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• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  questions you may have about our change. Will you still require the SAT or the ACT? We will continue to require the SAT or the ACT, because our ... students from across the country — and the globe — who we are confident will

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  were rejected/deferred, you will be thinking about yesterday’s decision ... “Omg. If I get in next week, I’ll be easy livin' for the rest of the ... , despite being bogged down by the academic intensity, I see more and more

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  about is the part where I will sit in a library for 8 hours trying to do a ... semester frantically trying to not fail physics? I had the third lowest grade ... you expect to have a blast the entire time. You will have fun, but only

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  person we're going to be for the next stage of our lives. I felt like I ... transfer papers each time. Within the past year, it got a lot harder to ... end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  …But I never thought it would be so easy to practically fail. Almost ... out the intro: I’m a freshman @ MIT, trudging through endless piles of work while juggling the crazy new power/responsibility that is FREEDOM

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can I find info on Graduate Admissions/Masters/PhD?

  The Office of Undergraduate Admissions handles first-year and transfer admissions. To pursue graduate study at MIT, you need to apply to one of our departmental programs(opens in new window). Each department
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  charge of the subject will be notified when an O is changed to an OX. An OX ... the future, at which point the OX mark will disappear to be replaced ... subject, but the O grade can be converted to a grade of OX” and OX

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  Electronics” and held at the Media Lab which has to be the coolest building on ... (Take a look at “My Monday” by Yuliya K. '18 for her day in the life ... elevator art on point? (We’re the Home of the Velociraptors, in case you were

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  will melt, whereas in Burlington it never does, so towards the end of the ... at the College of William and Mary before swiftly transferring) so when ... the Nashua area of NH. Despite being very close to one another, the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have letter grades for some of my coursework or have chosen to take a class pass/fail?

  pass/fail instead of with a letter grade, you can use the additional ... disruptions over the past few years. Some of these may have impacted your ... school can make available to us and consider them in the context of your
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  will be another free sneak preview in a couple weeks (just before CPW): Disturbia, which appears to be a bad remake of Rear Window. One of the best ... informing the crowd when the movie will show, for example, "Next Friday and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three

  

  In the near future, MIT Admissions will release the EA decisions. To ... be denied by MIT, but it still felt strangely ceremonial. When the ... know that Decision Day can be difficult, but your door will open, even if

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

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  on the internet did not turn out to be helpful. You can find things ... On Wednesday evening, right before the first 8.01 midterm, I had an ... would fail my test even harder than I was already going to fail it. I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• FAQ / Testing

  How does MIT consider test scores? Does MIT Superscore?

  We require the SAT or the ACT from first year and transfer applicants ...  page. Superscore If you take the same test multiple times, we will consider the ... exams taken, and MIT will consider the super-score in our review process.
• Blog / About Decisions

  Will the pie be bitter or sweet? Hint: it's a trick question.

  

  , inappropriately timed humor, and meme pictures. There will ultimately be a binary outcome to the decision you receive from MIT, and the odds are heavily ... While I may lack Ben's ability to speak to the heart, Matt's wisdom

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  they keep on failing, but the biggest lesson that I learned this semester ... mice running amok? I think even the Pied Piper will have a tough time with that). Prospective bio majors - you will soon come to know the magic

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  sit in the back, I was failing quizzes, didn't understand the material ... fail. Completely miserable, frustrated, and on the verge of tears, I ... frustrated, failing everything, and can't see the light at the end of the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  list is used to manage the uncertainty of knowing how many students will ... list is closed, and we will not be admitted any more first-year students ... decisions for students who were on the wait list for the Class of 2023. If you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  Mitra and put up a really simple temporary design for the time being. So I ... (who buy the computers we use) would be so totally confused by the ... problem and once I figure it out, I will be sure to post an informative

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  might tell my kids about, the "college friends" that will inevitably pop ... believe them to be in my head and now I find it difficult to resolve the ... emotional investment in the relationship. I do not believe my friends to be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022