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• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  institutional offerings. ... calculus (or higher level of math, whichever meets your ability level) and ... calculus and physics at the college level. Depending on your major, you may
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2017 By The Numbers with apologies to iron maiden

  

  contributed by MIT Institutional Research to the Common Data Set (i.e. what powers the US News & World Report and other rankings systems). Now, I ... fundamental confusion between our admissions process and the results of that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  manipulate and assemble nanowires at the National Institute of Standards and ... science side: Professor Mildred Dresselhaus, Institute Professor and ... , solution, and solid state. -3.155J Micro/Nano Processing Technology (Same

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  Sila queries: How good are the social departments at MIT? And, at the ... talk about science at MIT? I mean, obviously it IS the institute of ... strongly interested in the arts, politics and literature? Irena similiarly

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  proposal. But he liked my idea. And he offered to help me improve it. Ed was ... teacher. Evidently, when my time to show-and-tell had arrived, I read aloud from a library book about reproductive biology, with a degree of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  heritage is offered and received. There's old half-true legends that get told ... 't enjoy the grade schools I was in to varying degrees, but I never felt entrenched in them - maybe high school a little bit, but only to the degree

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  't offer only math and science. No, MIT isn't male-dominated ('09 is 47% women). Second, and equally important, admissions personnel should never make assumptions about applicants. At the Harvard Admissions Institute

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  near Grenoble (the most unbelievable 360 degree views!) and I would like ... Redmond, WA And what are you up to? Product mechanical engineer intern at ... non-work goals! What are yours? Take lots and lots of pictures &

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• FAQ / Transfer

  Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?

  high academic standing at an accredited college, university, technical institute, or community college may apply for transfer admission. If you are ... of entry to MIT will have completed more than two and a half years (i
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  answered for me: And your teacher is right: unless the MIT class offers an ... are not matched in rigor and content by other institutions. I'll add a ... offers and picked the other guy. After all, most of the professors are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  offer. Of course, with P-Sets and all, it is easy to get caught up in your ... isn’t always 100% humid, 100 degrees, and left 100 mosquito bites around ... puzzles that centered around the best attractions, museums, food, and

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  MIT has to offer, things can and do go wrong.  It’s a law that holds ... frying pan until you have a Eureka moment where life and the universe ... If you've never played two truths and a lie before, all you have to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many ... , and that we wish you the very best of luck wherever you choose to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many ... , and that we wish you the very best of luck wherever you choose to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread For Those Not Admitted

  

  the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  be credited as co-authors for peer-reviewed publications, and some even ... : Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, a $100 million dollar National Cancer Institute designate D-Lab, which develops
• Blog / Admissions

  Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas

  

  We're closing in on Pi Day and still in the midst of making decisions, which I know many of you await with varying degrees of anxiety. But while you're here, and we have your attention, I would like to ask for your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  directly from someone who has a friend that goes there and knows the admission council very well. They have a criteria of 5 things, and if you ... , it is, you're half way there. My friend acheived all 5 things, and he

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2020–2021 application cycle

  

  to COVID-19. As stated in our Making Caring Common pledge — and ... the [annotation note="This means both prospective first-year and ... outcome-driven and applicant-oriented: we don't value scores for their own

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 13, 2020