FAQ / Life and culture
What’s the Infinite Corridor?
when classes let out.
In mid-November and in late January every year
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FAQ / Life and culture
What is Concourse?
Concourse is a unique community of first-year students committed to learning in a small interactive group environment with dedicated teachers. Concourse offers small classes in the math and science GIRs as well as small -
FAQ / Academics and research
What type of first-year learning communities are available?
MIT undergrads come from every state in the country and approximately 75 countries across the globe. Every student brings something special to the community, and each learns in their unique way. Although we can -
FAQ / Life and culture
Is campus safe?
offers shuttles day and late into the night around campus in Cambridge and ... campus warning system, where students can opt-in to receive email -
FAQ / Life and culture
Can I join the Design/Build/Fly Team?
The MIT Design/Build/Fly team is composed mostly of undergraduate students, but is also open to graduate students, who compete in the annual ... specifications as specified in the competition rules. Students on the MIT DBF team -
FAQ / First-year application
What should I do if I’m deferred?
your application was already strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round. Let your application stand. Simply sending in -
FAQ / Life and culture
What kind of student support services are available?
something going on in your life, you feel too ill to take an exam, you ... reinforces the core values of MIT by providing support in an accessible and -
FAQ / Life and culture
How hard are courses at MIT?
to collaboration: problem sets (psets) are typically completed in ... getting in the way of their schoolwork. -
FAQ / Life and culture
What are the housing/dining options?
undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in on-campus residence ... might prefer to live in a cook-for-yourself (and often, your friends -
FAQ / Life and culture
Can I play football at MIT?
The 2014 Engineers were the winningest (real word!) MIT football team ever! In front of an enthusiastic home crowd on Senior Night, the MIT ... -game undefeated regular season in MIT history. The Engineers captured their first -
FAQ / First-year application
What’s the difference between Early Action (EA)/Regular Action (RA)?
Early Action/Regular Action isn't a big decision at MIT. There's no difference in the review process or criteria used for admission in EA (non-binding) vs. RA, and thus no advantage or disadvantage to applying for either -
FAQ / Visit
How do I sign up for an info session and/or campus tour?
We look forward to showing you what makes MIT so special! We offer in-person info sessions and tours as well as online sessions. Head over to our ... -created version of MIT in Minecraft! -
FAQ / First-year application
What are the deadlines for first-year applicants?
new test scores” link in the application portal. The deadline for ... them by following the “Add new test scores” link in the application -
FAQ / First-year application
Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?
available in your application portal in late January and should be completed -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
[joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center
Shuli: The new MIT Welcome Center opened in Kendall Square in ... filled with student art. In this post, Kidist and I teamed up to tell you ... ‘20 were very involved in!) originally founded in 2017 to paint a long -
Blog / How to Human
friendful life recently
me it was really sweet how that person described their experience in ... night in my early years here. i treat myself like i would an old friend. i take my shortcomings in stride and i don't shy away from acknowledging my -
Blog / Uncategorized
★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023
-term living situation. Which has meant… a few too many Amazon packages. In ... , and I feel like some of my overthinking actually paid off. Thus, in ... hereby invite you to partake in this multi-course meal: a curated selection -
Blog / How to Human
hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger
quiet mountain, and then realize we had to walk back."]in fall,[/annotation] I vowed to go hiking. Tucson is gorgeous; and, importantly, in Tucson ... outside my house. The river in Tucson is dry, always has been, but it goes -
Blog / Classes
plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762
’ve taken at MIT: every week we’d write a poem in our own time and then read ... ’ve never really written poetry beyond the flowery text in my zine comics, so ... out in an office where everyone else is a man, including one who “loves -
Blog / Challenges
ambition finding direction
in cities and ambition, paul graham writes: “Great cities attract ambitious people. You can sense it when you walk around one. In a hundred ... brains in Silicon Valley, the message the Valley sends is: you should be