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• FAQ / First-year application

  Who will have access to my application information?

  At MIT, we hope to get to know you better through the application process and want you to be able to express yourself authentically. We understand that some information you may choose to share with us is information
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Adam Riess ‘92 Wins Nobel Prize Riess was a Course 8 Phi Delt with a minor in History.

  

  's journey to the Nobel Prize began long ago. Born in Washington, DC, he ... graduation, Riess chose to attend MIT, where he majored in Physics (Course 8 ... addition to his major in Physics, Riess also picked up a minor in History

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat It, Bump It, Spike It MIT + NCAA: Two acronyms people don't normally expect in the same sentence.

  

  I always wondered what it would be like to go to one of those really hardcore sports universities, then I had the chance to get it at MIT. Last ... to advance to the semifinal of the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Anatomy of a Late Night There are some problems caffeine can't solve. But only a few.

  

  2 liters of Mountain Dew: $2.75 Mint Milanos: $3.39 Artichoke Spinach Hummus: $2.99 Wheat Thins: $2.29 Getting all your work done... priceless And now, I sleep, perchance to dream...

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  This is the way…to check your decisions

  

  log in using the same username and password that you use to sign into ... sure you are ready to receive your decision before signing in to decisions.mit.edu. In order to verify that you will receive a decision on the

  • by The BlogChild
  • March 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 play by play It slices and it dices.

  

  Her name is Betsy, and she got me to the finals of 2.007. This just goes to show you how lucky one individual can be. I actually thought I'd lost my round, and then when I went to go put my car down, they

  • by Bryan
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking + Evie Pix Some quick updates.

  

  : A new enhanced portlet will be launching in the next week to 10 days ... Hi folks, First I just wanted to give mad props to the kind folks who have submitted photoshopped Evie/Sawyer photos in the last entry. They

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  structure has to provide sleeping area for the 10 people in our class and ... glad to not have any psets or major exams. Keep scrolling to find out why ... weeks ago - …the assignment was to construct a bamboo-and-canvas shelter

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  expanded to 22 campuses in 14 states. Camp Kesem at MIT, founded by Caroline ... . The program is open to all children ages 6-13 in the Boston area. I will ... in the same boat with whom to share thoughts and feelings, and a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions For you.

  

  failed to absorb in wintry days past. In celebration of this meteorological ... inherent in counting down the hours, minutes, and seconds to 3/14 at 1:59 pm ... I've spent the past week or so running about in flip-flops, taking

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 10, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.

  

  EVENING TO 5 PM EST MONDAY... TODAYS SNOW AND FLURRIES IN SOUTHERN NEW ... FORECAST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY. THE JACKPOT... 10 TO 15 INCHES... WILL PILE UP IN THE

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Today’s Mailing Day For me this is a huge thing. You guys are my first MIT class, which…

  

  who got in - with rare exception, I couldn't bring myself to look ... to break my heart in a lot of ways. Anyway... Tonight feels like xmas ... , anyway) - we'll be mailing in less than 24 hours. Wow. For me this is a

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  just under a day, and we are staying in a guesthouse near the capital for the next 5 days or so. We hope to meet with 3 students from the University of Zambia (UNZA) before we begin our trip to the community of Mwape

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Live from MYSTERY HUNT Live from Mystery Hunt

  

  Now blogging live from Mystery Hunt: FRIDAY [12:17 PM] Meet in Lobby 7 to begin the hunt [12:48 PM] Now in Baker starting to solve the ... hours so teams can continue to call in answers and meet with us. If you

  • by Bryan
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Where’s Waldo? Hack Attack!

  

  The time is 11:23 am, and I am sitting in the Student Center. Then to in my email inbox I receive this email. From: Friend with the ... , Huanan. My fraternity little brother, David. He decided to not smile in

  • by Bryan
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Poaching Imagination Just a few more hours.

  

  In just a few hours, you'll know whether or not you have the option ... . Yes, that's right. In just a few hours, a simple flick of a cursor, a click of a mouse button. Many childhoods of anticipation will come to an

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can first-year students conduct research?

  Research at MIT aims to develop innovative solutions to the world’s most daunting challenges. From addressing the energy needs of tomorrow to ... the world. MIT offers research in every field you can imagine, and
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  reason, people don't seem to realize that you can come to MIT, major in ... worked as a secretary and a waitress, Moore was the first in her family to ... in Washington, DC, she became the youngest person to join the federal

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  ; You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  was pleased to find that I wasn't too far off in any of my ratings and ... We had our reading season kickoff meeting today, which checked in at just over four hours. It was awesome. Fun, intellectual, inspiring. In

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004