FAQ / Transfer
Does MIT require standardized tests for transfer applicants?
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FAQ / Transfer
Does MIT offer fee waivers for transfer applicants?
Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won -
FAQ / Academics and research
What is the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory?
The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT focuses the talents of a diverse array of brain scientists on a single mission: unraveling the mechanisms that drive the quintessentially human capacity to -
FAQ / Testing
Will MIT accept December testing for Regular Action?
You can report all tests taken through the end of December for Regular Action consideration. We will also accept English language proficiency test scores for RA applicants through the January test dates. To -
FAQ / Testing
Will MIT accept November Tests for Early Action?
You can report all tests taken through November 30 for Early Action consideration. There will be an opportunity to update us with any test results that become available after you submit your application. To submit new -
Blog / Challenges
am i boring or just overstimulated?
prepared me for, but a social one. Why does the "endless" amount of resources and opportunities I've been given, and am very grateful for, by ... health aaaaa aaaaaa trap me in a zero-sum game, as if my disinclination for -
Blog / Academics & Research
they want to see you fail managing others' envy
Recently, one of my friends relayed that she grew up in an ... speak at Math Prize for Girls, a competition for top female students in ... ’t actively rooting for my downfall, and he never would’ve done anything -
Blog / Uncategorized
winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity
the setting we’re learning about. I find myself swept up in the ... long break for lunch. We usually split off into groups and explore the ... fights for prison abolition in Brazil. While Brazil’s mass incarceration -
Blog / Miscellaneous
oh, the crash and the burn
responsibilities and just sit for a couple of days. This week has exploded in my ... this? Is this some kind of karmatic punishment for something I did? So ... some god punishing me for being a bad person. Anyway, in these past 5 -
Blog / Challenges
social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope
nice and all, but this is an idea that is hard for me not to be doubtful ... for help or participate in groups; when i happen to be in the midst of ... for myself are too high. standards such as — i must be intelligent and -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Virtual Fall, Real Performances coming soon to a zoom very near you!
had some really, really awesome repertoire planned for last spring, and ... our rep was laid aside for months and months. Now it's the fall, and we ... MIT for this blog. There is undoubtedly much more happening than I can -
Blog / Academics & Research
Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2
Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... in this case being the 1E cats" - credit for caption and images goes to ... Bunnies for my birthday (credit to the wonderful Kristen Y. '19 and Jamie C -
Blog / Academics & Research
Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun
always put in my best effort to try to make it up to them; however, for a ... bed (which in all honesty is harder than you might think). For a ... once the second semester started. In order to compensate for the -
Blog / Academics & Research
The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work
barely enough room to walk in the hallways, let alone room for much ... of skeleton code for me to fill in, all while I went to lots of office hours and pestered people for help.” I felt so proud of my (veritably not -
Blog / Personal Travel
Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft
(for a visual summary of the trip, scroll down for pictures) “Let ... have a memorial for the Salem Witch Trials’ 20 victims (if you don ... History class, look it up; otherwise, proceed with caution). But Salem -
Blog / Events
This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!
old (I’m not): the people running REX events are the people REX was for ... find me (the black boxes and also the locations up above the times are ... as you can.) It is, however, my very particular plan for this very -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels
anymore), so now in an effort to get this post up, I'm just going to wing it ... dampness, perfect for piercing flashlight beams and a spirit of discovery. Or ... out there for the sake of all you adventure-y dreamers out there. Unless -
Blog / Events
I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare
process what happened on Friday, so for now I'll just show you some pictures ... for them all anyway. I pushed my way to the muffin baskets, which were ... for the bathroom. I was in the last group allowed to use the facilities -
Blog / Academics & Research
How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.
cooked up the idea for this adventure. In the following Q ... conversation has been slightly edited for length. How did the idea come about ... sad or painful experience for many of my friends. How terrible! Learning -
Blog / Academics & Research
Day in the Life A photographic biography of a Friday
ended up looking at the sunset for about 15 seconds more than I would ... , Katelyn slept for 2 hours and still had a headache at 10:54 pm, according to ... lecturer is universally recognized for never sitting down, among other