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• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  University of Alabama at Birmingham is a popular choice that people from my ... : I participated in the Summer Science Institute at the University of ... engineering research at a nearby university (albeit virtually, because of COVID

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  , depending on the time of my earliest class on a given day, I have three to five hours to do anything I please. The lack of social distractions make ... like I'm the only person awake. In reality, around 10% of MIT wakes up

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  yourself in a flurry of work and deadlines, postponing and forgetting about ... Shape breaks you out of your daily routine and gives you a hard shake by the ... importance of taking time periodically to think about my vision of the ideal

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  Today, some of our applicants learned conclusively that we will not be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2028. This is an open forum for you to talk, shake it off, and remember that you will survive

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  Today, some of our applicants learned conclusively that we will not be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2027. This is an open forum for you to talk, shake it off, and remember that you will

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. However, we did place some students on our

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. However, we did place some students on our

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2009 Within the next few days, we plan to make waitlist offers to complete the Class…

  

  with aid packages. Admitted students can then choose to accept our offer (it is an understood part of admissions that some people will shuffle ... offer) or decline it. Also, we will begin notifying some students on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist News Within the next week, we plan to admit approximately 35 students from the waitlist.

  

  aid packages. Admitted students can then choose to accept our offer (it is an understood part of admissions that some people will shuffle ... offer) or decline it. Also, we will begin notifying some students on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2008
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  If a QB applicant is admitted EA/RA, will they receive full financial aid?

  MIT practices need-blind admissions for all students, regardless of citizenship. If you're admitted through Early Action or Regular Action, MIT will assemble a financial aid offer that will meet 100% of your demonstrated need
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT prefer public school or private school?

  every type of school: public, private, religious, charter, and home school. We understand that high schools have different offerings and families ... MIT. Matt McGann, former Director of Admissions, wrote a great blog
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What support is available for LBGTQ students?

  MIT strives to create a safe and welcoming environment for LBGTQ students. MIT and its surrounding communities offer a broad array of ... campaign has a great list of resources available to students as well.
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  students would rather do calculus than succumb to the byproducts of rampant ... to talk about things that they write at the bottom of lists. In cardinal numerical order, I will start with #2. Around this time of year, an

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  some things. Josh is majoring in computer science at the University of ... . 450 degrees is also okay. Add a generous amount of salt and pepper and ... degrees Fahrenheit. Pour about a cup of olive oil into a large bowl. Add a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  As some of you know, I got my master's degree from the Comparative ... the student to develop mastery of the craft and rhetoric of writing about the worlds of science and engineering for broad audiences. This

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  It was 86 degrees F in Boston on Wednesday! A blooming tree in front of the Senior House dormitory Now, I'm in New Jersey for the wedding of an MIT roommate. Lots of old friends from across the country are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  't Pepsi. MIT's a university, so maybe the concept of a graphic identity for a university is something that's relatively recent. As part of the ... of universities, MIT's 2003 logo doesn't seem so recent anymore. It

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Free Lunch Who says there is no such thing?

  

  One of the first things I did when I came to MIT was get myself on a bunch of email lists. I now know what is going on around campus with web ... one is one of my favorites and I get a number of emails in my inbox from

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  offer me the pats of condolences and, instead, I'll be pierced by their ... in the mirror and I see my accomplishments. I think of how far I ... in the past year. But then, I sometimes see the flip side of that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  significant single decision as choosing a university. But I’m facing a lot of ... I have something of a love-hate relationship with 2015. Last year was defined by its discontinuities. The first half of the year was spent trying

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016