FAQ / First-year application
What should I do if I’m deferred?
your application was already strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round. Let your application stand. Simply sending in
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FAQ / Life and culture
What kind of student support services are available?
something going on in your life, you feel too ill to take an exam, you ... reinforces the core values of MIT by providing support in an accessible and -
FAQ / Transfer
How do I apply as a veteran?
If you are a veteran and interested in learning in any way, shape, or form at MIT, please know that we appreciate your interest and thank you for your service. More information about applying to MIT is available on -
FAQ / Life and culture
How hard are courses at MIT?
to collaboration: problem sets (psets) are typically completed in ... getting in the way of their schoolwork. -
FAQ / Life and culture
What are the housing/dining options?
undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in on-campus residence ... might prefer to live in a cook-for-yourself (and often, your friends -
FAQ / Life and culture
Can I play football at MIT?
The 2014 Engineers were the winningest (real word!) MIT football team ever! In front of an enthusiastic home crowd on Senior Night, the MIT ... -game undefeated regular season in MIT history. The Engineers captured their first -
FAQ / First-year application
What’s the difference between Early Action (EA)/Regular Action (RA)?
Early Action/Regular Action isn't a big decision at MIT. There's no difference in the review process or criteria used for admission in EA (non-binding) vs. RA, and thus no advantage or disadvantage to applying for either -
FAQ / Visit
How do I sign up for an info session and/or campus tour?
We look forward to showing you what makes MIT so special! We offer in-person info sessions and tours as well as online sessions. Head over to our ... -created version of MIT in Minecraft! -
FAQ / Transfer
What does MIT consider for transfer admission?
, competitive applicants typically have a 3.5 GPA or above, and mostly As in math ... on your major, you may have covered more ground in one science -
FAQ / First-year application
What are the deadlines for first-year applicants?
new test scores” link in the application portal. The deadline for ... them by following the “Add new test scores” link in the application -
FAQ / First-year application
Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?
available in your application portal in late January and should be completed -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
[joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center
Shuli: The new MIT Welcome Center opened in Kendall Square in ... filled with student art. In this post, Kidist and I teamed up to tell you ... ‘20 were very involved in!) originally founded in 2017 to paint a long -
Blog / Uncategorized
gently down the stream whitewater rafting might be easier than driving on mass ave
Last Friday in my [annotation note = "my first-year humanities ... ’ll provide an excerpt of that excerpt here, where, in describing his outdoorsy ... who do things in order to talk about them (like me)” I, too, belong to -
Blog / Classes
classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies
Transportation was what got me into urban planning in the first place! So I decided ... , we've discussed the history of transportation in the United States ... and most convoluted infrastructure projects in US history most famous -
Blog / Personal Projects
1 Fish, 2 Fish, a Lot of Fish, and a Snail Putting a Big Box of Water on my Dresser
don't even remember what sparked my interest in wanting to get one (it was likely from remembering the one we had in my 7th grade science teacher's classroom), but I knew I wanted one in my dorm. After doing a -
Blog / How to Human
friendful life recently
me it was really sweet how that person described their experience in ... night in my early years here. i treat myself like i would an old friend. i take my shortcomings in stride and i don't shy away from acknowledging my -
Blog / Miscellaneous
★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023
-term living situation. Which has meant… a few too many Amazon packages. In ... , and I feel like some of my overthinking actually paid off. Thus, in ... hereby invite you to partake in this multi-course meal: a curated selection -
Blog / How to Human
hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger
quiet mountain, and then realize we had to walk back."]in fall,[/annotation] I vowed to go hiking. Tucson is gorgeous; and, importantly, in Tucson ... outside my house. The river in Tucson is dry, always has been, but it goes -
Blog / Classes
plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762
’ve taken at MIT: every week we’d write a poem in our own time and then read ... ’ve never really written poetry beyond the flowery text in my zine comics, so ... out in an office where everyone else is a man, including one who “loves -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero it's me! hi! i'm [the problem?], it's me
year, I've felt a decided shift in the air. I've mentioned it before, jokingly referring this period as my "nice era" to my friends. In this new ... available. I waited in line for 20 minutes. Normally, irritation would itch