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• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit a creative/maker portfolio as a QuestBridge applicant?

  . The deadline for QuestBridge applicants is November 1, and fee waivers are available for any applicant not able to cover the submission fee. ... QuestBridge applicants submit portfolios using the same system that
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  laws of physics." This is untrue. Chuck Norris can change the laws of ... Oppenheimer said "I am become death, the destroyer Of worlds", He was not ... costume he was wearing. - The easiest way to determine Chuck Norris' age is

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  how i handle canker sores not professional medical advice

  

  . This did not work that well, because the sore is on the inside of my ... your mouth. From what I've gathered online, what happens is that the top ... the years, I've tried a lot of remedies to ease the pain. Here is how

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  to live." THING I LEARNED: hindi text is encoded using the devanagari ... more like me." this is the attraction of state media; when the entire ... world is filtered through the same lens. but we crave difference, we crave

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  is included in the term "extended family," and she thinks it's great ... of LEGOs. But do I actually do any work? The answer, surprisingly, is ... number before the decimal point should be read as one word, i.e. 18 is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my hottest STEM takes actively starting internet wars

  

  should not be the ways in which I'm learning something. It should be merely ... not to concern myself with the "jth particle" or "nth term". I choose ... classification. 5. Φ is pronounced fi, not fee Why when talking about greek life

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • July 28, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  Not surprisingly, you all seem to be the most interested about how ... which when completed is the picture of you. There is no bad essay or bad ... you. The interview is one of the ways that we can personalize the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  year. It is not hyperbole when I say that all of you are just so, so ... the Admissions Records Office today, the future of this country is ... suggest the folks at the Vermont Butter & Cheese Company... you may not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  Busycle. The Busycle is a public art/community building/environment project funded by the Berwick Institute. One of the organizers of the project is an ... the environment today. What I thought was especially cool is that the

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  high burn-out rate during the 13 week semester at MIT is not nearly as ... the end of the year. The university is made up of some 30 colleges which ... other. Students do not apply directly to the university, but rather to

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Whatever, this week rocks MIT students gripe a lot about homework. It's not all they do though, thank god.

  

  screwed as I thought I was. To celebrate w/ me is the MIT cheerleading squad ... I have nothing but analysis left to do for the last Junior Lab experiment for the rest of the week. I went to the gym today, I'll probably go

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  at 7 AM again tomorrow. I guess the real issue here is that I (like ... body is whining about the mountains of work we have to do; some ... Hmm, I was under the impression that summer was supposed to be a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  ethnicity or not? Of course you should! Despite all the stereotypes and ... is not enough to get you into any college or university, let alone MIT ... step to "solving the puzzle" is connecting the corners and the outside

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  is average, maybe not bad, but not great either. When the critic looks ... In many ways, the work of a critic is easy.  In the summer of 2022, I ... .  There is something strange about writing for the public. You are giving up

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  outside the MIT bubble is an important part of being a student here!) One of the best things about going to school at MIT is that you get to live ... early that there's not even a line yet. Oops. But as the good MIT students

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection = Finished Wow.

  

  proud of the class we've admitted. The predominant feeling, however, is sadness - because we were not able to offer a spot to SO MANY wonderful ... the 17th (but until I confirm that, it's not set in stone - after the EA

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What programs fall under the School of Architecture & Planning?

  Architecture was one of the four original departments at MIT, and it was the first signal that MIT would not be narrowly defined in science ... humanities at MIT. The Department of Architecture is one of five divisions
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Orthostatic Tolerance [by Ken Haggerty '11] It might not be such a bad idea to visit this…

  

  Not Be Such a Bad Idea if I Never Went Home, is really one of the best ... is why this exhibit makes me so happy. The List Visual Arts Center ... Admissions that is supposed to highlight the best of MIT's arts community

  • by ARTalk
  • June 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  . What happens if the tracking system is missing something? First, do not ... no impact. The best way to get us a missing piece is by fax. Our ... not processed standardized test scores that that you had the testing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Open Thread: The Final Countdown a noble tradition of posting all day on the internet

  

  As you probably remember, we are launching the new MITAdmissions ... , ExpressionEngine, is, like my mom's 16 year old minivan with 250,000 miles on the odometer, finally showing its age, and throwing some bugs that are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2018