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Vive la France!
I'm about to head off for a two week in vacation in Paris, Rennes, and Bordeaux. In the meantime, you can check out the MIT France Program, one of MIT's awesome international programs. Current music: A.R. Rahman -
FAQ / Life and culture
What are the residence halls/housing like?
More than 70% of our undergrads live on campus, including all first-year students. Housing differs across campus and we want each student to live where they feel best. Detailed descriptions of the undergraduate residence -
FAQ / Academics and research
What is the Singapore-MIT Alliance?
SMART is MIT's first, and to-date only, research center outside the United States. MIT faculty members have laboratories at SMART, mentor postdoctoral associates and graduate students, and collaborate with researchers -
FAQ / Academics and research
Where can I find info on Aero/Astro?
AeroAstro the oldest and most respected university aerospace program in the United States, and it's easy to see why. They have an Interactive Robotics lab, a Human Systems lab, a Space Propulsion lab—and the -
FAQ / First-year application
Where can my school counselor find helpful information?
Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants! We understand what a daunting task it is for school counselors to meet all of the different requirements for so many students and schools. We -
FAQ / Interview
Do alumni conduct interviews?
MIT's Alumni Association is involved with everything MIT—from providing admission interviews all over the world, to sharing in commencement exercises 50 years after their own graduation! They're members of one of the -
FAQ / Academics and research
What is the Media Lab?
The MIT Media Lab is known for its bold innovations that help invent the future, and fosters an “antidisciplinary research community” that mixes and matches seemingly disparate research disciplines to pioneer -
FAQ / Academics and research
What does the D-Lab do?
D-Lab is building a global network of innovators to design and disseminate technologies that meaningfully improve the lives of people living in poverty. The program’s mission is pursued through interdisciplinary courses -
FAQ / Testing
Will MIT accept December testing for Regular Action?
You can report all tests taken through the end of December for Regular Action consideration. We will also accept English language proficiency test scores for RA applicants through the January test dates. To -
FAQ / Transfer
Can transfer applicants submit supplemental materials?
There is no expectation for you to submit additional documents beyond the required application. For transfer applicants, we accept a maximum of two additional supplemental letters of recommendation from teachers -
Blog / Blog Projects
Jebby Awards 2024: See All the Winners Here having fun with hyperlinks
-called important people in the show business pass out little men and women to those ... before. I decided to do the same thing for all the movies/shows I ... "] Both movies are about a young man who want to be the best at what they do -
Blog / Challenges
Report on the Status of Undergraduate Women at MIT in honor of International Women's Day
discussions, and is less likely to feel that she recieves due credit for her ... they are likely to hold differing views when they leave. Women respect ... 's. Women are more likely to continue to medical school. Women more strongly -
Blog / MIT Life
I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.
reason why you shouldn't think about bringing a car to MIT! Once upon a ... town around exit 16 to buy soft ice cream and mountain dew from the ... for the day when he would not have to spent 2.5 hours [every day] of his -
Blog / MIT Life
Three MIT students win Rhodes Scholarships In case you're wondering, yes, that's a lot of Rhodes Scholarships.
's count to 43 Rhodes Scholars. Below, find the "official" biographies of ... . Caroline’s research uses MRI imaging to investigate the area of the brain associated with reading, with applications to dyslexia. She also interned for -
Blog / Admissions
Match Game
questions, too. I hope to answer many of those questions soon, but today I'll start with the question that seems to be most prominent: what does it mean to be a "good match" for MIT? What do we look for? Alignment with MIT -
Blog / Events
About Some Activities (ASA) More tangents than a trig test (~11 pictures)
) organize some of the flyers we need to distribute to representatives of each ... freshman advisee, Sha-har '09, selling baked goods to support the MIT Mock ... actually did know her, and rescinded his statement. In addition to Mock -
Blog / Hacks
Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.
leapt onto a bench for a better view, trying to figure out which room in ... : before disappearing again. Back to blank wall. We figured that someone ... , climbed up to the top floor (we figured out where the source was) and found -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures
. **** Last fall, my friend and I went to the Boston Book Festival (BBF) in ... hardbacks with pleasantly smooth covers, free tickets to the fancy Boston ... to the Church of the Covenant for a Fiction Keynote. One of my favorite -
Blog / Academics & Research
Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…
beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me too, I believe ... in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is ... to the excitement, the mystery and the awe of a flower. It only adds. I