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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  ! :) The National Anthem and the flyover with F-15s! (this is also the very first time I've ever stood for the US National Anthem, lol. I've never heard the US National Anthem played live on American soil before

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  stars. Through the National Science Foundation's Research Experience ... research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona. She used a two ... conducted under the guidance of Dr. Sebastian Heinz. The Kitt Peak National

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  5 years out What some MIT alumni are doing five years after graduation.

  

  Like many universities, MIT has an alumni magazine that it sends to its graduates. But unlike many universities, MIT's alumni magazine is a ... life administrator at Duke University administrator at the Harvard

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2005
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What programs does MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) offer?

  MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) runs outreach programs under the School of Engineering at MIT for underrepresented and underserved students interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.…
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there an MIT Flying Club?

  offers regular general body meetings for members, hosts helicopter fly
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What summer programs are available?

  MIT doesn't offer a traditional open-enrollment summer school program where high school students can come to campus to take courses and live in the dorms. There are a number of small, specialized summer programs on
• FAQ / International applicants

  Can I apply if I am undocumented?

  Yes! Undocumented and DACA applicants submit the same application components and go through the same selection process as all other students. For those students who face financial barriers, we offer fee waivers on our
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide CSS Profile waivers?

  Some students of certain incomes are able to have the their CSS Profile fees waived by the College Board. MIT is not able to offer a fee waiver directly. If the cost of the CSS Profile poses financial difficulty
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i am taking in spring 26 because i'm stuck at the airport right now. NOT ranked in terms of edibility (sorry)

  

  -studied and spent the majority of my effort in my national and international ... secrets of the universe and profound things about life. Previously, I read

  • by Janet G. '27
  • February 8, 2026
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Reflections from the STARS@MIT Fly-In a 15-author guest blog, featuring the small town/rural students that visited us this october!

  

  attending university and maybe graduate school as well. I would like to major ... presence is critically needed on college campuses around the nation. In my

  • by Sara N. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  goes even beyond the sort of universal experiences we have as a race; it ... Denali National Park and Preserve. It was easy and mild, more a nature walk

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s Your Future, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown, Friendsgiving, and the Erosion of Deep Literacy

  

  songs cemented the Charlie Brown in history (and the National Recording ... at historically black colleges and universities across the US. There

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  In 1965, Jocelyn Bell arrived at Cambridge University to earn her Ph.D. Two years later, she found herself working with four other people to ... telescope in West Virginia (where my data is collected) is a National Dark

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  , to do research on pulsars at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory ... - he had been asked by the observatory (through the University of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  full year of university before entering MIT as a transfer. I don't know ... accomplishments at the national level are a big deal. As I've continually written

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2011 MIT Class of 2015 waitlist decisions will be released today, via email, at approximately 3pm…

  

  offer (it is an understood part of admissions that some people will ... waitlist offer) or decline it. For all other students on the waitlist, we ... Time) that we will not be able to offer them admission. At that point, we

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Public MIT panel on the science behind vaccines, and ending the evolving pandemic

  

  here. As the nation’s vaccine rollout gains momentum, we have reason

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 4, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  , its national stock index on average lags about a half percentage point. That doesn't mean the market necessarily falls. It means the national

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Florida, complete I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a…

  

  back to Tampa on Thursday to attend and present at the national conference of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  African Leadership University for a program in the fall and then return to ... governments in African nations have only been around for ~50 years or less, and ... I’ve been amazed at is the speed they’re all running--African nations

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018