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FAQ / Interview
What if my interview is waived?
Unfortunately, even with over 3,500 alumni volunteer Educational Counselors all over the world, we may not be able to arrange an interview for every applicant. If we are unable to offer you an interview, your -
FAQ / First-year application
Does MIT have required classes or language requirements?
We're often asked to recommend specific classes for high school students to increase their chances of admission. We don't have any required classes but consider an ideal preparation to include calculus, physics -
Blog / Featured Blogs
Minesweeper Monday Episode One: Quantum of Solace Emulator
Hello everyone and welcome to episode one of Minesweeper Monday, a bit that I might never do again! In this episode I talk about Coffee and Radio and Movies and try for far too long to get an emulator of a game to -
Blog / Travel
[liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues
airport) for so long that blogging is the only thing that can keep me sane ... their business in for the entirety of the 6 hour flight. 8:30pm ... enough for dinner. [caption id="attachment_115909" align -
Blog / Academics & Research
Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.
appreciated the grading scheme for the class—fixed grade cutoffs with 20 “extra ... extra credit project for this class, I attended a panel where I got to ... ="attachment_112262" align="aligncenter" width="1400"] an assignment for 21W.744 -
Blog / Academics & Research
done with the b.s. 4 years of mit by the numbers
For my last blog as an undergraduate, there would be nothing more ... adjust to in-person MIT, classes for my major, a new dorm, mental health ... of teaching at MIT as well! I’ve been a TA for Single-Variable and -
Blog / Athletics
Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball
can talk to for help.” Squash student-athlete: “Being a student athlete ... never take for granted.” Favorite sport-related memory? Swimming student ... proud of us for making it to Regionals.” Squash student-athlete: “During -
Blog / Challenges
lookin’ at the blur of this semester and ahead at the next one!
less a zombie for that. Speaking of which, sleep is very important ... important things include saving this cookie for Selena[/caption] I mention ... , and ended the semester with new ideas for my existing stories and a -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Is This All? how do i live without regret?
, took it for granted, didn't challenge herself enough so she dropped her ... research and just applied to grad school for media studies? Why am I going ... dancing in exchange for smiles and claps from my grandparents. At around -
Blog / MISTI
A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark
that was open past six yesterday. Luckily for me, however, there was a ... than they do for $5 in the MIT vending machines"]can,[/annotation] and ... you need to carry cake to work on your bike, then you sort of wish for a -
Blog / Challenges
living away from home lessons learned
year and I've learned a lot. I lived for the first time with friends in a ... to learn over the past two years, or as much of it as I could, not for ... small reminders for myself for the future. finding a place Clearly -
Blog / Classes
four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule
I was taking a look at my calendar for next week, and I thought that ... seeing shooting stars for the first time because we’d gone hundreds of ... data for my thesis right now. It’s involved multiple reinstalls of Python -
Blog / Athletics
Skating or School? Why not both?
have in store for me. And yet, here I am, in my third year, still ... -time. Exams and psets I don't have enough time to study for or complete. Classes ... , training. The skating season is year-round, no breaks, hardly any room for -
Blog / MIT Life
East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"
. And yet I’ve been happy on the East Side for three years. That said, East Campus is not a dorm for everyone, but neither is any dorm at MIT ... community that fits you. For this post on East Campus pros and cons, I asked -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...
find summertime a particularly good season for the things I used to do ... those kids that would hide somewhere for six hours with a thick book (usually fantasy) until one of my parents found me and, for the millionth -
Blog / Academics & Research
Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home
was probably quite lovely, but my stomach was too tightly knotted for me ... pencil down and saying goodbye to genetics, at least for the time being, I ... remained at home for two more weeks, not returning to Cambridge until this -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT
went a little differently for me as an upperclassman than it did for me ... seeing and doing on campus. They didn’t even register for the weekend ... together—or as back together as we can be until she comes home for Christmas -
Blog / Academics & Research
Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore
usually announcing an available UROP or a company seeking applicants for ... . Literally dozens of opportunities for you to explore new research or get a job ... experience I’m still stacking up on, which is a chance for me to babble about -
Blog / Academics & Research
Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal
for a tubular products company, TMK IPSCO. What I did not mention is ... to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one ... with some of the coolest people in the world. And it did happen for a