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• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  Earlier this summer I sent out an email to the office asking if anyone who doesn't blog would like to be interviewed for the blogs. A few ... reason I love working with Holly is because she's always down to try

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  If You Wish To Receive Your Decision Online… ...please read this entry!

  

  Selection committee has begun! We are pleased to announce that we're still on schedule to release MIT admissions decisions online at 12:00PM ... this juncture. Decisions will be available to those who meet all of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more ... divisions, beginning from very rudimentary to very advanced. It also provides

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  . It goes out to Meder! Solve it to understand why...) Today was a ... officers are expected not to come into the office (where there can be ... at Diesel Cafe. Reading is kind of like studying: everyone needs to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  If you’re applying to MIT through QuestBridge College Match, simply ... forwarded to us for review, and we will contact you about filling out our additional MIT QuestBridge Supplement. You do not need to fill out a first
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  all sides. It's difficult to brown the meatballs evenly in the skillet ... one and stuck it in the pan, then rotated the first one to a second face ... wanted to attend MIT. I would like to take up medicine,perfabely in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?

  year. Successful transfer students come to MIT from many backgrounds ... non-traditional pathways.  Unfortunately, we are very limited to how many students we can accept. Students who at the time of entry to MIT
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  ."]executive board[/annotation] and how people choose to divvy up the work from year to ... to occupy it, one thing is constant: email. During my two years on Next Exec, I sent probably around 70 emails to our dorm's official

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  ≧◡≦ , my name is River. Just like most people, I had dreamed of coming to this university since childhood. And now I am about to enter my sophomore ... it really came true. I never expected to be the person who I am now

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to send an official college transcript?

  Applicants who have completed college coursework are asked to submit an official transcript. An official transcript submitted during the ... will be required to submit an official college transcript.
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  Currently listening to Currently with: Raymond, Lucy, and Shannia ... course, Thanksgiving weekend. I have...a lot to be thankful for. Mom, if ... to be here at MIT without you and all the lessons you've taught me

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

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

  students to Mechanical Engineering (ME) through hands-on classes (taught by
• FAQ / International applicants

  Do application materials have to be in English?

  any documents, please ask him/her to sign and date the translation
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s like I go to class or something. Or whatever.

  

  Contrary to popular belief, I actually do stuff outside of farting around and doodling. Stuff like going to class and paying attention to important stuff. Filing that one away in my list of Things To Refer To When

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  documents that would come to be known as the Pentagon Papers (Ellsberg was a ... ; activism has largely been confined to a few small groups, many of which have ... awkward situation. While it didn’t want to appear indifferent in the

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Terrascope Save the world. Go. (:

  

  , you could answer in a multitude of ways and I wouldn’t be able to say ... to ask you. What do I mean by “meaning”? Do I mean to ask what the ... life is? You can’t prioritize to determine whether you should answer it

  • by Ana V. '15
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  committment to diversity. In fact, as early as 1917, the Boston Daily Globe ... students was international. MIT has since worked to increase this number, reaching out to nations all over the world. By 2015, 9.77% of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  arriving on campus, upperclassmen are returning to campus, admissions ... splits video), and the V4C folks wanted to know more about the creative ... philosophy and strategy behind how we communicate to prospective students (i

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a school profile?

  Your school counselor (or equivalent) should submit the Secondary School Report and transcript. Most counselors also attach a letter of recommendation and a School Profile, describing your school’s curriculum and…
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  18.600 poetry compute the probability i overuse the ampersand

  

  dedicated to 18.600, a.k.a. Probability and Random Variables, which I took this past semester. special thanks to: Brice H. ‘19, for your ... poetry that tries to incorporate math always comes off as cringe.

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 25, 2019