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• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply to be an Exchange Student, Special Student, or Visiting Student?

  . If you are interested in doing research at MIT, you will need to be ... must invite you to their lab to engage in research. If there is a ... -degree student. Exchange students are affiliated with a university in which MIT has
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  opted to stay another year in order to finish up and graduate. One day ... on the dorm's e-mail list between this senior and an undergraduate in ... 't be staying in the dorm over the summer. so, if my two assumptions are

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  GEL-ing Gordon Engineering Leadership program, that is

  

  you told me I’d be a varsity athlete in college. Now, I run the ... bring these atypical students together. Best of all, you get to share in ... I am not your typical MIT student. In high school, I never built a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 14, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  in my dorm went and got piercings together. Their excitement and joy ... of them: Chameleon Chameleon is a body art studio located in Harvard Square. I went to Chameleon back in January 2019, bundled up in a coat

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  hate that I can't understand Malayalam, or feel comfortable in any ... for finally, finally giving South Asians the representation in media ... obviously a huge step for Indians in Hollywood, but...yeah, it has a lot of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  . But I also wanted to do this post so that you could, in the comments ... It might seem like you've been doing nothing but filling out forms ... . Scholarships are nice. They provide you money for college (offsetting your Self

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  ? Woooo Sochi 2014! If you're interested in previous hacks, MIT hacks ... Before You Graduate", which varies a slightly by academic year (for example: 2011 and 2008.) On the Class of 2016's list, number 82 tells you to Hack

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  freshman you may have a class or two in 56. I had my HASS class there and a ... When you first visit MIT you may think that it's ugly. Butt ugly. Uglier than anything you've ever seen. On the other hand, you may instead

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  definitely fixable. so imma do it ASAP   see you in a bit :) ... made were in the sections i choreographed (the irony…). my parents really ... bitterly cold out, so as soon as i got home, i bundled myself in a ton of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  distance it can buy you. She sees money as a way to unlock the ability to ... media studies students are thrown together for a semester to work in ... in units of XBox 360s (a trip to Istanbul? that's like, 9 XBox 360s

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  You know those “four seasons” posters that elementary school teachers ... back to green. Even past elementary school, in fact--my high school ... -bordered (cut) and taped together–definitely a lesson in patience and attention to

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  specific date you think sounds good? In this, my trusted ally you are." Well ... how many times you think you are going to visit MIT. In general, the ... you probably won't be able to participate in any of the official

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life or something like it Apparently this blog is supposed to be about my life. So here's some stuff about…

  

  I can write some sort of blazingly exotic blog entry full of ... allowed to drop a class without penalty, was last Wednesday, so I'm in all ... class here. But it's kind of nice to know that I can until almost three

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  last year of Mathcamp. In hindsight, it’s no surprise that I applied to return as a JC a few months later. And when my offer popped up in my inbox ... way I could spend my summer ceased to exist. In June, I learned how to

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  Nights) but still. You can imagine how therapeutic it was. A week ago, I ... WOMEN'S bathrooms: ZERO POINT TWO FIVE!!! MIT male: Uh...how did you get ... and not stress out about, you know, feeding myself. A month ago, I got

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing Two New MIT Students… ...classes of 2026 and 2028 respectively.

  

  power again in our direction. As you well know, time is our enemy. In ... you know I recently added a new member to our family. Miles Nathaniel ... ecstatic to hear, "Your Epidural is in." Upon seeing Miles for the first time

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Math = Broken Whatchu know about math?

  

  . . . " Me: ". . . what!?!" Jon: "Wait, you can't even solve this! I hate math ... ). Here's when you know it's time to go to bed. Roommate Jon: "Did you get

  • by Snively '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “MIT Abounds With UROP Students” A photo spread about student research.

  

  undergraduate students doing real research. You'll hear lots about UROP as you learn more about MIT. You can read more about UROP from a student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  'm entertaining myself - rather, how you're helping entertain me - during my night in an airport in a totally unfamiliar city. Ask me questions. If you ... To take a leaf out of Sam's book: DID YOU KNOW? Charlotte

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part Two Interior photos of vacant East Campus dormitory rooms. (Photos of occupied/"lived-in" rooms are to come.)

  

  First of all, a big thank you to everyone who replied to my request for feedback in the last entry. :-) I will be creating some in-depth entries about projects as I decide what exactly to write about! In this

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 18, 2006