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• Housing and residence life

  want to live in, giving students the chance to live in a place that feels ... (GRTs) who are there to provide snacks, life advice, or some help with a ... (blog by Shuli J. ’22) Re-orienting (blog by Fatima A. ’25) Guide to
• Apply / First-year applicants

  February Updates & Notes Form

  quarter, if your school uses a quarter-based system). Trimester schedule If your school uses a trimester schedule, please use your first ... . Midyear grades Please be sure to get your official midyear grades from your
• Discover / Life and culture

  Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

  stealthily execute campus pranks according to an informal code of ethics. These ethics, loosely stated, assert that hacks must do no damage to property or any person, must be safe, and must provide joy or amusement to those who
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Admissions statistics

  people understand complex systems and make informed decisions. So, a few ... beyond the stats already contributed to the MIT's standard Common Data Set. Holistic admissions It is important to understand that these numbers do not
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Getting started

  Regular Action. There is no strategic benefit to applying during either ... fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are available for ... -blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver will not have any negative impact on
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  697665727365: Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon) went to the ... new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone ... little time to come to terms with its identity as a whale before it then

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Apply / Parents and educators

  For home educators

   Interlochen, among many others) are a great opportunity to work with other students ... [intro]MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students, and ... .[/intro] Over the past decade, we have seen a surge in homeschooled applicants
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Transfer eligibility

  entering MIT. If you are still in high school, you are considered a first ... submit one application per entry year, meaning if you apply to enter in the ... who at the time of entry to MIT will have completed at least two terms
• Discover / The MIT education

  Majors & minors

  , not to a specific major or school, so all first-year students begin MIT ... chart below to get a quick visual sense of what you can study at MIT, read ... confusing, but the important thing to know is that we have many things you can
• Afford / Cost & affordability

  How much it costs

  [intro]We are committed to helping our students pay for their MIT ... -free. Those who do borrow tend to have debt at graduation lower than the national average—a median of $20,288—and all alumni benefit from the lifelong
• Discover / Learn more

  Newsletters

  [intro]Would you like to hear from us every once in a while?[/intro] Then you should sign up for our MIT Admissions monthly newsletter (prospective undergraduates only please). It's from us(!), and contains
• Discover / The MIT education

  Undergraduate research

  as coauthors on them. Every scientist was once a novice: UROP gives you a point of entry to begin work that can last a lifetime. Hands ... .[/intro] In 1969, Margaret MacVicar, then a 26-year-old MIT professor (and
• Help / Contact

  Via phone

  Our phone number is 1.617.253.3400. That's it. That's the number you'd call, and we'll pick up as long as it's between 9AM and 4PM ET, Monday through Friday. This probably didn't need to be its own page, but now that
• Blog / Class Projects

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  want to focus on making next year. To summarize my thoughts in a sentence ... -life balance, creativity, and how different it is to work than to be a student ... for Beginners," it attempts to parody, pick apart, and find comfort in

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025

• En Español

  [intro]¡Bienvenidos a MIT! Esperamos que esta página ayuda a cada ... objetivo de MIT continúa siendo el mismo: "ampliar el conocimiento y educar a ... a la nación y al mundo en el siglo XXI mediante la generación, la
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  is, it’s usually easy to locate where a specific room is. So once you ... campus is a group of buildings, not to be confused with the building that ... from what we call MIT north, which is a little off from actual north, to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  to a place enough times, all your visits start to blur together. This ... halfway through a botched sophomore fall to receive treatment for clinical ... “typical” four-year timespan. 16% works out to a little less than 1/6 of the

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  have it shipped to your dorm room, but make sure your sheets are twin ... sure to do that at some point. Also, an umbrella, a hat, gloves, a scarf ... 't need a laundry bag or anything to lug stuff down to the laundry room. You

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  and you can usually find a lot of YouTube tutorials to help you get over ... Being able to experience new things is such a fundamental part of ... apply to a school like MIT. As Petey wonderfully notes in his infamous

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  and skills—ranging from puzzle-making to set design—to put on a spooky ... friends was even a cast member two years ago), but I was always too lazy to ... a slot this year, I had no excuse not to sign up. I really enjoy

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024