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• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  moment for many of the students who have been looking forward to visiting ... disruptions, where we remind students to focus first "on taking care of yourself ... , including changes to grading policies and procedures, cancellations of

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  On the application, there are designated spaces to provide additional ... coursework, access to testing, and extracurricular activities. If you feel it would be helpful for us to know about your circumstances, you are welcome
• Blog / Events

  Fryday on Sunday If you're looking for more apples, do not click this.

  

  from OpenOffice long enough to wander up two flights of stairs and ... in pendulous obligation to the slippery edge of a Sunday night that is ... th floor of Random) has decided that the MIT student body has yet to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Anticipation a little something to keep you company

  

  Sometimes, its hard to pull yourself out of bed. The uncertainty of ... 're probably feeling a lot of butterflies right now. Butterflies that might want to make you float. Butterflies that might want to make you vomit. But

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  -than-the-usual amount of freedom this semester. It’ll be fun to reflect on how I thought ... while simultaneously strengthening it. I want to explore the feeling of exercising without the pressure of pushing myself to be better and better

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  Regular Action, 26,914 students applied to join the MIT Class of 2027. This ... to the MIT Class of 2024, which was the last class selected before we ... considered them all, subject to our standard of attentive, empathetic, holistic

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.

  

  experiences of characters in "Sex and the City" are generalizable to people of ... stressed with descriptions of how the project was supposed to work, what ... outline of the history of architecture and urbanism from Ancient Egypt to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  sadly I missed most of it! Determined to not completely miss out on IAP ... picture two below. I ran out of MASLab down to room 10-250 to check out a ... a 12-year veteran of JPL. John has "retired" to Las Vegas, where

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  point of these meetings is for us to learn about the things that interest ... something else of interest to your interview. This is not a requirement or an ... many of your classmates do as well. You don't need to take up the

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.

  

  Today, the Class of 2011 started to arrive! With International ... , hundreds of freshmen are all around campus. Today, I saw Snively '11 from ... great to see everyone. Note to '11s: Ben, Bryan and I are generally around

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... . We recognize it's a lot of effort for all of you to apply to MIT ... . Thank you. Again, congratulations to the newest members of the Class of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Applications… Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions!

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... pink) There are many, many applications to be reviewed. I know some of ... applications are up 10%) We are working as quickly as possible to process all of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I ... the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because ... be. I was turned down by three of the ten schools to which I applied

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  "; we then have until the end of sophomore year to declare an actual major ... of your life! And the rest of your life is going to be so much more ... a 500-something on one of the sections. And he seemed to be doing fine

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  encouraged to attend by Tina (my host). My favorite was the parody of Justin ... group of us prefrosh sat down on some couches and tried to have a ... night, the last night, none of us wanted to go to sleep. We trekked to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three

  

  lot of attention to MIT Admissions. I didn't read the blogs. I didn ... time. 15,081 students applied to the MIT class of 2025. Of those 15 ... left 70.77% of applicants, or 10,673 applicants, to deferral. This is

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 6, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  friend of a friend’s place, surrounded by students from BU. We set to ... ’t matter now.  I spent a good portion of time trying to find the perfect group that could fulfill all of me. Lately, though, I’ve come to realize

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  : “Alright, you have a packet in front of you. You have 30 minutes to complete ... designed to help the next generation of engineers (like me!) build leadership ... put together, on steroids, enhanced with access to a network of former

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Spotlight: MIT stands with the people of all nations we are one MIT

  

  at the homepage Spotlight as of Friday and continuing through the weekend.     The purpose of this homepage is to reaffirm MIT ... has been reminding people of that all day, and I wanted to take some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 13, 2018
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on the School of Engineering?

  The MIT School of Engineering is world renowned. Covering everything from ocean engineering to aeronautics, there's something exciting going on in every department, lab, and classroom. There's way too much to