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• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to ... other countries may not have access to such a diverse range of options ... see what you did with the options available to you no matter where you
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  that he expected to be doing the same for us in a few years. Um, no ... 's definitely not hard to get an internship for the summer. First, there are ... are not so lucky as to escape the physics reqirement. Any more

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a super timely post about spotify wrapped bloggers wrapped 2018

  

  we try to fix them. After all, I want the smart home devices that will ... the song is from 1933, so that should be my oldest song and not whatever ... long time ago. On that very same day, I asked the bloggers to share their

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 4, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  . The four-square Brain and Cognitive Science logo was begging to be ... the stress level on campus would be pretty high right now, most of my friends seem to be coping pretty well. In fact, a few students apparently

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  networking and discreetly stealing free pens. Not to be outdone, students who ... In addition to being Libraries Week and MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives) Week, this week is worthy enough to be

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  ", and not just because of the whole Tom Cruise/Oprah thing. Rather, he was ... tripods to invade Earth. Ebert concludes, at the end of his two-star review: All of this is just a way of leading up to the gut reaction I had all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Labs throughout the world open their doors to MIT Biology students

  

  leishmaniasis which can be fatal. The city: Paris has a lot to offer and truly all the weekends there are not enough to explore the city. The city ...  internship gave me an incredible opportunity to not only understand a great deal

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Thirteen Theses on Wide Tim In a world which really is topsy-turvy, the true is a moment of the false.

  

  increases, so that the highest degree of illusion comes to be the highest ... But certainly for the present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, representation to reality, the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  'd need to call the main number and be more specific. guy: well, i was ... forwarded me this in the meantime and I had to share. ---------- Forwarded ... : can you connect me to the science department? me: this is a dorm, I don

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  training wheels of the class helped. I learned to think in terms of change ... heighten the visual impact of the performance, attempting to pierce the ... , common humanity. It was hard to have the drive to continue writing ten

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  and what being an EC means to them. So, I’ve spent the last several ... Sacramento, CA) I left Boston on Wednesday last week to head for the West Coast. After an early morning trip to the Manchester, NH airport (that 4

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The New MIT Viewbook! Last week, after a year of intense introspection (and a ton of work) we saw…

  

  final proofs next week - and then it's off to the presses! I can't wait to hold the first copy in my hands. Those of you who will be applying next ... to chuckle. In looking back a year, he references this post, in which I

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  two teachers explore the coast... And sunset... Not to sound corny ... 't let the business casual fool you. That's not how the night ended. The Korean people did not forget that 12/31 was the night before 2012 and we

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  Boston. It was a miracle that I ever made it to the airport in time. Then ... storage unit delivered to the dorm easily beat a stressful, last-minute rush ... guaranteed graduation or even just the ability to gather with friends, the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  Author's note: The original title was going to be "I DUPED THE COOP ... the heck this was supposed to be. I didn't expect to win; that wasn ... that they resonated with? To be fair, I wasn’t entirely lying in the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ Some Q & A regarding testing for MIT admission.

  

  it is helpful to you. Q. Do you prefer the SAT or the ACT? A. We ... do not have a preference. You should take the tests for which you ... category, we will use the test which makes you look best. Q. I am an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  The sun always seems to hover near eye level. It gets a bit ... so you end up staying up really late to struggle through the problems because the last thing you want to do is to waste a supervision. The good

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  . Sorry, Sam's Mom, the Mediterranean complexion you gave me will go to ... going to be on Sunday nights, and one of the TAs wrote this apologetic e ... since I've already had to break out the long pants and awesome jacket, the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  This…Is…BLODGEBALL! Everything and anything you ever wanted to know about us.

  

  edu. Not going to lie, folks. Being an admissions blogger is the bomb ... 's okay to go off the well-planned path (though not exactly in the way Jenny ... awesome gig. Now I'm going to be even more self-absorbed and obnoxiously

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 9, 2011
• FAQ / International applicants

  What is the Secondary School Report?

  The Secondary School Report Form is designed for U.S. school systems but may be adapted for international school use. Many international schools do not calculate GPA, class rank, and other statistics, so your