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• FAQ / Life and culture

  How do I contact a current student?

  MIT doesn't provide names or contact information for current students. To learn more about MIT from a student's perspective, please spend time on our site learning about academics and life at MIT. Through our
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  As much as we love formulas, you're not going to find one here! We ... well. We want to see that students are involved in things because they ... who are willing to take risks, and who will bring something special and
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide any academic or athletic scholarships?

  MIT provides financial aid on the basis of financial need only. We don't offer money based on any measure of merit—academic, athletic, artistic, or anything else. However, we refer to the money given directly by
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can my school use Naviance?

  -specific recommendation form. On the form, recommenders can indicate if they would like to
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  from the bubble to glimpse the wider world and plot real moves. And ... the fall semester, barely able to believe that I passed and do not in ... guilty for not constantly tooling. To my amazement, the wallowing never

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  B1ner Cribs come see 10+ rooms on Burton 1

  

  are in vogue, and we're not allowed to paint the walls anymore, but we ... seriously, while I couldn’t find the energy to clean my room and take pictures, these are all pictures just from my life :) I’m so happy to have a room

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  cj: pushes feet apart wayne: no i mean you need to keep your center of ... physics when ice skating wayne: you can also bend your knees to keep your center of gravity closer to the ground cj: ah, just like in every other

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  to enjoy these various snow photos taken by MIT students ... hometown of Portland, OR. To be honest, my first year at MIT, the heavy New ... campus, I'm glad I got a chance to enjoy the snow this season.

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  shop in Seattle), and I gathered to select the bloggers who will join our ... and permutations of our cohort, duking it out (I mean, as close to ... (Nashua, NH). I used to think I was obsessed with things until I read her

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  lil' bit about me 0:36 Why you DON'T need to stress out 1:21 What "being ... you want to study?" essay 5:17 The "how do you improve the lives of ... former Associate Director of Admissions https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/how-to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leslie Jones Was Here and I Saw Her can't believe I haven't posted about this yet

  

  de Florez Fund for Humor sponsored this free (to the MIT community ... out to the people who didn't claim their tickets lol     So I ended up getting to see Leslie in Kresge. sneaky far away

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Events

  emergency blog post because Lilly Chin ‘17 just won Jeopardy and is also the greatest of all time "who is the spiciest memelord?" it's you

  

  answer:       I have been privileged to know and ... . But right now, I don't think I've ever been prouder to be an MIT ... who knows Lilly is going to do a longer interview of her with lots of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  Cue Monday afternoon. I'm hungry because I decided to not spend money ... down and worked for a bit while enjoying the food. Good luck to Suzy on ... calories later- I went to an event put on by the MIT Innovation Initiative

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  Here’s what I woke up to on Friday morning: massive snowflakes, falling sideways and sticking to everything. I wasn’t brave enough to take ... , from the ground up to the trees and around again. The next morning it was

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  appear that some hackers decided to turn the Infinite into a zoo, featuring ... student groups. I'm happy to report that -- arguably unlike regular zoos -- you will notice that these animals are allowed to freely roam the campus

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  I Wrote A Thing media and articles and no punctuation

  

  stressful? We tried to answer those questions Things have been really ... sick to get to them I'm working at an awesome place part-time, and it

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  My Talk @ Maker Faire a bit about how we see, select, and support makers

  

  technically creative students ought to pitch their projects to colleges. Last ... some interesting light on what we're trying to do with our portfolios. If

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Roller Coasters and Dance Parties Sunday was the East Side party! Lots of loud music and prefrosh!! Still, no fun.

  

  East Side and prefrosh (now frosh!?!?)  from all around MIT came to see ... from the party, enjoy! I even got to go on a ride ... about, including one of the new bloggers! I'm so grateful to be here at

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 3 Independent Video Games, X-Men, and Interstellar

  

  " website, is going back and redoing two weeks of bundles, allowing us to ... it's a good time to stock up on cheap games! The Boston Festival of ... , are happy to hear *X3 SPOILERS* the death of Xavier, Cyclops and Jean

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 18, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  applicants, receive decisions via email from our office to the address listed ... to admit fewer than 20 students. It is a difficult process: as usual ... were admitted: welcome to MIT. For those who weren't: I wish you the best

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014