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• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  available for most students, we do not expect that most students have sent in ... good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will show what materials we have processed for you. We should have the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  bike lane etiquette and DON'T WALK IN THE BIKE LANE.

  

  such an extensive biking architecture in the coming weeks. As you prepare for your next few years here in Boston, or if you already live here and ... use to get around cities. They are marked with a bike and an arrow in

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • July 21, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  days in Seattle, WA at a national conference for admissions officers and ... too. So now I find myself on an airplane in the early morning heading ... ’m going to enjoy being in California and I look forward to seeing you there!

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  progress. We expect that this will turn into a senior thesis (in physics) for ... photometric limit. The crossing of an earth-sized planet in front of its parent star sometimes results in an imperceptible but measurable reduction in

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  at MIT. These classes aren't for credit and if you're an undergraduate student, you can become an Art Scholar and receive a scholarship for a class ... got in trouble a few times for doodling on my desk. But during my time

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  the ground for an hour and a half. In the afternoon, my post-finals pre ... Boston for the summer. One fistfight later*, I landed in DC, fully resolved ... seconds to waste. *Not my own. While I waited for my connecting flight in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  University. I was thrilled, here would be my first chance to learn in an ... 11:52 AM on June 9th, a cool but sunny day in Johannesburg. I took an ... and conditioned to view the US in a specific way for so long that

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  -built formula cars in the world. FSAE is an international, collegiate ... wheel formula cars. MIT’s team designs and builds an electric car for the ... in different countries. While I could wax poetic for days about all the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  correct answers. That is not uncommon for MIT. Today in UROP Andy presented ... Institute for Basic Research, which is run out of a PO Box in Florida. The new ... , I went to the Music and something Department looking for MTG info and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  headed back to campus in an Uber while discussing different food places in ... the Stata Center for seniors in the Black Community to get recognized ... pretty much had free reign in what we got to do before the main event for

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  , I think that's something MIT looks for in their admissions decisions ... 'm averaging 12hrs a day in lab with at least another 4 spent on work for that ...   Did you know the soda can top (or "pop" can for those of you

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  semester will look like for you as an MIT student, so it's best to use your ... advisor: How do I know what to take this year? For starters, CJ has an ... class or substituting the HASS CI-H for another intro class in a different

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  'm looking for a large sample size, so don't be a lurker -- tell me why you ... for students who have an interview or have an interview waived is higher ... -- write them, put them in a drawer for a few days, come back, revise, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  with an “exceptionally strong background in chemistry,” which did not ... , B, C, Cause for Concern, and In Trouble, and yours truly made the ... . Looking for something “alive, or that had been living” around my house, my 1

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  Nina Lutz for multiple hours in editing, to my family for being awesome in the videos, to my best friends Diann Huynh and Chielo Mbaezue for ... . Your heart starts to beat fast, you start looking around frantically for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  About the Midyear Report We've been getting many questions about the Midyear Report. Here are some answers.

  

  as needed. The Midyear Report also includes an opportunity for you to ... from the Part 2 of the application, except that we're only looking for current year courses and grades. And we're only looking for this from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... taking my tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the ... an unofficial score report faxed or mailed in the meantime. You can

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  remains an enigma - perhaps the greatest in physics today. What is known is ... This morning, MIT alum Adam Riess '92 won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Adam Riess, MIT Class of 1992, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2011 Riess

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

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  UROP, offers an exceptional opportunity to apply concepts taught in the ... has been on campus for five years. Schools that have been in the ... learning, experimentation, and innovation. For example, in the first year of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  students had been putting in to plan, rehearse, or prepare for these ... scheduled for April 2nd and 3rd. We had only ever been in the audience of plays and musicals, and were looking forward to this opportunity in our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020