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• FAQ / First-year application

  Will there be a wait list this year?

  Each year we aim for a class of approximately 1,100 students. Based on our estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend ... admitted students return their enrollment decisions in early May.
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Splash?

  For one awesome weekend each November, thousands of high schoolers flood MIT’s campus to take classes, taught by MIT students, on anything ... knew existed—or you can dive headfirst into an in-depth seminar or
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does the MIT admissions process work?

  're happy to shed some light into that black hole. In fact, we outline our selection process for you!  
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  on January 1, making the MIT Regular Action deadline 5 hours away. For ... your Part 1 now, if you haven't already. There are no essays in there ... in advance of the deadline. Most people's problems at the deadline

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  , there's no boundaries. So in short, a poetry slam is what happens when ... and warn. In my experience, they've been some of the greatest, most ... !) in your lifetime. They've also been some pretty great teachers

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  for “smart”. I am very lucky that, in fourth grade, my parents ... me to study for contests that got me into college, but in retrospect, I ... Even as a kid, school never fit right for me. I recall my third

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  choreographing 4-5 hours a day for the entire month in preparation for Mocha Show ... , go back to my dorm for a couple of hours, and then spend my night ... incredible experiences of my life and I cannot WAIT for the next one. [caption

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  So I've been in classes here for, as of yesterday, one whole month ... written in Python that rarely does what you want it to. For example, when ... the pace of the content that was being fed to me. Turns out, (for me

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Am Excited a day in life of a student

  

  Analysis homework contained only four distinct numbers in the statement of ... reveals a side of Mathematics that is gorgeous in itself. No application is necessary to marvel at its results and review the pages of in-class proofs

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Really, I don’t feel like thinking of a title right now Now there's a title cop-out you can only use once. Good thing I saved it…

  

  (I was in a single, which actually really sucked for Orientation), so ... in LMP (Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity) right now, trying to ... officially graduate and should probably stop blogging so...be prepared for that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  Mondays and Wednesdays for recitation (my recitation is at 11am in 24-402 in ... recapped the whole semester in preparation for the final. To the tune of ... So this is a big week. This, is not only production week for

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  consequence for what you'll actually major in. Freshmen declare majors around ... I'm going to have to make this quick today, since I have to study for ... 's probably not all that terribly different from the SAT II in biology, but I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All? how do i live without regret?

  

  dancing in exchange for smiles and claps from my grandparents. At around ... finally writing that YA novel I've had planned in my head for years. Or ... sitting in the admissions website, crying out for me to finish them, but I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  others' mouths, the last time I was in this classroom it was for a class I ... less. It's still here, in little bits and pieces: when I realize that the ... 've fallen in love with these little echo moments and the way they assure you

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  -de-lis. Manchego, a type of cheese, is named for a region in Spain called La Mancha ... 's love for Israel”; in Christianity, “an allegory of Christ and his bride ... I’ve potatoed so much over the past few weeks of break — lounging in

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  as some egg socks from hmart (they sell them for like $2 in the new ... gatorade, lingered in front of the ice cream for a bit before choosing a ... employee told me. he yelled for the other person working in the store, who

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sororities @ MIT- Become a part of it! Come to the first day of recruitment on September 1st to learn more about what…

  

  sisters in an informal setting. This is useful for underclassmen who are to ... where some of the sisters live (for example, I still live in the dorm ... be in a sorority for all of the serious reasons, but it’s not all

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  This semester I’m taking Intro to Photography. For the first half of ... techniques to make what I see in my head manifest on paper. It’s emotions ... there was a preview button. For all the inconveniences of the analog

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  [Editor's note in 2017: This post contains outdated contact ... applications in earnest. Here are some updates from the Admissions Office ... currently processing more than 10,000 documents which have all arrived in just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Stud/Fac Dinners Genius idea to get free dinner with MIT geniuses

  

  The 2006 Class Council is responsible for planning and executing many ... of, in my opinion, are these student faculty dinners. **2007 Student ... , paid for by the '07 class council! :-) Take this amazing opportunity to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006