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FAQ / Life and culture
Did an MIT grad start Khan Academy?
Salman Khan '96 (18 & 6 and Class President!) and MEng '98, started the online learning phenomenon in 1993 when he started tutoring his cousin, Nadia, in math over the internet. By the end of 2006, more -
FAQ / First-year application
Can I defer my enrollment?
of Admissions. Such requests are usually granted (indeed, often -
FAQ / First-year application
How does the MIT admissions process work?
the details can add a lot of stress to the waiting period, so we -
FAQ / International applicants
What if I’m waiting for my green card?
application process you may send a copy of your green card via the application -
Blog / Announcements
MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/16/25, at 6:28 PM ET it's that time of year again...
announce that Early Action decisions for the Class of 2030 will be released ... moments of joy and curiosity, rather than being consumed by the Waiting of ... passes. I'll see you on the other side of decisions! -
Blog / MIT Life
Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…
do! So when Aiden posted his tier list of MIT's dining halls and rated ... "] Map of restaurants I visited over the week.[/caption] Day 1 (Saturday ... custard" (from the drinks menu, which turned out to be just a bowl of corn -
Blog / Challenges
you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't
friday night was the beginning of teammate hunt, a puzzlehunt written with some excellent puzzles. it's written by teammate, and i know lots of ... around for a few more hours until the end of the party. and when everyone -
Blog / Travel
Rejection Therapy and my insatiable urge to collect trading cards
my eyes, you are done being prefrosh by definition on the first day of ... applying to MIT. 'proto-' meaning 'earliest form of'. "]prefrosh ... , when students go to tons of fun events at dorms to explore different -
Blog / MIT Life
I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards
quite a bit of time in Ilani’s room. For the summer, though, PUF was ... -side lounge and kitchen. PUF spent the summer enjoying a variety of activities ... I don’t consider it enough of a sit. 4. snuggling in weird positions -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
I Should’ve Been Working When I Drew These ✨but i wasn't✨
="aligncenter" width="432"] oh my god is one of its arms coming OUT of its pecs?? ok well -
Blog / Majors & Minors
Declared My Major :D aw yeah i'm a College Student™ now
during the spring term of their freshman year. I'm a fairly decisive person ... need for students to understand both the science and engineering of ... a deeper understanding of how the brain produces intelligent behavior -
Blog / How to Money
ew taxes the new zealand government owes me money
taxes, or save part of your paycheck for the government overlords. In New Zealand, this happened as well; they took away roughly 30% of my paycheck -
Blog / Miscellaneous
quarantine throwback i present to you my early april 4 am thoughts
blog, you know it’s been kind of weird lately. Life was cancelled, people ... meant I have housing at least till the end of the semester, so I didn ... could write about how much I long for the usual hustle and bustle of MIT -
Blog / Announcements
Fall 2020 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you
process can be a difficult experience. For those of you who were admitted ... the best of luck wherever you go, and whatever you do. -
Blog / MIT Life
How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."
movement Get a U-Haul. A dolly. Quite a few people, at least two of them need to be strong. Coordinate! Don't wait until the morning of to put ... organ donor. If there are too many people to fit in the front of the U -
Blog / Announcements
Fall 2019 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live
that this process can be a difficult experience. For those of you who ... , I wish you the best of luck wherever you go, and whatever you do. -
Blog / About Decisions
I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill
It's the middle of July, and my brain is so fried I'm punting on a few projects, so figured I'd make myself useful and answer some ... Disqus handles that kind of conversation pretty well now, so we can just do -
Blog / Admissions
My Talk @ Maker Faire a bit about how we see, select, and support makers
month, after our first year of having a Maker Portfolio, I gave a talk at World Maker Faire New York about how we admit and empower these kinds of -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
SpringFest 2014! Just a quick post about the 2014 SpringFest Concert featuring Capital Cities and Flosstradamus!
It's that time of year again - SpringFest! This past weekend was filled with fun events like the McCormick Hall picnic and lots of energy saving activities. But my personal favorite event was SpringFest's annual