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• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  ;What do you want to do after school?” “I’m going to set ... ’s going to sink fastest because of it?” I couldn’t argue ... to change the world in the same breath. I’ve never met anyone who

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Uh Oh Joke: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice…

  

  ) Herrell's D) Christina's Boston and Cambridge are home to many other fine

  • by Bryan
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Umbrellas were thought to be an accessory suitable only ... among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually does not allow me to take pictures of her, so I do not know how I managed to get this one. I thought it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).

  

  that receiving the news that you are deferred has to be disappointing (to say the least) to all of you. Please take heart in knowing that you ... . Please let me know how I can help to put it into a perspective that helps

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn in New England The trees explode with color.

  

  I've been lucky enough to be able to enjoy autumn in New England recently. For those of you in regions that do not have four seasons: autumn ... yet reached Cambridge, the below photos come from recent trips to New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  lucky enough to secure the Clark Educational Center at South Miami Hospital for the meeting, thanks to one of our Educational Counselors who ... expected, meaning a number of folks had to stand. To those of you who stood

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Road Trip—sort of.

  

  Sorry I haven't posted in so long! My friend Rose '05 came to visit, and we took a mini-trip to Santa Cruz, Capitola, Monterey, and Watsonville. We went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which is rated the #3

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 19, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have any age limits?

  from high school for a while, we would expect to see the results of your ... /employers and other supportive materials that would assist us in getting to know ... , the more creative you'll have to be in submitting supportive
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  apiculture (beekeeping) to building nuclear reactors in their garages. We realize our applicants are very committed to their schoolwork and with their ... realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I list standardized test results?

  If you are planning on applying to MIT and would like to see our ... required to send your official scores as part of your application. Instead, you will be asked to report exams you have taken or plan to take, and we
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I submit the MIT application with my QuestBridge application?

  If you are named a QuestBridge Finalist, you do not need to submit an ... enough information for us to evaluate students for admission. However, you will have to submit our MIT QuestBridge Supplement, which will be
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer transfer credit?

  If you're admitted, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of study that are substantively equivalent to corresponding MIT subjects. If your academic record doesn't appear to merit credit in a certain subject
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  up in April (sign up now)! Since I know you just can’t wait to meet other new MIT admits I want to let you know about some exciting ... Counselors and other great alumni to put together admitted student gatherings

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I need a high school diploma to apply?

  MIT doesn't have any age requirements and doesn't require high school completion to apply. Each year we receive a small number of applications from ... Institute when you're here. For some more information, check out What to do in
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  The fall transfer application deadline is coming up. I tried to ... -time, so I had to budget my time carefully. I made the plan to do most of my application work during winter break so I could devote my full attention to it

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  how to draw dotted lines on chalkboards, mit style dotted lines go brrrrr

  

  A few months ago, I posted about how to clean old whiteboards. Of ... ="aligncenter" width="1000"] from 8.033[/caption] I learned how to make dotted lines ... how to draw dotted lines in about 20 seconds, and you'd succeed 99

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  has been trying to get back up on my feet. i like to think i’ve been ... to think that i’ve been strengthened by these things nonetheless. that i’ve developed the strength to cope when really bad things happen

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

  

  [By Anjali T. '09] This summer, I didn't happen to pull off what ... once home to the Prime Meridian and is the world's oldest working observatory. It was here that Foucault experimented with his pendulum to show

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  PE classes in high school tend to follow one of two models. Either ... pretty psyched to see just how cool the PE offerings at MIT are! A small excerpt from the PE course listing for last quarter. Here's a link to the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  , we are taking 6.910 Independent Study in EECS!  We really wanted to ... best bet to be able to spend our last semester at MIT pursuing and learning the topics we want to. We just recently got everything approved, but

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020