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• Blog / Admissions

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  For those of you who attended: How was it? What was your favorite part? What would you tell those who couldn't attend?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Do I have to submit a math/science recommendation with my QB application?

  MIT strongly recommends a letter of recommendation from both a math ... Bridge applications without a humanities/social sciences/language teacher letter of ... letter of recommendation, we strongly recommend asking one of your math or
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Koch Institute?

  Institute (NCI) designated Cancer Center, is a state-of-the-art cancer research facility as well as the hub of cancer research on the MIT campus ... -faceted group of investigators is at the core of the Koch Institute’s mission to
• FAQ / Visit

  How can I contact the Registrar’s Office?

  The MIT Registrar’s Office provides registration status for enrolled students, college transcripts, and other official forms and certifications.
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT recruit athletes?

  MIT is one of the top Division III athletic programs in the country. MIT is always looking for students-athletes. Almost 20 percent of ... interested in playing varsity sports at MIT, you should contact the coach of
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are Psets?

  psets. Problem sets are the backbone of our teaching in many subjects; for many, problem-solving is the essence of the MIT education. Faculty vary as to the portion of course credit derived from psets. In some cases
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the MIT motto?

  MIT's motto, mens et manus, translates from Latin to mind and hand. This motto reflects the educational ideals of MIT's founders who were promoting, above all, education for practical application.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I play football at MIT?

  ever! In front of an enthusiastic home crowd on Senior Night, the MIT ... garnered a lot of press from coast to coast, with announcers pointing out that most of the team members had a better chance of "owning" an NFL team
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does my school submit recommendation letters and transcripts?

  MIT requires letters of recommendation from two teachers. The most ... profile, and a letter of recommendation). MIT's recommendations process is ... section of your application. We will also accept letters and materials
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  its ways of wading in and out of life it never goes away it will always be a part of who you are it just takes on different forms some ... [/annotation] having to miss weeks of classes to recover from both and everything else

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Memories I know this feelin', yes I know it very well (Thutmose)

  

  of my students heard about finding their puzzle piece and the magic ... at the end of your college application journey? What's the point of ... CPWs past on the walls, and a picture of the quad near room 3-108 rested

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Communication Intensive Jumping on the semester-in-review blog train

  

  ’ve written everything there is to write. I am never writing another word of ... , not about the “at MIT” part.) As part of MIT’s general institute ... writers and orators. A large part of that comes from exposing us to new

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Links Sent to My Group Chat from the past month

  

  I'm a group chat kind of person -- I really am bad at individual ... controversial, I send to my group chat. Here are some of those things. December 1 ... Tok describing the sluttiness of sweaters for my friend Julian '23 Cami: This

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2022
• Blog / Events

  MIT Mystery Hunt is happening! watch the kickoff at 12 PM EDT today, 1/15

  

  part of the winning team last year. Here's an excerpt: A puzzlehunt is a series of puzzles, but what exactly a puzzle is is kind of hard to define ... in order to do it. Puzzles have some sort of answer, which is usually a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  This week, hands down, has been the most chaotic one of my life. I feel like I’ve lived so much in such a short span of time, which makes sense, I guess; I DID manage to cram two months worth of memories into

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify why did i ever think iTunes was good

  

  brought a lot of joy and happiness into my life. If you've read the title of this post, you'll know that this being is no other than Spotify and oh boy this is by far the best piece of technology I interact with on a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 9, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  merry christmas from MIT and my newsfeed a snapshot of holiday cheer from cambridge to new zealand

  

  % of annual time) where we go to class, typically weekends and days off ... (3% of annual time) of winter break as a truly reliable time to relax. See more: The eye of the storm. This christmas, I decided to un-wind by

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 25, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  other way than navigating to or searching for MITAdmissions.org. Of course, it's also strange to think I once had a full head of hair and wasn ... taking and posting many square, filtered photos of MIT.   As some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs

  

  It's May 1st. Most of your friends have decided where they are going ... well at MIT.     First of all, please   and let ... ; 1. Are there normal people there?/Are 'my kind of people' at MIT

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  within a week received a whole bunch of homework. Book your travel Get ... representatives My group consists of myself, a PhD student from Georgia, and a ... Massachusetts resident and I divided up the labor so that I'm in charge of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014