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• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?

  There are many applicants to MIT from many types of backgrounds, and while we consider them all in their context, we need to know some common ... awhile, we would expect to see the results of your standardized tests
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... , so you should be sure you are prepared to receive your decision before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  . Namely:  It’s my very last semester (still trying to wrap my head around this) I have already completed every requirement to graduate (except ... to document, especially because I am lucky to have more

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... , so you should be sure you are prepared to receive your decision before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... , so you should be sure you are prepared to receive your decision before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  This was originally going to be a post about how now that I’m in college I’m finally taking steps to beat procrastination and do things early ... this, I failed to account for the fact that I am now in the most

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Room Tour 2017 edition

  

  2021s, can't wait to meet y'all this week! To give you guys a sneak peek of what is to come, I (finally!) got around to learning how to film and edit videos. Here's my first shot at it, and a room tour to show for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  basically variations of "where to buy industrial sized vats of SPF 50" 3) It's time for those of you who might want to be bloggers to TAKE THE PLUNGE What does it mean to be an admissions blogger

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A question for you… No seriously I have a question

  

  to understand? I'm going to try to doodle explain it the best I can (I'll explain why later) in a blog post. Some categories to think about ... to quantum I'll have to rope in my Course 8 suitemate) "Engineery

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 22, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Decisions Released Today

  

  with their decisions this afternoon, so you should expect to hear from ... process, we eventually were able to offer admission to 25 of them. Transfer students are some of the very best MIT has to offer. I highly recommend

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’M BACK!!! This, kids, is why you should store your passwords somewhere safe, just in case Firefox…

  

  firefox to remember my password to login to the MIT blogs website. I ... very well, which is why I told Firefox to just remember it. It worked ... without a way to recover my saved passwords in firefox (my partially

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 9, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Post-finals stress? Oh, it happens. Trust me.

  

  I was lucky enough this semester to have only one final exam, which I ... . I need to have everything I own packed and stored by 6 PM tomorrow. Also, I'm going to be in Madrid in 4 days and still don't have an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat It, Bump It, Spike It MIT + NCAA: Two acronyms people don't normally expect in the same sentence.

  

  I always wondered what it would be like to go to one of those really hardcore sports universities, then I had the chance to get it at MIT. Last ... to advance to the semifinal of the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  hose and Student Support Services (S3) is available to help you manage ... something going on in your life, you feel too ill to take an exam, you're considering taking time away from the Institute, or you just don’t know who to
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s MIT’s mission statement?

  The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in ... nation and the world in the 21st century. The Institute is committed to generating, disseminating, and preserving knowledge, and to working with others
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  endeavor. Aside from making sure that I’m on track to graduating on time ... have mandatory lectures at the same time, but if I push back class B to another semester I’ll have to take it with class C which is an estimated 20

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  I joined GEL because I want to be able to implement my ideas in the ... ” of multi-disciplinary engineers was tasked with trying to get three ... Manufacturing across different three time zones to work together. Context: The

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  difficult to leave my job in admissions since I have really enjoyed working ... prospective students. The transition happened quickly and I didn’t have time to ... things are becoming clear to me. This time of year my life has long been

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  . This year, I travelled to sunny Southern California. I visited high ... south as San Diego all the while attempting to hit as many points in ... on my way to Hollywood, but found Christopher Columbus, who pointed me

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  memory. Sorry it's been a while since I've had anything substantial to say ... two weeks hooked up to a machine with my tongue hanging out of my mouth ... decided a better course of action for my life would be to leave MIT and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007