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• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  Being a student at MIT can sometimes feel like drinking from a fire hose and Student Support Services (S3) is available to help you manage the water pressure. They are a friendly and easily accessible hub of
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change?

  to these research, analysis, and public education challenges. At the
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  four-week term at MIT that fills the month of January. For more than 50
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are Psets?

  grade. We can't really describe psets at MIT—but our bloggers give it
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are the deadlines for first-year applicants?

  We have some important deadlines listed here, but please take a look at our more detailed Deadlines & Requirements page as well. The deadline for Early Action is November 1. We accept test results from any test
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will you send me materials/prospectus/t-shirt/pennant?

  . You can shop online at the MIT bookstore, The Coop.
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  you unsettled when you finish it, and yet (for me at least) unable to ... ’t know what I wanted to write at first when Petey reached out for posts ... . “For a long time,” he said, “MIT has recruited people who are great at

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  We Stan Matt Parker i'll try not to mention the parker square

  

  -variable calculus at my local community college. I began to feel like a real college student (at least, for a high school student). But I remember sitting in lecture, and at some point thinking: "is this what mathematicians do all day

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  miss? I miss being able to eat a Huge Wrap from this eating place at school that is known for them (however, I was at school 2 months ago and ... turn the first piece of paper, and I have NO IDEA what I am looking at

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  stunning. Too stunning at times, which made it feel almost unreal. Back home ... day, I felt even confident enough to dare and hold a bunny in my arms at ... E pumpkin carving competition, where teams competed for a prize. At first, I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  drips of the night, chatting away. I remember sitting there and looking at ... at a late night conversation, we were [annotation note="In a healthy ... unsafe at parties" versus "She sometimes is very sensitive and we have to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  end of classes! Time to have some fun. Fun? How do you have fun at MIT ... rejoicing. We eat lunch at a fairly new ramen place outside of Central Square ... far too academic far too quickly, but somehow it doesn't seem so at this

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  humanities major at MIT. So I thought I'd wrap it all in a neat little ... fully pursuing the computer science degree at MIT? Am I "giving up" or ... summer after, I worked at Microsoft as an Explore intern where I did

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  gets what, who ends up on top at the end of the day. I've been listening ... would smile and laugh a bit. I'd stare at the corner of the screen where I ... . How can a college class bring me to tears just at mentioning it? Shame

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  Caroline P., but all my friends at MIT call me Powers (which is my last name ... name that no one at MIT uses for me, so I changed it.  Throughout high ... changed over the years; at first, it was for health and fitness goals. Then

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  weeks ago) is sitting at her computer, trying to choose classes, looking at course listings, and suddenly. She realizes. That everything is ... convey my point, I present to you the not-at-all-exhaustive and not-at

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  's response and the new reality of being an MIT student during COVID-19. At ... approach ultimately had to cancel their plans to bring students back at the ... , it seems like universities keep announcing plans at the last minute

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  student with some close friends at Harvard! In Part 1, I discussed how cross-registration helped me make friends at Harvard and how our friendship has evolved since ... previously saw almost every day only once a week, at best. Everyone had to deal

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  Shuli answering questions about life at MIT. It was a surprisingly ... , aka attitude, at certain times (point the antenna at the ground communication station when we want to communicate, point the camera at the ocean

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  commonly shared feeling among a lot of the students here at MIT, and maybe ... time that I've been here at MIT. And change, of course, isn't bad. I ... they will be. I'm amazed at nearly every single person at MIT, but there

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019