FAQ / Life and culture
What other student resources are available?
MIT offers a myriad of health and well-being support resources for students. See the DoingWell site for more info.
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How can I contact the Registrar’s Office?
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FAQ / First-year application
Does MIT recruit athletes?
MIT is one of the top Division III athletic programs in the country. MIT is always looking for students-athletes. Almost 20 percent of ... interested in playing varsity sports at MIT, you should contact the coach of -
FAQ / Academics and research
What are Psets?
psets. Problem sets are the backbone of our teaching in many subjects; for many, problem-solving is the essence of the MIT education. Faculty vary as to the portion of course credit derived from psets. In some cases -
FAQ / Life and culture
What’s the MIT motto?
MIT's motto, mens et manus, translates from Latin to mind and hand. This motto reflects the educational ideals of MIT's founders who were promoting, above all, education for practical application. -
FAQ / Life and culture
Can I play football at MIT?
ever! In front of an enthusiastic home crowd on Senior Night, the MIT ... garnered a lot of press from coast to coast, with announcers pointing out that most of the team members had a better chance of "owning" an NFL team -
FAQ / First-year application
How does my school submit recommendation letters and transcripts?
MIT requires letters of recommendation from two teachers. The most ... profile, and a letter of recommendation). MIT's recommendations process is ... section of your application. We will also accept letters and materials -
Blog / Challenges
when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…
This week, hands down, has been the most chaotic one of my life. I feel like I’ve lived so much in such a short span of time, which makes sense, I guess; I DID manage to cram two months worth of memories into -
Blog / Events
Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade
communicate it. I just walked out of an event called "Digital Anxieties: A ... 's probably one of the most influential and life-changing talks I've ever sat on. As a long-time fan of Bo Burnham, it was absolutely surreal to see him -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify why did i ever think iTunes was good
brought a lot of joy and happiness into my life. If you've read the title of this post, you'll know that this being is no other than Spotify and oh boy this is by far the best piece of technology I interact with on a -
Blog / About Decisions
MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online
MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2022 are now ... by a shared standard of rigorous academics, high character, and a ... here. Because of the competitiveness of our pool, we have already -
Blog / MIT Life
merry christmas from MIT and my newsfeed a snapshot of holiday cheer from cambridge to new zealand
% of annual time) where we go to class, typically weekends and days off ... (3% of annual time) of winter break as a truly reliable time to relax. See more: The eye of the storm. This christmas, I decided to un-wind by -
Blog / Admissions
I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)
other way than navigating to or searching for MITAdmissions.org. Of course, it's also strange to think I once had a full head of hair and wasn ... taking and posting many square, filtered photos of MIT. As some -
Blog / About Decisions
A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs
It's May 1st. Most of your friends have decided where they are going ... well at MIT. First of all, please and let ... ; 1. Are there normal people there?/Are 'my kind of people' at MIT -
Blog / MIT Life
“Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans
within a week received a whole bunch of homework. Book your travel Get ... representatives My group consists of myself, a PhD student from Georgia, and a ... Massachusetts resident and I divided up the labor so that I'm in charge of -
Blog / MIT Life
MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition These are the kind of people that you will go to school with.
about some of the awesome and amazing people that I went to school with, so you can see what kinds of really fantastic and interesting and great ... for one of the most prestigious research journals in the world: Nature -
Blog / MIT Life
Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.
spent a lot of my time in MacGregor, which is where Cory was living for the summer. Specifically, he lived in B entry, which consists of the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth floors of the high rise and is broken up into -
Blog / Academics & Research
The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites
Last year, my class sizes were on the order of 100, 50, 60, and 20 ... quantum physics and thermodynamics. Three of my professors have Wikipedia ... 't so obviously useful - but is probably one of the most special classes I -
Blog / MIT Life
Cats!! I love where I live!!
MIT are kind of different from most other colleges. Each dorm has its ... fantastically different culture and feeling of community! My absolute favorite floor in the world is my home. I live on the third floor of the east -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Art is Everywhere! [by Emma Frank '15] Public Art at MIT
as a sterile place. Labs stacked on top of classrooms and everything ... where I’d be bombarded with art from the most unlikely of places. But it is! And after a tour of MIT’s public art through my