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• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I’ve completed more than 2.5 years of college?

  assessed by the Admissions Committee in the application review process. We ... Students who at the time of entry to MIT will have completed more than two and a half years (i.e., five terms) of college may not be
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  . By the time you read this, I'll have been home for over a week - but as ... semester at MIT. In retrospect, I realize that - in spite of reading the blogs, in spite of talking to upperclassmen and alumni, in spite of going

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Have you seen your mother baby standing in the shadow? A visitor's guide to Harrisburg, PA, with original soundtrack by Billy Mack.

  

  there called Whoonu, by the makers of Cranium. Now, normally I would be ... have a long history of watching awful horror movies (think The Evil Dead ... minutes before finally stumbling upon the new, extended DVD release of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 18, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  Read another post by Sharon here.   That’s right, I’m talking ... awareness on campus. A lot of campus politics seem to have more student-driven input than at MIT (though there has been a history of MIT students

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  of the general proof. 8. Proof by vigorous handwaving: A faculty ... by picture: A more convincing form of proof by example. Combines well ... have some kind of authority in relation to the audience. 2. Proof by

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  . Six years went by - six years of staying as far away from singing for an ... In eighth grade, I was Tessie in my school's production of Little ... , though, and there are very few people I'm willing to sing in front of. Late

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  about the process from this point. For those of you who were rejected, I ... intervening time, I have accumulated like 5 entries worth of photos and stories ... decisions were just recently released. First of all, congratulations to all

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  basics: the mechanics of purchasing a house, paying rent, getting a job ... and processes free and certified copies of free free software ---windows ... I made this AI write college essays. Quotes None of these quotes are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  hairbrush that entire time. By now most of the plastic nubs have fallen off ... liked the house we already lived in, an old adobe building at the edge of ... occasionally found rusty nails, broken glass, and bits of pottery we thought were

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I My Spanish adventures!

  

  the fastest way to work and what they mean by "la noche madrileña"- the ... here Saturday afternoon and was met at the airport by Mónica, who is the sister of my friend Martín. (Their family used to live in Madrid when they

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  day--I was usually home by 3:15 on Mondays, having finished up most of ... DID YOU KNOW? The name of the "avocado" comes from the Spanish ... with anticipation, with constructive interference and radiant energy and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT after SFFA technology and the dream, deferred

  

  Chair of the MIT Corporation, our board of trustees. The house occupied by ... set out by Paul and the students of the Task Force (below) more than a ... surrounded by such incredible company. When I think back, most of what I

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • August 21, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Massachusetts to Michigan guest post by Liz O.'21

  

  *written by Liz O. '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer ... - it’s more of a when to ask for help from my mentor I try to live by ... right up my alley. Several emails, a few rounds of interviews, and one

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  post, it is almost certainly powered by one of the following three ... . Yet by introducing small amounts of foreign substances (known as ... chemistry Nobel laureates – you’ll be amazed by how many of their discoveries

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  majors: 6-7, 7, and 20. I am fascinated by the workings of complex systems ... assume that I am pre-med, or else shudder at high school memories of ... 't either of those things. Biology is an incredibly challenging, multi

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading.

  

  students, you are the lifeblood of the reading process. And I can't tell you ... Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading. :-) I know there are a lot of questions in the comments and I'll definitely get to

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  ; Mohamed then followed by explaining how, when he first came, he had fears of ... these students.    Peter began by highlighting the importance of ... lives and we began by asking if the two had any hobbies outside of physics

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  variety of Spanish-speakers and other Web resources. Limited to 18 per ... One of my favorite things about college is browsing all the classes I could hypothetically take and imagining my futures in them. Of course, the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  The POWER of a Mechanical Engineering

  

  in Japan; research the potential of shale gas as an energy source at Iberdrola in Spain; conduct experimental investigations of rheological ... Monterrey in Mexico (to name a select few). In fact, a total of 80 Mech

  • by MISTI Program
  • December 7, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  the previous year. By then, some of the people I'd loved working with ... passage of time by "pain incurred." And, the more I thought about it, the more I realized it might be true. I remember semesters of school by the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025