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• Blog / Admissions

  Are you a high school student? Do you want to learn more about MIT or possible career paths? If so, read…

  

  school students to participate in an exciting annual event presented by the ... this interactive, engaging event, high school students will have the ... you're a high school student living somewhat close to Cambridge, MA, be

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2011
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the School of Science like?

  The six departments in the MIT School of Science are consistently rated among the best in the world. They include: Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Chemistry; Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What schools can I cross-register with?

  If you find something that you’re interested in studying that isn’t available at MIT, you have the option to cross-register at Harvard, Wellesley College, and MassArt.
• Blog / How to Human

  things i have done since leaving school but only in the ten hundred most used words

  

  remembered the things i liked to do at school remembered the love for games that got me through life's hardest parts decided to go back to big school ... school where my boyfriend goes was very sad for a while cried many tears

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 19, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Two opportunities for high school students And you don't have to live near Cambridge, MA this time!

  

  the MIT Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is organizing for high school ... “Exploring Science and Engineering” essay competition open to all high school ... , We are pleased to invite all high school students to participate in two

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  you're a really funny kid with an optimism like nobody's business, but ... is kind of hard, especially in high school, because a lot of the time ... school can actually be pretty rewarding if you don't get sucked into the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  . There are over 1,000 high school teams nationwide that compete in FIRST ... during my junior year of high school, and it was seriously awesome. But ... of students from several local high schools), but I decided to join

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  " was not a good name for a train. Yo, I'm in grad school. How's that ... to my school once to give a lecture, and I could totally tell that ... ? But what makes this old man think of school today? Well, I've been

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1

  

  academia should look like and of who belongs in it. Once, in high school, I ... people to take me seriously. My school had chosen ten or so seniors to act ... math contests but had zero business experience and hated getting in front

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 5, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  see if I wanted to go to math graduate school. By that point, no math ... , given that I also passed the knowledge test back in high school yet failed ... yesterday I got boba and lunch with a friend from high school who now lives in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  spring! semester! so apparently i'm doing a lot of random shit

  

  in high school, so I sent Professor Strang fanmail, and he responded to ... ’t taken a math class since Linear Algebra in my junior year of high school ... ; and i oop   I took AP Physics I in high school, so I kind of knew

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  . One thing that struck me about high school, as I finished it off, was ... school without knowing any calc, and also from the amount of calc that 8 ... got into this class via some things I learned in high school quite a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s been 3 weeks the firehose is still alive and kicking

  

  , three expectedly busy weeks. I’ve gotten sick for a brief period, seen ... storyteller I possibly could be. High school was a period of full bloom for me ... to school—a twenty-minute walk that involved lots of long, grim

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year; New Me! (Two Months Late Oops) I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do in my last semester…

  

  them, I got back together with my ex-girlfriend from high school. In ... honestly, overthinking has been my main problem since high school.  It is ... thought that high school was going to last forever. That there was never

  • by ana~
  • March 5, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does my school submit recommendation letters and transcripts?

   materials from your school counselor (typically including your transcript, a school ... submitted through your school’s preferred system, such as Parchment, Naviance ... additional documents (prepared letters, school profiles, transcripts, etc
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  and my brother are in the same after-school swim class. Sometimes when ... with? Good. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a tray ... thinner than I chop the beets. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  there is...a lot about the school that a lot of people don't know about ... this new school and you just feel really cool when you're like, "Hey guys ... the transition from high school to college much smoother and allows

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  is the medium of instruction" school. My school offers a very limited ... school? It's not like I've been living under a rock or anything, it's just that my school is not very active in these areas. For example, I only

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life in the Fast Lane why do i walk so fast?

  

  student here: $300 per day. (Big clarification–MIT offers one of the most ... the excitement of living my high school dreams. But then I start back up

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 29, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summiting Mount Monadnock camping trip!

  

  school so it was really nice to be able to experience the great outdoors ... , though we were offered snacks by some other hikers who were sheltering with

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 18, 2025