FAQ / Prepare for MIT
What summer programs are available?
the dorms.
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FAQ / International applicants
Can I apply if I am undocumented?
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FAQ / Afford
Does MIT provide CSS Profile waivers?
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FAQ / First-year application
Can my school use Naviance?
our Letters of recommendation page; however, we also accept electronic documents submitted through Naviance, SCOIR, or other methods. Regardless of ... -specific recommendation form. On the form, recommenders can indicate if they would like to -
FAQ / First-year application
How do I request a fee waiver?
section of the application. MIT practices need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver will not have any negative impact on your chances of -
Blog / Academics & Research
Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher
catch up on months of missed Reddit, I turned it towards the long queue ... actually a painting of Escher's that's on the door to the room in Zeta Psi ... working for a company necessarily comes with a set of constraints on your -
Blog / Admissions
Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.
my closet in the form of my shoes or on a bike rack or at the bus and ... before I go off and become an adult. It's kind of strange and at the same ... experience has expanded my outlook on life and the world. But first, I think -
Blog / Uncategorized
Be a Blogger 2022!
alarming amount of tropical fruit plants on my apartment front stoop there ... undergraduates of any class year. This application will go live on 07/01/2022, and ... time for those of you who might want to be bloggers to share your garbage -
Blog / Admissions
My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds
most we take on here at MIT, it's a easy one to solve. As many of you ... ? Not much, honestly. I'd been doing aspects of this job on an ad hoc ... things to focus on, we've crowned Lydia Princess of the Internet, and Her -
Blog / Events
More free stuff Free sneak previews of films and how to beat the casino.
On the topic of free benefits for MIT students... Tonight (Wednesday) on campus, there's a free sneak preview of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride ... on programs such as 20/20. Mezrich's previous work is the basis of a -
Blog / Personal Travel
New York A break from Cambridge.
on mitblogs; the bloggable fraction of my life has, since the start of ... on the bus to Times Square. The eye-frazzling shock of Manhattan at ... Variations on a Piece of Tuna. Pure slices of raw fish, gingerly soaked in soy -
Blog / IAP
some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll
on January 31st, but close enough"]the month of January ... colder than Boston, I'd never gotten to stand on a frozen body of water ... whirlwind for me, and since we're now in the midst of the first week of the -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones
in on their own. Even in Ishiguro novels that I’m less fond of (Klara ... —based on what I can only describe as the rhythm of the writing, and finished ... , calling to the surface a sense of pacing and beauty—on the sentence level -
Blog / MIT Life
I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?
and putting fire engines on the top of buildings, and although all of ... of the oven) I had to jump on my bike and race halfway across campus to a practice room so I could work on a performance of Bach's Ricercare a -
Blog / Hacks
Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.
has already increased the amount of greenspace on campus by 0.0005%. And here's how: (The following pictures are a mix of pictures I took on my ... was placed right in front of the main entrance to MIT on Massachusetts -
Blog / Life after MIT
One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello
from The Other Side of college: one on where I live, one on what I do on ... SHELF of Isaac Asimov books at home) I went on a science fiction binge. I ... . On a day-to-day basis, I spend most of my time programming, some of my -
Blog / Admissions
Open Thread: Admitted Early
?” Well, [annotation note="or now, depending on when you see this"]later today,[/annotation] you’ll receive an email with details on [annotation note="and couple of ways to get to know other 2026s"]what’s next -
Blog / Admissions
Pi Day, Tau Time As the admissions decisions approach...
on Pi Day, at Tau Time (that is tomorrow, March 14, at 6:28pm EDT). Some of you, though, may be wondering -- what's the deal with Tau? Well ... Academy's newest employee? And did you see the story about Sal Khan '98 on -
Blog / About Decisions
MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online
*Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... Class of 2016 are now available at decisions.mit.edu You can log in ... of the shifting admissions landscape, our applicant pool was slightly -
Blog / Academics & Research
Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet
childhood was a festival of notes. I'd wake up to a note on my bedside ... lists of todos, instructions to myself, things to check up on, and so ... set to play on after students’ efforts for Kendall Station" - a bunch of