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• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  restaurants around offer good vegetarian options. For example, on my list of ... vegan) options every day. There are lots of vegetarians at MIT! :) Whether ... different levels of exposure (even at times little or none) to ECs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  before starting at Stanford next year. We both always have a ton of ... first semester of my master's degree here. GPA isn't that important for my ... have secured a full-time offer for 2024 in the specific type of role I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  flights of stairs from the subway, then looked at my map and declared, "I ... walked. Twenty minutes to the left of the station in the eighty-degree ... retired and stayed at home taking care of their mother-in-law, who was in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  ’t think this degree of flexibility is necessarily bad, even if it can lead ... . 18-wheeler truck At MIT, most classes count for 12 units of academic ... in real life too – just look at the average number of hours per week in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  As some of you know, I got my master's degree from the Comparative ... , engineering, or another field of study at MIT. This major includes a three ... taking a course load of nearly all writing classes, four or five at a time

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  endnotes at the bottom of the blog. We use this feature — which we developed ... translate to academic success at MIT if you cannot account for testing. Of ... offered at your high school, and there are immense disparities between

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  ^3 offers all kinds of help for pretty much any kind of problem an MIT ... ’m laughing, I’m relishing a new, intoxicating sense of freedom that I’ve never ... new MIT frosh go to a bunch of events and check out all the different

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Recent Questions! Fun for parents @ CPW, enrolling questions, etc...

  

  know that some students will accept our offer of admission while ... I'm kind of confused - if we want to commit to MIT, we simply bubble ... recommendations for parents: Thursday 9:00am-5:00pm Come meet yours truly at

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  kid in high school and standing at the finish line of the Boston ... feel great at the finish line, you'll still have a lot of people cheering ... --for better or for worse--kind of a defining experience of my time at MIT. So

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  So, I'm from Columbus, Ohio, home of Jungle Jack Hanna and the ... since I won't be home at all this summer, I'm stuck getting piecemeal ... !) and pick the movie -- March of the Penguins. It was awesome, although I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  : "May we offer you a drink of life's water, a water so replenishing and ... important if you're considering studying at MIT!) But for those of you that ... , the 350th day in the 50th week of 2011 and 282 days ago, no big deal

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  Hi there, I’m Jenny Rifken and I am the new Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions at MIT. I’m so glad you’re joining ... by being a tour guide at my alma mater. I loved college and all of the

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have any age limits?

  courses at a community college or in a non-degree program prior to applying ... We don't have any age limits or restrictions. If you've been away from high school for a while, we would expect to see the results of your
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  ’m Mollie! I’m one of the five or six(?) original bloggers, and I was the first to graduate — I graduated with degrees in biology and brain and cognitive sciences in 2006. For those of you doing the math at home, that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  on this illusion that I am working towards a dual degree at MIT, doing ... the spring. Two of the three freshman chem classes are only offered ... upcoming term. It hurt me to do it; 9.15, only offered in alternate fall

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  president of which club next year... and my friends and I are looking at our ... introspection, sometimes they creep into my life nonetheless. (I'm the daughter of a woman who cries at telephone commercials, and I'm actively trying to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  place to do this. The planning department offers a wide array of material ... Student Profiles from MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning Course 11 is a small major with a lot of breadth. It is cross

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT after SFFA technology and the dream, deferred

  

  Lower East Side of Manhattan, speaking Greek and Ladino at home — did not ... thirteen more, and still compete annually at the Head of the Charles ... .50 in late fees at the public library.” But of course —  and as Damon

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • August 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  majoring in Biology, began working in the Langer Lab at MIT in November of ... integral part of my education at MIT. Currently, I study and work on a number ... Robert Langer, an MIT Chemical Engineering professor, is one of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  about fluid mechanics. Sorry, it's the time of the season for offers, and ... DID YOU KNOW? The entire state of Wyoming (population 509,300) has ... while. I'm real sorry; I'm just not exactly on top of my life right now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006