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• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2023!

  

  Great Concavity and I need to mask outdoors as well as indoors today my ... decide how to pick your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned ... It is summer in Cambridge, which means that: every morning I wake

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action this year I'm so impressed with our applicants

  

  your applications for early action. Truly. I consider it a privilege to ... background, and discover how you define yourself as a student and a person. I ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

  who used to be in our shoes so many years ago!  I just kept thinking how ... current residents to keep pushing forward and doing great things. I found a ... my friends and I sat in our lounge for hours listening to a '71 alum go

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  [/annotation] even when you fold it in half. To appreciate just how cursed this ... fontina pizza the next time I visit MIT and Petey/Ceri drag me to A4. ... wood-fired pizza made from a 10-year-old sourdough starter, A4 is the go-to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  process of admissions. When I invited Stephan'13 to come volunteer at the EA ... decisions approaching, I'd like to share some relevant FAQ's I was asked while ... 't manage to reach. I am trying to decide between MIT and ____. Their campus

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  How are you planning to spend the day? Jeffrey Warren, a Media Arts ... local activist groups and residents, he hopes to empower people to monitor ... the impacts of the oil spill to dissipate, he said. "If we do it now

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  As MIT Admissions’ one and only “jockblogger,” I have decided it’s my task—no, my duty—to finally say what needs to be said: MIT is a jock ... prove it to you. Dominating our Conference MIT is the most successful

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  game in a long time I am legit jealous I won't get to participate in a ... If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then ... , mentor, and (now) admissions liaison since 2002. Before I came to MIT, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  (e.g. how many, when, how) that I can provide, but I'll update more ... Office to the Undergraduate Advising & Academic Programming (UAAP) office ... fewer questions about admission, we encourage you to start reading and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009
• FAQ / International applicants

  How do I complete the visa section on the application?

  Only students who currently hold a visa complete this section of the application. The International Students Office assists all admitted students through the visa application process in May.
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Dilemma Free (food) for all.

  

  how to eat better when you have to cook for yourself, but actually ... What should I attend tonight? Option 1: 4th Annual LATKE ... ://web.mit.edu/hillel/www/latke-hamentashen-debate.html Option 2: Tired of Ramen for dinner? Wish you could do something to make

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  . If your initial reaction to that was "...um, what?", then I'll fill you ... ; instead of getting a band or two to perform, we hire a dozen bands to play ... stories up, hence everyone looking skyward. I didn't get a shot of the roll

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings we want to meet you!

  

  Hi! I’m Katie Kelley, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT, and with my second season of reading applications behind me, its time to start getting to know all of the wonderful people I have been able to read

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 21, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  I try to attend at least one guest speaker talk a week (many of them ... encourage student-faculty interaction.) My friend Varsha '07 and I decided to ... . I don't want to spend this whole entry describing Professor Lander

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  event, and "How Many Feet Can You Eat" Subway eating event.  But I still ... some my sadness quickly washed away as I stepped outside to find butter ... carving blocks and faces and buildings out of butter. I tried to make a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  it is," and I'll agree. Then he says "I as an artist can see how ... beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me too, I believe ... to the excitement, the mystery and the awe of a flower. It only adds. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  testing requirements here. I’m happy to announce our decision to ... simply not a part of our process anymore.   How does this apply to ... MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  else seems to be posting screenshots of their calendars, I'm going to do ... IAP trip to India - Taking EMS Shifts (I happen not to be on any this ... , it hit me yet again how there's soo muchh to do here at MIT. This place

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  the biggest perks of being an Arts Scholar is getting to go on an all ... didn't get to go on the New York trip that year, but we did every year ... for it because, when else do you get to take a day trip to see a famous

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply as a permanent resident?

  All students must complete the MIT application with their current citizenship status. In the MIT first-year admissions process, you are considered a U.S. citizen if you currently hold a United…