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• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  Welcome those of you who have just joined us! I encourage you to read ... gather for our meeting to get us prepared to read your thousands of ... I must say I'm very excited to be starting the application reading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / MISTI

  Vive la France!

  

  I'm about to head off for a two week in vacation in Paris, Rennes, and Bordeaux. In the meantime, you can check out the MIT France Program, one of MIT's awesome international programs. Current music: A.R. Rahman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2004
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the residence halls/housing like?

  More than 70% of our undergrads live on campus, including all first-year students. Housing differs across campus and we want each student to live where they feel best. Detailed descriptions of the undergraduate residence
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Can you recommend some academic competitions?

  It's great that you're searching for programs to challenge yourself academically. We have info on science olympiads, science fairs, robotics competitions, and maker opportunities on our STEM programs page.
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Singapore-MIT Alliance?

  SMART is MIT's first, and to-date only, research center outside the United States. MIT faculty members have laboratories at SMART, mentor postdoctoral associates and graduate students, and collaborate with researchers
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on Aero/Astro?

  AeroAstro the oldest and most respected university aerospace program in the United States, and it's easy to see why. They have an Interactive Robotics lab, a Human Systems lab, a Space Propulsion lab—and the
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What schools can I cross-register with?

  If you find something that you're interested in studying that isn't available at MIT, you have the option to cross-register at Harvard, Wellesley College, and MassArt.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What other student activities can I do?

  You can do anything we already offer on campus, or you can start your own "thing" at MIT! Check out Campus & Student Activities to see what's going on around campus, or check out a list of active groups from
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can my school counselor find helpful information?

  Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants! We understand what a daunting task it is for school counselors to meet all of the different requirements for so many students and schools. We
• 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 exercises 50 years after their own graduation! They're members of one of the
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Media Lab?

  The MIT Media Lab is known for its bold innovations that help invent the future, and fosters an “antidisciplinary research community” that mixes and matches seemingly disparate research disciplines to pioneer
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Where can I find parent info?

  We understand that helping your child find the right college is a daunting task and that many things have to be considered. We have information and advice that we hope you find helpful on our For parents page.  
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What does the D-Lab do?

  D-Lab is building a global network of innovators to design and disseminate technologies that meaningfully improve the lives of people living in poverty. The program’s mission is pursued through interdisciplinary courses
• FAQ / Testing

  Will MIT accept December testing for Regular Action?

  You can report all tests taken through the end of December for Regular Action consideration. We will also accept English language proficiency test scores for RA applicants through the January test dates. To
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I include a portfolio with my application?

  Yes, you're welcome to include a portfolio. Visual artists, makers, performing artists, and researchers may send portfolios for review by MIT staff or faculty through Slideroom. Detailed instructions for submitting
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  choice of MIT, I mean it. I'm on a mission to spread the New England winter propaganda, and that means more snow shenanigans! This time brought to you by ... summons me at 10:00 pm to accompany her on the most random and hilarious

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ST PATRICKS DAY RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  

  HOZIER, KING OF IRELAND, IS HERE TO SPEAK:  It can't be said I'm an early ... sleep so well? You keep telling me to live rightTo go to bed before the ... gets done, but you worry some, I know But who wants to live forever, babe

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 17, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  some independent video production on the side. Then I came “back home” to Admissions, helping to run these very blogs with Petey while also working at ... THE PAST 15 YEARS. Honestly, what is there to catch up on? The catching

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dumb little poems and such emotional support procrastination

  

  material enough i can’t wait for the semester to end this course is too damn ... pretend   fight me if my past self could talk to me We thrash in ... past? It stands catatonic, unable to die, So wake me up and free me Face

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 7, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  select the right summer and enrichment opportunities to best position my ... , I responded to one such inquiry with the following: While there are a ... to read this blog entry that I wrote a number of years ago sharing some

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023