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• FAQ / QuestBridge

  If a QB applicant is admitted EA/RA, will they receive full financial aid?

  . This usually means an award similar to the College Match Scholarship ... to Student Financial Services. You can contact them at [email protected] if
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview deadline?

  email address you provided on your application to contact you, so please monitor your inbox and respond promptly. If we are unable to offer you an
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab?

  The Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) was created to coordinate and promote water and food research at MIT. MIT ... environmentally sustainable way. Check out their site to learn about all of the
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is Math fun at MIT?

  A lot of our students select math as their field of interest when applying to MIT—which is no surprise, since our math department is one of the ... topology, to applied mathematics areas such as combinatorics, computational
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did an MIT grad start Khan Academy?

  fund analyst to start Khan Academy, a nonprofit educational organization created to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  All applicants are requested to fill out the application with their current citizen status. In our first-year admissions process, you ... green cards are considered to have non-U.S. citizen/non-U.S. permanent
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i stole a vhs player! and other old things i’ve acquired over the last 2 and a half weeks

  

  [annotation note="Ok, it's like 3 now, but i'm not going to change the language out of respect to the original post."]Two weekends ago ... to get out in the near future, but for now, i want to share what I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m Not Normal About Friends (Part 1) i lost six nights of sleep to perform amateur data analysis on a sitcom

  

  I started watching Friends a few weeks ago. I thought it was going to ... usually choose to watch like The Bear or Black Mirror. Then out of the blue, 10+ weeks of non-stop assignments gave way to a week of utter

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  typed out the entries that seemed interesting to me. This IAP I trimmed that list to the ones that are most palatable for a blog. # I didn ... ’ve become illiterate, too hosed to read good books. For all of October I have

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  In high school I always wanted to know what you learned in college ... something to look forward to after high school, either at MIT or the college of your choice. Also, I'm kinda trying to hype myself up over the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...

  

  Though it may be difficult to believe, sometimes MIT students like to ... find summertime a particularly good season for the things I used to do ... huge one of those things is reading. I love books. I used to be one of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 5, 2016
• Blog / Events

  REX at Random Hall ice cream, epic meals, water wars and turing tests!

  

  with the dormitories being so self-selecting. You get to choose where you ... (Residence Exploration) Program is a way for each incoming freshman to figure ... living group--from the dorms to the FSILGs (Fraternities, Sororities and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • August 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  without the booklet as it contains, in addition to useful maps of campus and ... all 620 officially-recognized CPW events. That's enough for one to begin every 7 minutes or - more closely resembling reality - for 8 to begin on

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  With Ben and Mollie recently answering your questions, I started to feel like a slacker... so without further ado, here are some answers to ... entries that I neglected to answer here, you can repost in the comments and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  in remembrance of my sticker collections for stickers are vessels for stories

  

  Many months ago, I broke my water bottle cap. I tried to find a ... stickers on this one that I refuse to throw out. Apparently H2GO is a brand that exclusively does corporate swag, so if I wanted to buy one, I'd have

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 5, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  annotation feature it's been hard not to annotate every single thing, so this ... to a video you posted last year about your room.  I can offer you some ... New House a couple of years ago due to an extensive renovation effort

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I am slowly going insane This is your brain on AI-generated videos

  

  was trying to create a benchmark for evaluating AI-generated videos, and outsourcing to MIT students was the best way to get the high-quality human ... really wanted to build one for myself, so I knew I had to compete

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 6, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  This semester, I was lucky enough to take the beginner glassblowing ... forgot to bring food in a green take-out box from Maseeh lunch, and ... [/caption] Do you dare to reach forth and scoop a spoonful for yourself? If you

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Sensations On Having Feelings

  

  appliances. This poem is impossible to divorce from its color. I genuinely don’t have the words to explain it, but this poem has such a power to evoke ... intellectual vivacity. I figured that I wanted to come out of high school an

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 9, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  Today, I woke up and walked to Trader Joe's. The elevator was taking a particularly long time, so I opted to walk down eight flights of ... shake it off. I also enjoy the people. The walk to Trader Joe's is

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022