FAQ / First-year application
Does MIT offer a foundation year?
their foundation year is not considered the first year of university in the country where they study.
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FAQ / Life and culture
Are volunteer opportunities available?
At the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center (PKG Center), you can connect with a variety of public service projects in local, national, and global communities. The PKG Center can also provide guidance -
FAQ / Life and culture
What is MIT’s mascot/school colors?
Our mascot is a beaver—nature's original engineer. Perfect, right? Tim the Beaver has been a member of the MIT community for 100 years. MIT's school colors are cardinal red and silver gray. -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Open Thread: Admitted
YOU GOT IN!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKMxRBYQs5k Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, remember to go celebrate and be happy with your loved ones. -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Open Thread: Admitted
YOU GOT IN!!! Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, to go celebrate and be happy with your loved ones. -
Blog / MIT Life
So about those flip flops… snow part deux
See my last entry about No Flip Flops Looks like the snow has finally arrived for real. Woke up this morning to these sights in tree-lined Brookline. This week: look forward to entries on designing a wind -
FAQ / First-year application
Does MIT consider legacy?
MIT doesn't consider legacy or alumni relations in our admissions process. If you'd like to read more about this policy, check out the blog Just to Be Clear: We Don't Do Legacy. -
Blog / MIT Life
Random Monday Fun @ MIT The title says it all.
picture with his cell phone last thursday and sent it to me. The text that accompanied it said simply: There's no one in the driver's seat. Just a guy in the passenger seat. With a laptop. For the record, that's on 93 South -
FAQ / QuestBridge
How do I access the MIT QuestBridge Supplement?
about how to access our MIT QuestBridge Supplement. If you are a Quest ... your QuestBridge application to apply for our Regular Action cycle, but ... @mit.edu. After you email us, we will contact you about how to access our MIT Quest -
Blog / Athletics
I FINALLY PASSED THE SWIM TEST!!!! 3.5 years late hehe
="368"] the moment of truth. let's see if i can swim 100 continuous meters -
FAQ / Prepare for MIT
Does the Khan Academy offer practice SATs?
, and tailored feedback offered by the popular nonprofit learning website Khan Academy. Students can access hundreds of previously unreleased ... , on the Khan Academy website. -
Blog / Personal Travel
Spring Break! A little guessing game.
. I leave for (blank) on Saturday. Anyone want to guess where I'm going? Hint #1: It's not the Pappalardo Lab. (although if I were staying at MIT ... I have to travel east from Boston to get there. -
FAQ / Interview
How am I assigned an interviewer?
an Educational Counselor (EC) available to conduct an interview. If an EC is available, they will reach out via email to schedule an interview with you. Please check the email address used on your application -
FAQ / First-year application
May high school juniors apply?
a small number of applications from young students who have outgrown their high school curriculum and feel ready for college. We have a lot of information on our site about what to do in high school that you'll find helpful -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Happy New Year! And so two thousand nine begins...
-in-law's new house, enjoying the snow and festivities. (By the way, for those who always seem surprised when they find out, Michigan is on the EASTERN time zone! :) ) I've made my new year's resolution to try and work out more -
Blog / Hacks
Citius, Altius, Mens et Manus In the words of a great woman, "Yay, a hack!"
DID YOU KNOW? The United States won 9 gold medals in the most recent Winter Olympics in Torino. ..and many thanks to Joe '06 for showing up with this photograph at 6:30 in the AM. Bigger? Even bigger -
FAQ / First-year application
How does MIT select students for admission?
The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each ... regional quotas are applied; neither is preference given to those with alumni ... strong match between the applicant and the Institute. Our very open -
Blog / IAP
Quick update from SB Where it is not below zero.
In Santa Barbara right now, where I'm soaking up the sun and just getting some R&R before the new semester. This IAP I have just been up and down the California coast visiting friends and family. I worked last -
Blog / Admissions
Planned Mail Date: March 11
-wracking it can be to wait, but please give the mail a chance! If you don't get your letter by March 18, please give us a call. Right now, the decision ... In case you missed it: We plan to send freshman admissions decision -
FAQ / Transfer
Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?
At the very least, we recommend you have one full year of both calculus (or higher level of math, whichever meets your ability level) and ... calculus and physics at the college level. Depending on your major, you may