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What are GIRs?
foundation for study in your major. In your second semester, you might add ... all of our students are broadly educated in the physical, natural and
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FAQ / First-year application
How do I apply as a permanent resident?
citizenship status. In the MIT first-year admissions process, you are considered ... applications from students in the process of waiting for their green cards. If there is a change in your citizen status during the application process -
FAQ / Academics and research
Can I join the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change?
You may! Understanding the complex, long-term changes in our land, air, and water requires breakthroughs in measurement, modeling, and ... global environmental changes that arise as a result of human causes. In -
FAQ / Academics and research
What kind of things can I do during IAP?
in the big, wacky, comfortable chair called IAP. Sandwiched between the ... to organize, sponsor and participate in a wide variety of personal and ... : BioHab Mycotecture: the coming (r)evolution in regenerative food and -
FAQ / First-year application
Does MIT recruit athletes?
MIT is one of the top Division III athletic programs in the country ... interested in playing varsity sports at MIT, you should contact the coach of ... contribution to MIT's varsity athletics, they may choose to advocate for you in -
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 ... intellectual stimulation of a diverse campus community. We seek to develop in -
Blog / Blog Projects
ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES
In the spirit of [annotation note="This weekend, high schoolers who ... person or group of people based on a specific topic. You can go down in the ... . For the most part, we’ll treat your questions like they were written in -
Blog / Classes
writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard
— which has become a common archetype in many fantasy and YA novels — but also witches and fairies in medieval and industrial society. The concept of the Fae was used to grieve loved ones, ie a mother that died in -
Blog / Admissions
My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school
organization for lost orphaned baby whales in the middle of Africa, speak Spanish, Chinese, Klingon, and Gibberish, get a 3250 on my ACT and still not got in ... like they came from one of two categories. In group one there were -
Blog / MIT Life
Talking to Strangers
, recording—all is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always in danger of assault and battery. My consuming interest in men and their lives ... can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to -
Blog / MIT Life
24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala
in time. Somewhere between Central Square and Harvard, the train sat still in the tunnel for five minutes. So, when it finally pulled into Harvard, we scurried out the sliding doors in a frenzy. We made it to the -
Blog / Extracurriculars
V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers
chance, which is why I’ve been reaching out to others in the GEL Program lately for these blog posts. So when two friends in the GEL program told ... some video up in this blog. Joe ‘12, Kevin ‘11, and I met up to talk -
Blog / MIT Life
OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.
was just in love with it. It has developed for itself a spirit, so that ... in the world--it's the center, somehow, of scientific and technological development in the United States, if not the world. It's like a New Yorker -
Blog / Study Abroad
Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.
TEN REASONS Why I Fell in Love With Madrid: 10. I love the Metro system in Madrid. Puts the T to shame. 9. I love the Starbucks employee who ... that wine in Spain is not just an excuse for people to get wasted. 5. I -
Blog / MISTI
DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.
DID YOU KNOW? GERMANY EDITION: In Germany, the energy content of foods is listed in kilojoules in addition to in calories. Hallo again. I've been in Germany for a little over a week now and I've already climbed 509 -
Blog / MIT Life
Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.
, along the Charles River in a place called Cambridge, a bright-eyed, eighteen-year-old baby boy was born. In his future lies a childhood, with all its requisite promises and challenges; in his past lies a strong -
Blog / Prepare for MIT
Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program
the opportunities, resources, and culture on campus. In particular ... headed back to campus in an Uber while discussing different food places in ... ="113489" /] From there, we set up base camp in the admissions office where we were -
Blog / Miscellaneous
i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish
taste of death lodged in the back of my hot, sticky throat, I was ... , Challengers, Euphoria). At any point in my life if you asked who my celebrity ... .[/annotation]What's my favorite movie? Zendaya. Well, Zendaya is in Boston on and off -
Blog / How to Human
you ain’t gonna need it overthinking
this summer. i fall in the same traps when i think about what i want to ... it. if i already know what i want, and believe in it hard enough, is there any point to thinking? putting too much importance in what other -
Blog / MIT Life
my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego
, as some may say). in my freshman year, i was kicked off campus a few ... March 27th, i got to experience spreak in all its glory! it was absolutely incredible. this year, there were a few locations in consideration for my