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• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  endnotes at the bottom of the blog. We use this feature — which we developed ... translate to academic success at MIT if you cannot account for testing. Of ... offered at your high school, and there are immense disparities between

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  : "May we offer you a drink of life's water, a water so replenishing and ... important if you're considering studying at MIT!) But for those of you that ... , the 350th day in the 50th week of 2011 and 282 days ago, no big deal

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  ^3 offers all kinds of help for pretty much any kind of problem an MIT ... ’m laughing, I’m relishing a new, intoxicating sense of freedom that I’ve never ... new MIT frosh go to a bunch of events and check out all the different

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  undergrad degree with the rest of my class in Spring 2026 then with my MEng in ... at MIT, I chased all sorts of side adventures, determined to make the ... I enjoy painting & drawing. As the semesters passed at MIT, this

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Recent Questions! Fun for parents @ CPW, enrolling questions, etc...

  

  know that some students will accept our offer of admission while ... I'm kind of confused - if we want to commit to MIT, we simply bubble ... recommendations for parents: Thursday 9:00am-5:00pm Come meet yours truly at

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  Happy Labor Day Weekend y'all! I'm up north in my ancestral woods of New Hampshire this weekend, but I wanted to take this brief moment of ... moving her outside the stream of time! 2) Saw Machete on Friday night at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  I(t)A(ly)P trippin in the off season

  

  A friend of mine gets airline buddy passes through his dad which allowed us to take this impromptu little trip to the North End's motherland ... wrong with a photodump. Anyway, here's what I've been up to for some of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  . Outside Building 6. Pano of North Court. Killian Court (and, as always ... off the train, I was greeted by a gulf of freezing wind. I mean ... tunnels instead of freezing and trying to make my way through snow

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  IAΠ wherein another blogger deposits her January photos (but this time it's in late February)

  

  actually surprised at how disassembled a lot of things were here   ... For a good portion of my first ever IAP, I explored ancient sites in Greece with 19 other MIT students and a trio of professors from the MIT

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 22, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  So, I'm from Columbus, Ohio, home of Jungle Jack Hanna and the ... since I won't be home at all this summer, I'm stuck getting piecemeal ... !) and pick the movie -- March of the Penguins. It was awesome, although I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  drive me the 130 km to the next station at the meager price of Rs 2500 ... , designed the building in the mid-2000s – at the age of 90. Ninety, folks ... comparison to the pointed line of questioning I received upon arriving at Logan

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  Hi there, I’m Jenny Rifken and I am the new Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions at MIT. I’m so glad you’re joining ... by being a tour guide at my alma mater. I loved college and all of the

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have any age limits?

  courses at a community college or in a non-degree program prior to applying ... We don't have any age limits or restrictions. If you've been away from high school for a while, we would expect to see the results of your
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  ’m Mollie! I’m one of the five or six(?) original bloggers, and I was the first to graduate — I graduated with degrees in biology and brain and cognitive sciences in 2006. For those of you doing the math at home, that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Moving Across The Pond From One Cambridge to Another

  

  off to a land of free healthcare, fizzy lemonade and double decker buses. Patiently waiting to be interrogated and yelled at for misplacing all my papers. My first few weeks at Cambridge flew by. Participating in meets

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  on this illusion that I am working towards a dual degree at MIT, doing ... the spring. Two of the three freshman chem classes are only offered ... upcoming term. It hurt me to do it; 9.15, only offered in alternate fall

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  president of which club next year... and my friends and I are looking at our ... introspection, sometimes they creep into my life nonetheless. (I'm the daughter of a woman who cries at telephone commercials, and I'm actively trying to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  [Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions by emily '22, alison '23, felix '23

  

  make some bad decisions Bike down the steepest hill in your town without ... backpack for a week Try to get over your fear of how ugly the titans are and ... - alison"]midnight[/annotation] Fold a piece of paper 21 times Watch 30

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  place to do this. The planning department offers a wide array of material ... Student Profiles from MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning Course 11 is a small major with a lot of breadth. It is cross

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  majoring in Biology, began working in the Langer Lab at MIT in November of ... integral part of my education at MIT. Currently, I study and work on a number ... Robert Langer, an MIT Chemical Engineering professor, is one of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006