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• Blog / About Decisions

  the life I could’ve lived it’s like one of those “what if” episodes

  

  to. I planned out my major, looked through course offerings, and ... University of Michigan (Umich). It’s not that I didn’t know about MIT ... weeks ago, my friends who went to the University of Michigan invited me to

  • by Hala K. '29
  • April 12, 2026
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide any academic or athletic scholarships?

  MIT provides financial aid on the basis of financial need only. We don't offer money based on any measure of merit—academic, athletic ... the Institute as an MIT Scholarship, even though we offer it based
• Blog / Uncategorized

  gently down the stream whitewater rafting might be easier than driving on mass ave

  

  my state, is a must-visit attraction if you’re near North Carolina in ... "]fifty-five degree weather[/annotation], I felt the consequences of my actions ... , illuminating rain coming down furiously at a forty-five degree angle. I got the

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • October 16, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  ="for those of you with Celsius mind- that’s about -1 degrees, so freezing"]30 degree[/annotation] weather. 15. Kill the batteries of your equipment ... footage and audio files to your working area. I use a solid state drive and

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  a 45 degree angle to the left side of the paper, so it's basically ... offering help to one another is in tune with the same spirit. I'm not referring to just my fraternity brothers offering to prep me in 8.01, but also

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  degrees outside, and since I had sent an e-mail for my floor asking for ... offer you hugs, kisses, or other things in that vein. One even offered ... up on the offer, but figured that she probably wanted to kiss gay girls

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  University, an 8-day research and cultural exchange session. I’m not doing ... cultural identity, And third, in the United States I’ve also always felt kind ... you grew up (in my case, the United States) isn’t necessarily the best

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  this unwritten pact (well, I guess it's written now) which states that if ... . Anyways, he's now a freshman at St. Edward's University, a small liberal ... heart of live blues music in the United States. You run into all sorts of

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  a fifteen-minute bus ride. Or MIT and Boston University, or MIT and ... -hour commutes. But Stanford, Berkeley, Cal State, SJSU? They're all at least an ... ="aligncenter" width="600"] the mentioned universities are highlighted in red

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  in a lab at Stony Brook University back in New York, supervising my ... president of the United States of America.  His name was Mr. President and we ... this incredible university - the sickest place in the world. I was so

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  United States, but do happen with some frequency abroad). Instead, ask ... teacher and by no one else. If you attend school outside the United States ... . While much of this advice is universal, YMMV with other schools for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  is offered every quarter. At MIT, we got semesters, but there are 5 PE ... not entirely so. I am [annotation note="TO AN EXTREMELY MODERATE DEGREE ... taking that lifted knee, turning it 90 degrees-ish, and kicking across

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  're considered an international applicant if you're not a United States citizen or United States permanent resident (green card holder). Applicants awaiting
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  return offer. Obviously, it's nice to be on the other side of things ... University of Cambridge. And yes, none of these were really rejections to be ... sophomore year, and I had a job offer in hand by mid-November. I didn't really

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  degrees Fahrenheit. For perspective, I saw a chart on the internet that claimed just 30 minutes in -22 degree weather would be sufficient for ... ’s offered in both semesters (albeit with two different professors) so I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  third UROPs, offers were made to me unexpectedly in casual conversations ... /PhD degrees. I really love research but I also have great passion in medicine ... /PhD degree, I do not know whether I’ll do more research or more clinical

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  rankings by those sketchy university ranking websites. I guess a lot of ... to count towards the degree. It's also flexible in a way that I think ... for information about what you can do with an economics degree (use the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  , University of Northern Iowa (http ... and Literature University of Northern Iowa January 2006 The Statement ... Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing at the University of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  speaks to my curiosity about the fundamental working of the universe, and I ... engineering school and i think my cs degree would have the word engineering in ... the Star Trek universe. So, you get the picture. Plus, there’s room in

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  a masters degree, who loves psychology, studies/practices Buddhist ... “the Holiday Inn University”. She also has 25 fiction books checked out ... University of Sannio about the productivity gap between the North and the South

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018