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• FAQ / Transfer

  What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?

  interest. In other words, you should choose a college that will be a good fit ... MIT welcomes a small group of exceptional transfer students each year. Successful transfer students come to MIT from many backgrounds: community
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday wishes and fun stuff.

  

  assistance this Thanksgiving? One place to check out is Instructables (a ... Thanksgiving group, including how to fry a turkey. But the awesomest Thanksgiving project has to be the gravy fountain: what's more excessive than a giant pie

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  desired, but it can be quite helpful for freshmen to take a variety of ... mix things up a bit with more than one elective course in the spring ... -year class plan of the department in which you plan to major. I'm being

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  When I was once a high school senior drowning in college applications ... represent everything about who I am as a person in 250 words? I couldn’t, so I ... research , or swing from a giant rope in the trees, I held it with such high

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  impending deadlines and no where to be in particular. With nothing but all the time in the world for me to sit, staring at the ceiling, letting my ... friends and I made our way down to the Revere Beach (a short 15-20 minute

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  It's really nice in Boston today. I've just returned from a walk along the Charles River. Lots of people running along the river (doing a ... together a guidebook, and answering a giant stack of email. It's going to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  people that I’m a Bomber, especially people I talked to in high school ... birthdays and decided to indulge in a party that lasted four whole days ... managed to fit all 12 freshmen in a single four-person tent...yeah, we go to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  to my former desire to earn a degree in Chemistry (HAHAHAHAHA) and ... Development. I've now seen more snow than I ever cared to see in my life; by ... goals have clearly shifted quite a bit. This is partially due to a year of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  advisor. On a day-to-day basis, I work independently... after working in the ... a factor in the decision to come to MIT. 4. Japanther, Katie, and ... since the beginning of the summer. I've done a lot of assays to explore

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  , first years have the option to stay in their dorm or move to a different ... Orientation event, Dear Future Me, in which all the freshmen write a letter to ... managed to do a lot of what I said in the letter. when you get this, i hope

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  's Inauguration last May. In order for you guys to get to know me a little better ... So I guess telling you my name would be a good place to start: Bryan. I'm a member of the Class of 2007. I was born here in Massachusetts

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I Wrote A Thing media and articles and no punctuation

  

  I wrote a thing It is an article about hospitalizations In particular, the hospitalization of my friend - she is named Emily in the article I also was in a Boston Globe article about stress There is a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 3, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  ! But it was just a dream. So I guess I’ll check Caucasian” [Q: To you ... : Why do you or don’t you feel a personal obligation to 'buy local ... garbage disposal due to the iron-coated nature of my stomach.) A couple

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  in the Infinite, as well as a friend to the janitorial staff and the ... 10, which itself acts as a memorial to those in the MIT community lost ... a dull, dirt-free sheen. In front of you is the Infinite Corridor: by

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Years Through A Laptop Case a walk down memory lane

  

  . MIT Summer in Washington: A sticker to commemorate my virtual internship ... to take a deep dive into the different facets of policy work in DC ... moment to the moment. Now, I have just about two weeks of classes left. In

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 10, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  the dull pain in his head grew to a raging thump that threatened to push ... . *** In some place with a clock, hours piling up to days might have been ... around his small, money-sucking apartment, a pinprick in the vast mix of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  lived in the dorm, which is a hard truth to internalize. how did only a few months in a building I won't return to for years influence my ... since I was last in that room."  "it's been a year since..." in the past

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... recently coauthored a book on how higher education is failing in America ... down on education in America today - had some very kind words to say

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  application, I wrote a sample blogpost in response to the prompt 'What is your ... 'm terrified to leave MIT. How do you make new friends as a new grad? What if I ... chapter of my life is done and that in order to grow we need to put

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The New MIT Viewbook! Last week, after a year of intense introspection (and a ton of work) we saw…

  

  to chuckle. In looking back a year, he references this post, in which I ... year - you're in for a serious treat. I honestly think this is one of the ... - including you guys, who gave some great feedback in the original post from a

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 6, 2006