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• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m taking college classes, do I apply for transfer admission?

  school and completed at least one year of college. If you're still in high school, you're considered a first-year applicant regardless of how many classes you've taken at the university level.
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  took of all the awesome stuff at Maker Faire: At the entrance LEGO had ... iron with thermite: Lots of folks at Maker Faire love bicycles. There ... see it. That said, there's one in New York in September, and I think

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  Despite growing up in New York, I became a Red Sox fan when I was 8 ... frozen for a couple months of the year. So I grabbed the opportunity at MIT ... comeback against the Yankees, my mom scanned in an old "baseball card" of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  seattle ➞ mit an epilogue in bullet points and pictures

  

  summer, though natives say it's not even as bad as boston or new york ... there. being in new york city for a week before school was a slap in the ... missed. i'm living in a cozy single at the end of the hall. i'm genuinely

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  ,' aka MIT alumni attending their 50th reunion, are guests of honor at ...   livestream of the graduation ceremonies     Today occasions the 151st Commencement of the Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  , Pennsylvania, and New York; about 15 applications so far today, all said. And now ... story: my first term at MIT, I had passed out of single variable calculus ... sort of community service, do you think id have a chance at getting a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  Texas Hold 'Em at one of the Frats. Which is wierd because I'm from Texas ... teach this one girl from New York how to do it and when the opportune ... you for publishing this pearl of wisdom. At MIT, so far as

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT IreneCam tracking the storm - here and on the web.

  

  you're following the storm from home, I highly recommend the New York ... ;   One final note: for those of you who already have students here at ... I've decamped from the Boston area northwards to New Hampshire for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  Bombers move off the floor in their four years at MIT, and all of them ... classes ranging from 1969 to 2018 were at the 50th anniversary of our annual ... an engagement party last fall in New York. Both events were like mini

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  morning I left home for college: at the end of the summer, I would fly ... animals at the foot of my bed, the Tweety Bird bedsheets –   You ... wild with dreams of making a huge discovery at the lab and becoming super

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  ] the menu of the most expensive restaurant in New York City -- good thing ... nearly-2000 year old piece of wood, and a three-level gift shop at the ... is worth two and a half hours of waiting) a colorful look at Dylan

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  far less to do in terms of taking care of myself when I'm at home! There ... world, including (but not limited to): investment banks in New York City ... Phil asked, "oh btw Melis, would u equally prefer working at MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  For those of you who don't remember or are new here (or don't care ... 'm spending the summer as an RTA for the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University, an intensive three-week academic program for gifted

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  just take a ceiling tile down at Random instead of having to lie on your ... three days felt like the longest three days of my life. My total sleep ... lot. My adrenaline was at an all-time high, fueled by the Institue

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  College (Jan. 6), RPI (Jan. 1), and the University of Chicago (Jan. 1). For ... send in a whole new version of my application? No. You do not need to ... over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  This is where my decisions have taken me perspectives from grad school

  

  ? No. At some point, there’s too much scatter between a set of options ... history of the universe. This would horrify undergrad Anna, who was afraid ... graduated, Arthur offered to put me in touch with a medievalist at Caltech

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  going to a shisha café (see a theme?). My flight was at 8am on New Year ... drive me the 130 km to the next station at the meager price of Rs 2500 ... students from the University of Virginia, made the journey down to Agra to

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  Institute of Technology. The context of my trip: New York City is a few hours ... of one of the athletics buildings.That night we stayed at the Marriott ... I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  (#MIN87) being at Bullhorn's new headquarters on the 17th floor of 100 Summer Street, one of the many tall buildings in Boston with its own ... /Oliver Queen. Source: Imgur   Every time I go to one of these events, I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  of working in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, or San Francisco ... take care of yourself in a new environment without Mom and Dad around to ... chance to see what different places have to offer can open your mind to new

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010