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• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  using the wrong lures and jigs. Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun. It made ... applications I've seen. I thought about this for a while, and what I came up with was this: people prefer to tell us about the things they think we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vlogging about Course 3 and Applying to MIT A video in which I talk to myself and I am an awkward MIT student…

  

  I did the vlog thing!   I didn’t take a video of a cat, but here is a picture of Rory:

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  (when you come to campus and check out the dorms for yourself), the highly ... Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) (n.) - a DVD you will receive with your next big mailing (scheduled to be sent out early May

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  king cake and a run-on sentence busy week

  

  the truth? I was up at 7 today to work on a prelab and then went to a 9:30 class then a class at 11 and ate lunch on campus at 12 before going to lab at 1 where I worked until 5:15 and went back to my dorm but on the way

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  , and we refer to majors and minors by their numbers. This honestly ... the neuroscience department, so in this case 6 and 9 both refer to ... either an acronym or a number. There's a quirky language to MIT, a handful

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Are the Arts active on campus?

  take art, music, and theater courses, and any student can audition to ... the arts, and more than half of all MIT undergrads enroll in arts courses each year—with nearly half of students participating in music and
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Associate Advising and the MedLinks Program I'm sick of unpacking, so here's a blog post

  

  and want to help guide them through their first year. We can provide a ... . This is my first year doing it - I got to meet my 23 advisees today, and ... New House to run events for, and mentor, freshmen within our dorm who

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Note To Prefrosh With Time Machines and/or Good Ideas Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this saturday at 10PM EST.

  

  are being transported to clinics in remote locations  ...and a ... Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this ... to be exact. Amal, the guy who organized the convention, was

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  MIT-Now in Español!

  

  . And we want everyone to gain a deeper understanding of the friendly and ... . Go ahead and read through them, feel free to share them with your ... college application process or to just find out more about MIT and what

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • July 16, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  Jalapeño Bacon Mac and Cheese for the Homeless starting a campaign larger than myself

  

  struggle to put food on the table everyday, and I thought to myself, "Let ... from Bentley University and started an Indiegogo campaign to feed 100 ... shelter to donate the proceeds to and, in less than two weeks, enough

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 10, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  , and they said their coronavirus policies didn't allow me to, even if I ... walk over and turn it off. I sent an email to our area director ... got it sent to East Campus this time. And again, two days later, they

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  using mass-production and assembly methods to produce a product in quantity. Commentary: WE GET TO MAKE YO-YOS IN THIS CLASS. And the professor ... friends of mine and I decided to see how long we were willing to wear the

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  subject I'm poor at, and applies it to biology, a subject I'm good at. We ... Neurobiology) Introduction to the structure and function of the nervous system ... Institute Requirements in a blender and added basic neuroscience - I have to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  -January. Wednesday I’m done with my last class at 3pm, and return back to my dorm to ... call an Uber to get to the bus station, and get stuck in traffic. Rush ... potential ways to solve the problems. I take a nap, and I’m in Hartford in 2

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  Here's one less thing to worry about when applying to MIT: Students apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the ... asks students to list their "course of interest" only, and the choice
• FAQ / International applicants

  How do international students apply to MIT?

  limited to): the IB, A Levels, the French Baccalaureate, and CBSE. Your ... We understand that it's difficult for international students to apply to schools in the U.S., but almost one-quarter of MIT's applications
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  came, it was gone, and I was left to plod my way through a weird liminal ... activity felt monumental and life-changing; I had to go to that info session ... ™. I had to slump over in the Maseeh 3 bathroom at 4AM and cry for no

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  here with me, and one of them turned 21 three weeks ago. I mentioned that we made an epic cake for him, but didn't have pictures to show until now. Requisite background information: his research project is to model

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  worry about this. In a case where we need to see a mid-year report and it ... 're not going to see an app with poor grades and think "let's see if he ... Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a school profile?

  Your school counselor (or equivalent) should submit the Secondary School Report and transcript. Most counselors also attach a letter of recommendation and a School Profile, describing your school's curriculum and