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Blog / About Decisions
I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET
physics-philosophy degree. Allow me to demonstrate with this participatory ... corner of the universe. I guess the real magic was the friends we made -
Blog / Life after MIT
A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis
. Faced with all these questions (amplified to the nth degree by 2020) I did ... , Pennsylvania, a few minutes from the Carnegie Mellon University campus, which I -
Blog / How to Human
how to meet curious people
at their own universities—student populations filled with clout ... writing master’s degree in England and is now enrolled in an MD-PhD program -
Blog / Personal Travel
Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.
one side of downtown opens up to a 180 degree panorama over the ice ... while chilling in a café chock full of university students finishing their -
Blog / Admissions
Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas
We're closing in on Pi Day and still in the midst of making decisions, which I know many of you await with varying degrees of anxiety. But while ... they universities, companies, nonprofits, startups, are doing these -
Blog / Life after MIT
On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.
universally intimidating questions that you don't really need to know the ... degrees!!! (the real MVP of overlapping interests/fandoms/etc. is -
Blog / About Decisions
So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it
at least some degree. Just recently, a friend of mine was having a ... students who had aspired to study at the best universities since before they -
Blog / MIT Life
Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.
the good life?” and on the very last page I underlined “to such a degree ... him as a professor at Princeton University overflowing with awards and -
Blog / About Decisions
Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?
right place for you and leave without a degree. In that situation, you ... Name University with lots of money and prestige, I hope that this is -
Blog / Academics & Research
The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.
under Taiwan's Universal Health Plan, I really had no sense of the great ... water but keeps on vomiting it up, fever of over 100 degrees, has no -
Blog / Academics & Research
grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?
at a company in exchange for that company funding your degree. I TA an ... financially feasible for students to pursue the degree. Social life is ... students to receive master’s degrees in computer science, the MEng requires -
Blog / Classes
How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)
degree increments?” [annotation note="The question was originally proposed ... -degree increments. To describe an object’s orientation, you needed just two ... fact, if rotations were in 90-degree increments instead, this model would -
FAQ / Academics and research
Is study help available?
MIT offers a variety of academic resources to provide support for any student facing a particularly tough academic challenge, from tutoring and study groups to time management tips and testing strategies. Here's a -
FAQ / Academics and research
Can I take a summer session?
During the regular Summer Session, MIT offers a limited selection of the subjects available in the academic year, as well as a few subjects designed for special interests and needs of MIT students. All classes are for -
FAQ / Life and culture
What other student activities can I do?
You can do anything we already offer on campus, or you can start your own "thing" at MIT! Check out Campus & Student Activities to see what's going on around campus, or check out a list of active groups from -
FAQ / First-year application
Where can my school counselor find helpful information?
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FAQ / Transfer
How much does the transfer application cost?
The transfer application costs $75. 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 -
Blog / About Decisions
the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you
a good application for a dozen or so carefully selected universities ... university has their own college admission test that you have to take ... me the next day. the deadline to accept the offers, as i alluded to -
Blog / Academics & Research
Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions
offer, and if it is right for you. I can think of at least one excellent ... based on reputation alone. So, this AMA was about life, the universe, and ... HASS requirement. How many different languages are offered at MIT? 9