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• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  non-academic, who have taken a rigorous academic curriculum and done ... 't have any required classes, but a strong academic foundation in high ... get a lot of requests from students asking what their chances of
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  travelling is stressful and twelve hours is a long time to spend in a room with ... . ’14 has titled “All Aboard the Rage Bus” and which a few days later is hopefully more funny than unhappy. Here it is: At a pit stop, the lady who

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Sulinya Ramanan Sulinya Ramanan '10, "hometown hero"

  

  articulate and clear way. She is precocious in her ability to organize a ... Spackenkill Student is a Youthful Leader April 28, 2006 By Jeremy ... , but she has accomplished more in her 17 years than many people do in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  ,”; for every black lives matter protest there is a kid who is being moved ... fact that there was a video showing these men in the act. My blood boiled ... am. Believing that for every good person there is a much more wealthy

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  Maillard reaction. This is a non-enzymatic browning reaction which is usually ... , and seared meat, but in this case is responsible for huge, gummy brown ... hardcore organic synthesis to building a giant cardboard box in which to ship

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  it is in the current Ring Committee's and the 13th member's best ... , Congratulations on completing your first year at MIT! It has been a tough year ... school year, the class council announced its decision of a ring committee

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  matched in a way that made them very easy to stack. All you need is a ... students to customize their rooms is actually in the furniture. From my ... them up, use them to build, loft beds (or in my case a desk), and really

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  advisor, stands in front of a blank board; he is grinning, hunched over, and ... doors. MIT CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS is printed on each in small ... holding a real cup of coffee. Sho Yaida is beaming as he holds a crying baby

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  role model and still is to this day. Working in my lab gave me a sense of ... finals week in Washington D.C. with the only person I know who's a bigger U ... . College was a chance to both remake myself in a friendlier mold and to build

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  first week, I confided in Arystanbek, a teacher who taught math from grade ... American from Florida who had spent a lot of time working in Russia and ... clapping when somebody dropped a plate in the dining hall. [annotation note

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  is a great place to go to school, but I also recognize that it’s not a ... a bar that each school has to clear in order to remain on your radar ... , normally there is a threshold of requirements that students have to get

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: the app is live for freshman

  

  'll go is not who you'll be. Most of all, try to enjoy your senior year; it's the only one you will ever have. I believe in you. Good luck.   ... The MIT freshman application for the prospective Class of 2022 is now

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And term starts again…

  

  couple of weeks. In the meantime, I'll entertain you with a list of my ... beef up my math background. Prof. Kleitman is a zany, charismatic mad ... comments: My last unfulfilled Course 9 requirement is a probability

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  other). Most of my waking life is spent in front of a computer, an ... time around, summer is over and school is starting (although not for a ... haven't seen in 3 months are coming back to campus. This is what August

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  I'm ridin' on a dolphin, doin' flips and sh** Well, I kinda wish I'd been ridin' on a dolphin, doin' flips and sh**, but I wasn't. Instead, I ... 's how it works. Every year our dorm pays for us to go on a really nice

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  Materials for Biology, which hopefully will be a blend of my interests in ... iconic red jackets). One of my favorite gifts to give out is a tire ... one guy who exclaimed some variation of “AWESOME!” with a fist pump upon

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  old east campus working through feelings caused by news

  

  . as ankita talked about in the post i linked, renovation is a big deal ... who lived in burton-conner only lived there for a semester and a half ... . all great things. no more murals, in the traditional sense. this is a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1 ... in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of the most fun is building, well, a bridge. It is pretty much what it

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Admissions Decisions Available Online Visit decisions.mit.edu to find out your decision.

  

  . Most students who applied to MIT in early action this year were excellent ... ://decisions.mit.edu. You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log ... sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  “Heroes” The second in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Michael Jackson.

  

  , like the one in Prague. This is actually a field of huge stones, and you ... Engineering Museum, which is a strange destination for like 7 MIT students who ... next to it. Honestly, this is just an incredible sight in the middle of a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2006