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• Blog / Admissions

  Cacti and Ice Cream

  

  with some of the MIT Class of 2009 folks who are here for ISEF: From ... '11?), Ilang (Wellesley '09) In case you're wondering, here are some of their project titles: Use of Homology Modeling and Molecular Docking to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2005
• 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

  Where can I find info on Graduate Admissions/Masters/PhD?

  The Office of Undergraduate Admissions handles first-year and transfer admissions. To pursue graduate study at MIT, you need to apply to one of our departmental programs(opens in new window). Each department
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory?

  The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT focuses the talents of a diverse array of brain scientists on a single mission: unraveling the mechanisms that drive the quintessentially human capacity to
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does “drinking from a fire hose” mean?

  Getting an education from MIT has been likened to taking a drink from a fire hose—the sheer number of opportunities and rigor of our coursework can leave students feeling hosed. So it's only fair that students
• 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 / 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
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Top Ten of All Time; 2024 Edition ft. Barack Obama aka Minesweeper Monday EP 2

  

  of the 6 kitchens, but has a muffin tray in every single one?? None of ... , and I talk about my favorite things of this year. [video width="1280

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 7, 2025
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  the water pressure. They are a friendly and easily accessible hub of support for MIT students. Whether you're struggling with a pset because of ... and the holistic experience of students, especially undergraduates. S3
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  probably be higher if I felt capable of Actually Understanding Poetry, but I ... letters, and a list of all the books. S: will reread again and again The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  Meet the baby bloggers! you have to read that to the tune of meet the flintstones

  

  Hi everyone! It is that time again, the time of my[annotation note ... "]annual[/annotation]excitement: I get to introduce you to this year's crop of baby bloggers. To hire ... wonderful group of people. And now you, like us, get to laugh, cry, and lose

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tech is Hell we are happy, tech is hell

  

  top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight ... passions as through his torture. His scorn of the gods, his hatred of death ... that must be paid for the passions of this earth

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 13, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  meet the baby bloggers! (some of whom are older than me)

  

  Hi everybody!! As the first week of class winds down, it is my ... of bloggers. This year,[annotation note="nice"]69[/annotation] people ... submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known). There were many excellent

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 6, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Course Lounges press F to pay respects to the entirety of course 21 and CMS

  

  tl;dr: the google map of course lounges is here Here at MIT ... 's majors are called 'courses'. We have a whole bunch of courses, a comprehensive list of which you can find here. Almost every course at MIT has

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 27, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  Spring is here, which means we are nearing the end of Kresge lawn torment season. From August to March, the grass in front of Kresge is hit with an onslaught of violent offenses ranging from tents to snow, turning

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT: Progressions what the students thought of the place in 1969

  

  appearances of Professor Chomsky, Kenny, with the help of the MIT Museum ... what's amazing to me is the salience and relevance of this film. The student activism of 1968-1969 — against the Vietnam War, against nuclear

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 18, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  of a success, but I gave it a shot. There have been tons of articles ... the event justice in this blog because of my general inexperience with STEM maker culture (although I’ve had plenty of immersion with the arts

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Our Essay Questions i am havink qvestion

  

  Update: this list is no longer accurate as of 8/18/2015. But the ... , as readers of this blog likely know, MIT does not use the Common App. Instead, for a variety of reasons, we use our own application, hosted

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 1, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  This was supposed to be a happy post. It was supposed to be one of those after-CPW posts, celebrating three straight days of liquid nitrogen ice cream, Tetris hacks, and a campus-wide show of unity to welcome

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  After three CPWs and nearly two years of study here at MIT, I've gotten used to a lot of things about the Institute. And sometimes, when I have a lot of work to do (as has been the case for, quite honestly, the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012