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• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I’ve completed more than 2.5 years of college?

  Students who at the time of entry to MIT will have completed more than two and a half years (five terms) of college may not be eligible ... considered a semester at your institution, we will consider it a semester. We
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  calorimeter was actually a pretty good analogy for my life, and then I decided I ... avoid thinking about the other things I need to do but have not done and ... semblance of order instead of confusion-despair-and-fear, and suddenly my

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  Hello and happy new year (kind of)! I was really bummed out to make ... fit this 2020. I learned how to properly lift things and I became pretty fit over the summer, and I've kind of fallen out of habit now that our

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21E our major in a diagram!

  

  humanities field (21), and any engineering field (E). We were recently messaged about the requirements of 21E, and were inspired to make a diagram, sine ... 've taken to meet the req's! Legend GIR = General Institute Requirements

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 9, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Blog Graveyard skeletons in my google docs

  

  about transition states and enzyme reactions, as all I can think of are ... "]finally crossing the Boston University Bridge[/annotation] and returning to my ... —little, dedicated spaces for my sentences and paragraphs that don’t make the final cut

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 12, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply as a permanent resident?

  a U.S. citizen if you currently hold a United States permanent ... , you may notify MIT and send a copy of your green card via the application portal, fax (617.687.9184), or email and your status will be updated
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  to possess some degree of moral aptitude, and in so far as moral ... -defined, somewhat abstract, and entirely distracting. This is a more fleshed out ... theoretical and somewhat subjective), let's dive in, shall we? We will examine

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Watch this! An MIT blogger alum deservedly gets a moment in the spotlight.

  

  today as they were when she wrote them between 2005 and when she graduated with degrees in Biology and Brain & Cognitive Science in 2006. Today, she is a graduate student at Harvard, and is still involved with the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions For you.

  

  advantage of the sunny, 55 degree weather to catch up on all the vitamin D I ... Court. It was due to this decision that I spent an hour and a half of this ... found my attention drifting away from their words and towards the glinting

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 10, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  that story all over again. I thought getting my bachelor's degree would ... schools. It's not an easy task either. Waiting on pins and needles to hear ... if I sit around and wait for the news, the world around me isn't going

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.

  

  underground tunnels. On mornings like these (3 degrees when I left the house), I ... , it was like playing a video game - lots of exploring and getting lost and seeing certain landmarks 4 times before realizing that I was

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  and universities in Greater Boston, making it easy to visit a variety of ... entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who ... to leave your advice on visiting MIT and Boston in the comments; I will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  ) And the biggest institute wide snowball fight in Killian Court... ever ... The blizzard helped me and Liz run out of things to do incredibly ... snow I've ever seen, and I've still been trying to figure out how to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  Chicago economist Steven Levitt. He received his PhD from MIT in 1994, and ... , "Number of Nobel prize winners among current and former members of the MIT ... two years, and #2, this was written before Acemoglu received it this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  formally welcome you admitted and delightful goobers to the Institute. Four ... you celebrated accordingly, and similarly. Flash forward four years and ... books my airline tickets and hotel confirmation for my trip that

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  we updated our admissions statistics and freshman class profile pages ... was offered $100,000 to start her own company based on her research...and ... ;  and 1,115 other amazing individuals, each with their own story of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  their research to MTL's industry sponsors like Lam Research and Global ... get together and have fun before the spring semester starts. Unlike ... during MARC and thought the snowboarding people looked so cool, so I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  fake r: there’s a difference though between having too many options and ... back from russia and since getting to college and meeting so many new people and moving around and everything i feel lost on a much deeper

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  School College: University of Michigan, 1995, English Language and ... Name:Jenny Rifken Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate ... and activities really seriously, but they don't take themselves too

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Fryday on Sunday If you're looking for more apples, do not click this.

  

  , there's four states of matter. And then there's potato, which according to ... ), mashed (theorized to be a transition state between baked potato and potato ... Tonight, I emerged from a coma of essay-writing and unglued my gaze

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 22, 2008