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• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  review over the weekend. Despite the fact that I'm a fairly new reader, I ... " section: When we admit a class of students to MIT, it's as if we're choosing a 1,000-person team to climb a very interesting, fairly rugged

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  How do I apply to the Women’s Technology Program?

  WTP is a women-focused program aimed at empowering students from groups that are historically underrepresented in engineering by providing a rigorous four-week summer academic experience that introduces 20 high school
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  We understand that everyone has a unique story and that we can’t possibly cover every “what if” in an FAQ section. The MIT application allows ... application is read in a holistic manner, within its proper context.
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What summer programs are available?

  MIT doesn't offer a traditional open-enrollment summer school program where high school students can come to campus to take courses and live in the dorms. There are a number of small, specialized summer programs on
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of robotics programs does MIT offer?

  Although robotics isn't a specific department or major, you can find robotics in nearly every corner of MIT. Here are a few examples: Biomimetic Robotics Lab CSAIL MIT Media Lab Edgerton Marine Robotics Team
• FAQ / International applicants

  Do application materials have to be in English?

  All application materials must be in English. You may have a professional service or a teacher in your school complete the translation, but you can't translate the material yourself. If your teacher translates
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  couple weeks.  Wish me luck!  I have been studying a lot and I really hope ... EMT exams, I am trying to take a less stressful courseload, and so far ... microstructural scale.  I am still a bit confused about what we are learning and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  .033, Relativity. Relativity is a great class to teach, if you enjoy designing ... into strands of spaghetti. Our professor obviously had a good time ... that your uncle is in fact crazy.) Cutest observer ever: A note

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  A photo posted by Michael Cheung (@m_cheung_) on Apr 13, 2016 at 4 ... and Airbnb, and shows no signs of slowing down.  A common criticism of ... -changing potential. Sam Altman (president of Y Combinator) gave a talk today at MIT

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  by Tananya Prankprakma and Sophia Wang   This post is a love ... thoughts on food. (PS: Even we’re a little confused about the stylization of ... often marks the start of a recipe, and by that understanding, 'mince' is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  :') I went to [annotation note="there's a lot to be said here about PR's status as one of the oldest colonies, definitely more than could fit in a ... Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Miami, but I've also seen a handful of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  About a year ago, in the midst of job recruiting season, I wrote a ... recruiting season again, but this year, I escaped from the cycle by accepting a ... actually getting an internship or a job. But as somebody who is now removed

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  During my hiatus, I spent a lot of time working and [annotation note ... tips of my fingers soldering, sliced the tip of another with a box cutter ... 've had a lot of experiences with fabrication. For those of you unfamiliar

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  ;   This is a really good question, because it forced me to think and ... burning furnace that, through a lot of heat and pressure, turns all of its ... cool, and also touches on a lot of the general reasons as to why MIT is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore

  

  Computer Science. It’s been a year since I came to MIT, slightly over a year since I started blogging. A year since robots in the FPOP and the free-food tornado of Orientation and the pre-psets era. A year since every building

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  weather) slowly melting, and I feel pretty good. It’s been a while I typed up something that wasn’t a p-set or a study paper, a consequence of the ... -sets and exams all culminated in two midterms this past Monday, alongside a p

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  I'm sitting on a JetBlue flight from San Francisco to Boston ... of Mountains In The Continental United States, so I stopped a random ... looked a little affronted, and suggested that I ask the stewardess. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  I've done a couple of posts about life at MIT, so I figure it's time ... 's not a good question at all, and I don't think anyone knows the answer ... , but that would be a terrible idea for a couple of reasons. First, it

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh no the future obligatory “i am old” post with pretentious morbing

  

  As I start writing this, I have a midterm in exactly 24 hours. I ... year, I am a senior. Most of the friends I first made here have all ... chaos when I graduate. Despite hanging out with my alumni friends a lot, I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  The summer before you come to MIT, there’s a bunch of forms to fill ... about you).” It’s a question that loosely summarizes identity as two ... culture. If you’re in the market for somewhere to be from, I give Hawaii a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025