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• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  experiences with the rest of us upperclassmen. We value you as members of our ... would be an amazing experience. In some ways, the fall was was amazing ... why I expected the process of finding my place in a completely foreign

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  at several schools in January and February. The process was [annotation ... "]need[/annotation] something to worry about for the future. Why did I apply to Ph.D. programs? It's the thing you do if you major in life sciences and want to get a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  something fun to do — go through (approximately) the same week every year that ... commentary about the things that I am (or was) up to. Without further ado ... calendar of note (aka, all of the things on my calendar): Science Bowl

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next

  

  send? The only "new" thing you need to send in is the February Updates and Notes form. You'll use the FUN form to tell us your midyear grades ... send us stuff via email or mail, but the FUN form is the best way to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The School of Architecture + Planning What happened to "science"? "Engineering"? "Technology"?!

  

  all the schools and majors and degrees if you are curious.) As you might know from the handy banner above, I am a Course 4 (Architecture ... the entire School of Architecture+Planning is pretty small. The school

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life A play-by-play of my day, along with some pictures.

  

  Given that it’s the day before Campus Preview Weekend and I have two papers to write and a problem set to start, it’s clearly the perfect opportunity to blog! I’ve wanted to write a “Day in the Life” entry for quite a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  about that on the packet i received." And Andie wrote, "where's the ... click on the Registration link in the big red CPW box in the lower right ... 'm really excited for CPW!! I really cant wait to come up and meet all of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  coaster of editing, getting feedback, and editing some more. In the midst of ... and Literature University of Northern Iowa January 2006 The Statement of Purpose required by grad schools is probably the hardest thing you

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• FAQ / Testing

  What are the MIT test codes?

  MIT’s code for SAT is 3514 MIT’s code for ACT is 1858 MIT’s code for TOEFL is D021
• FAQ / International applicants

  What is the Secondary School Report?

  The Secondary School Report Form is designed for U.S. school systems but may be adapted for international school use. Many international ... the results of any external examinations, such as the International
• FAQ / First-year application

  What is the mail address/fax number?

  Email: [email protected] Fax: 617.687.9184 Mailing address: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Office of Undergraduate Admissions 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room E38-200 Cambridge, MA 02139
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  This is a guest post by one of my friends, Heidi Z. '27, one of the ... massachusettsian". (shoutout DEAPS '23!) As stated in this post, IAP is one of the ... the blogs and imagining a future in Cambridge—having the opportunity to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  There’s a clear, one-to-one correspondence between the semesters at MIT I consider “successful” and the semesters during which I accepted the most help from and collaboration with others. Freshman spring: I

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  don’t have anything coherent to say on the topic as a whole. This is a ball of hurt I carry with me, a part of the constant calculus I engage in as I attempt to navigate the world. I wish I had some hope to impart

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  ? of course, growing up, the answer was my family. i woke up one morning craving the napa cabbage and meatball soup that my dad used to make. along with the phantom taste of salt and light broth on my tongue, there was

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  I’m from the Philippines. There are big things that are different from home, like the weird practice of tipping, or how there’s functional ... isn’t what makes me feel like I’m not in the Philippines anymore

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

  

  magnification. It’s cool because we can change the magnification continuously, which is impossible with glass. At Open Sauce, the maker expo in San

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 20, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  a few weeks ago i had a job interview. we had some extra time at the end so i took the chance to ask my interviewer (let’s call them p) a few questions me: what would you say is the primary source of joy in your life

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  stroking for the day, the real reason is because today was so cool, so ... 's impossible to rank the events by awesome, I've ranked them chronologically: 11:00 a.m. EST- Sabar Drumming Class Before you graduate, the Institute not

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  "] ‎[/caption] The water is painted with soft teal waves and tinged with an amber glow. I’m sitting on a cold concrete slab, where the tides would normally spill over. I look out into the distance and squint at where the sky meets

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 6, 2024