are! A small excerpt from the PE course listing for last quarter. Here's a link to the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  There are two books in my backpack right now. The first is a little spring break light reading about a French serial killer and the birth of forensic science. I bought it at a hardcover sale at the Harvard bookstore on

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  : I have a new blog now. Here it is. and now, here are three thoughts ... live - It's nice to feel like I live in a city, instead of feeling like I live on a campus. While I was at MIT, I found myself wondering how

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  The unabridged version of a semi-recent, semi-typical, but memorable ... check my emails and start rolling out of bed. I hadn't ever had a long conversation with Katie '17, but she is in my sorority as well as a member of

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  weekdays. Sure, Monday is a pain. Tuesday is kind of meh. Wednesday at least ... -day. Friday, on the other hand, somehow finds a way to wedge itself between ... a catalogue of sorts here. I guess Fridays are whatever you make of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  I am a first-semester senior. As a result, my brain has been swimming ... , and the possibility of a full-time job; occasionally, it comes up for air and remembers that I'm actually enrolled as a full-time student at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  imagine that they all convened at one place to throw a huge concert, and afterwards there's a gigantic meet-and-greet. They come armed with free samples ... 're their number one fans. Get a picture of the pushing crowds and the buzz

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... school already. Of course, they eventually did, and for a long time, I was ... find a few ways to pass time. I wrote. I wrote a lot. I taught

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013