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FAQ / First-year application
Where can I find admissions statistics?
If you're looking for admission statistics that's a good sign because we love stats too! You can learn the number of applicants, admitted students, and SAT/ACT score ranges for admitted students on the Admissions -
Blog / Academics & Research
Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on
, and I figured I might as well try too. Since I knew I'd love to work in ... that I wanted to try and do a minor in course 20. I figured I'd start ... very slippery slope to go down. Every week, I'd spend 5 hours in lecture -
Blog / Events
Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.
I've failed you in the photo department. But I'll try to describe the event for you as best I can. The ceremony took place in Killian Court. It ... up! I love how fast MIT is with that stuff... you can find it here.] -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.
. I don't know about you, but I think that's a lot to take in all at once. I still haven't even read all of them. Which is my loss, really. Maybe someday I will. With over 2,500 blog entries, you might think that -
FAQ / Prepare for MIT
Where can I find parent info?
We understand that helping your child find the right college is a daunting task and that many things have to be considered. We have information and advice that we hope… -
FAQ / First-year application
Can I submit a maker portfolio?
The Maker Portfolio is an opportunity for students to showcase their projects that require creative insight, technical skill, and a hands-on approach to learning by doing. Members of the MIT Engineering Advisory… -
Blog / How to Human
end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It
same amount of work I'd do on a regular basis at school in person. I ... actually a lot of fun since, for one, I was interested in my thesis, and also ... , but I really enjoyed the ~3 hour period in which my peers presented -
Blog / Admissions
The New MIT Viewbook! Last week, after a year of intense introspection (and a ton of work) we saw…
to chuckle. In looking back a year, he references this post, in which I discuss embarking on our new viewbook project. I can't believe it's been an ... final proofs next week - and then it's off to the presses! I can't wait to -
Blog / Summer
The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)
attempt to learn how to adult a little more, and as a result, I can now ... Carnegie. I digress. 8:45am, Elements Cafe: Arrive from the 71C bus in time ... about as likely as I could save someone’s life in the ER), and so this -
Blog / Academics & Research
Where do Trees Come From?
how to keep students from cheating on them. Yesterday in 11.125, we ... does that huge increase in mass come from? I want to hear your answers and reasoning in the comments... just think about it; no Wikipedia! I -
Blog / Classes
day one welcome back
sessions today. In the morning, I realize this means I can sit in whatever other courses I want for the remainder of the day. Today, in artificial ... algebra class was very rigorous, and in an ideal world, I would take it -
FAQ / First-year application
Can I take a gap year?
We encourage students to take a gap year to explore and grow. Every year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more students… -
FAQ / Life and culture
Can I join a fraternity/sorority?
MIT’s Fraternity, Sorority, and Independent Living Groups (FSILGs) include 26 fraternities, 10 sororities, and five living groups. With core principles of leadership, scholarship, and citizenship, the FSILG Office encourages and… -
Blog / Academics & Research
So, uh… help me pick classes I have no classes.
interest in learning how to make forceful arguments in written form. Studies ... those has got to go. I will probably keep drumming if I make it in ... It was as bad as I suspected it would be. Turns out I have 5 hasses -
Blog / Internships & Externships
Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5
and expenses, and I stressed about the rest of my life. In September ... new. I did social media research and sat in on team meetings about it ... , I worked on the end stages of some art installations in Boston. For -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
craze how a blog gets born
black out— there is nothing else in the world I can do I am barely ... I have more than 100 blog ideas saved in a nifty spreadsheet and ... of ideas in another life, I could have been a painter (I -
Blog / Academics & Research
A Tour of Phonology, Part 1 fənɛtɪks ɪz fʌn!
, etc. in our mouth. There are other ways to categorize. How can we tell ... text very well or at all, that's okay! What I'll do in this section is ... . But these sounds aren't really, if ever, used in English (but they can -
Blog / MIT Life
Blog Entry: Recession Edition At MIT, your spoon is too big.
In times of economic crisis, Random Hall perseveres in upholding the ... decreased in a geometric series. It is predicted that Paul would have finished ... “too hosed” with homework to participate in the social event, eventually -
Blog / Admissions
Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.
being a woman in engineering here. I had female friends in all of the ... Engineering), and as far as I can tell, they were all quite happy with their ... Last entry, I covered most of the questions that had been asked, but