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• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  held in person whenever possible, however you may coordinate a virtual ... . Interviews are not a required part of the MIT application. While we try to ... waived, it will not put you at a disadvantage in the admissions process.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the Infinite Corridor?

  . (As viewed from a stationary point on the earth, the path of the sun through the sky is roughly a circle that moves north and south as the ... , a reference to Stonehenge.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Concourse?

  Concourse is a unique community of first-year students committed to learning in a small interactive group environment with dedicated teachers ... a community lounge where ideas and people come together, not only for
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are GIRs?

  All MIT undergraduates must complete General Institute Requirements (GIRs). Basically, you must take two semesters of math, two semesters of physics, a semester of biology, a semester of chemistry, and a selection of courses from
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change?

  political and communications savvy to organize a genuinely global approach ... Model (IGSM), a linked set of computer models designed to simulate the global environmental changes that arise as a result of human causes. In
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I play football at MIT?

  football team completed its historic regular season with a 24-13 victory over ... 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
• Blog / Events

  Stuff that happened on Pi Day (besides decisions) pastries and pie-ings from around the institute

  

  Pi Day is a big deal around our mathematically-minded Institute ... a few days later with some of the other stuff that happened on Monday ... office, the whole admissions staff received a same-day delivered boxed meal

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 16, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  What follows is a guest post from the Chop Stir Hack team. CSH is a new MIT ASA group that publishes a semesterly food magazine. It grew out ... microwaved food. While this assumption does hold some truth, MIT actually has a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Mac4Change MIT students raising money to feed the homeless on Veteran's day

  

  message and empower students like us to believe that they too can make a difference. Over 60 people donated and we raised a total of $275 in just two ... included Kevin Lilly, founder of Samaritan Steps, a nonprofit that provides

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Boston Pops John Williams and a bottle of wine -- on a school night!

  

  honor society) social chair and a generous invitation from a biochemical ... Memoirs of a Geisha. The paragraph in the program that listed other films ... they performed: A Postcard to Boston (A Hymn to New England) Three Pieces

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?

  

  's class decided this would be a fun event for the dads, and that's how this whole thing got started. Laird, Tim, and I found ourselves in a room full ... and thus I had to avoid Miss April that night. But that's a different

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  email and phone calls. On Monday, I finally returned a call I had been ... I can. I was talking to a guidance counselor over the phone today ... reminded of an article I read a few years back:High schools work to ease

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Activities Midway Each year, MIT exhibits its 300+ student activities. Friday, I checked them out for you.

  

  Friday was the annual Activities Midway, a hugely popular Orientation ... power of self-governance here! [full disclosure: I am a former officer of ... given a list of the ~250 groups that had booths. You can view the list

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 6, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit my official transcript to MIT as a QuestBridge applicant?

  If the transcript on your QuestBridge application was sent by your counselor/school official, it fulfills our requirements for an official transcript and no further action is needed on your part.…
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do dual enrollment students apply as a first-year or transfer applicant?

  Students participating in dual enrollment programs or taking college-level courses while in high school apply for first-year admission at MIT. If you apply to MIT while you're still in high school, you're considered a first
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tech is Hell we are happy, tech is hell

  

  The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight ... down in a few moments toward the lower world whence he will have to push

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 13, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students ... be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you converse civilly and

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students ... be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you converse civilly and

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students ... be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you converse civilly and

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of ... that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you converse

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016