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• Blog / Admissions

  MITES, RSI and WTP applications due next week The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT have their application deadlines next week.

  

  juniors who are interested in studying and exploring careers in science ... ), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous academic program which emphasizes advanced theory and research in mathematics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Deferred Posting for deferred students.

  

  In the coming weeks, the blogs will have some thoughts & advice about being deferred. In the meantime, feel free to use this post's comments space to discuss anything deferral-related.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who was the first woman graduate?

  In 1873, shortly after MIT's opening in 1865, Ellen Swallow Richards became MIT's first woman graduate (and later its first woman instructor). Richards' work testing drinking water supplies and water contaminants made
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is MITES Summer?

  interested in studying and exploring careers in science and engineering.  
• FAQ / Interview

  Do alumni conduct interviews?

  MIT's Alumni Association is involved with everything MIT—from providing admission interviews all over the world, to sharing in commencement ... most diverse, talented, and invigorating communities in the world.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?

  MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18.03, which is 5-0-7, for 6-2. At MIT, all of your friends would understand exactly what you're saying. (You have to enter "MIT Code" in the ask field
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit my final grades?

  Most students apply to college at the beginning of their last year of high school, so final grades aren’t available. Only admitted students are required to submit their final grades.…
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a school profile?

  Your school counselor (or equivalent) should submit the Secondary School Report and transcript. Most counselors also attach a letter of recommendation and a School Profile, describing your school’s curriculum and…
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  This year well over 18,000 students applied to MIT, the most in our ... students in the coming weeks and months - about how our process works, what you need to do if you are still interested in MIT, and so forth. In the

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Thursday

  

  defense of Phil '05 5:30-6:30 -- piano drop at Baker House (in honor of Drop ... dinner featuring Greek, Persian, and French Cuisine -Poetry readings in the native language, with multimedia translations in English -Live music and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tattoo ideas No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice.

  

  No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice. As a cheap yet fun giveaway, we are considering temporary tattoos. They would be small -- say, 2 inches square. What I need are your ideas for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Conner 2 Trip to the North End Bother bother bother bother

  

  A bunch of people from my floor decided to go to the North End to get pizza and pastries the other night. I didn't feel like writing about it so I decided to just film it instead. I present to you, what it would

  • by Snively '11
  • February 1, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wanna be on the Radio? (Update) CPW: T Minus 4 Days

  

  time, I've got plenty of volunteers from a wide array of backgrounds, so I'm going to stop asking for volunteers. But, if you have a personal blog that you'll be documenting your CPW experience from, I'd be more

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Saves The Pact God bless Stu's hairy face.

  

  Just when I thought I couldn't make it through another minute of the agony of yesterday's events, I walked into our weekly staff meeting to discover that Stu is HAIRY! Yes, friends, Stu Schmill '86, Admissions

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a quarantine haiku generator purell and poetics

  

  hello! hope everyone is doing well. I made a quarantine haiku generator: get yours here.

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Break and New Year Resolutions In which I try to express how wonderful being home is

  

  It's been a couple weeks, hasn't it? Now that I'm back on campus for ... from this past semester (the MITx supplemental video-making one), I ... too. This one's a bit rough around the edges, mostly made up of video I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.

  

  -brother, hail. Things I'm now very glad I own: (a) hats. (b) scarf. (c). overcoat. (d). sweaters for layering. (e) boots. Things I now wish I own

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the class of 2016! I found this picture of you on the Internet:          Go ahead and introduce yourselves :)

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, strangers. A video, a song, and some doodles.

  

  I... have not been blogging lately. It's too bad, right? Sorry folks, I was just swamped with April, also known as Hell Month&reg. Please don't hate me! Anyway, I also realized it's been a while since I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts on Removing the Long Essay from the Freshman Application So long, extraneous passages of florid prose.

  

  Brevity is wise. ...but I'm not the one being affected here. What are your thoughts?

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2009