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• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  , competitive applicants typically have a 3.5 GPA or above, and mostly As in math ... There’s no formula for gaining transfer admission to MIT. The ... on your major, you may have covered more ground in one science
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sixth Sense No, I don't see dead people.

  

  coming to CPW and haven't registered yet, remember to log in to your My ... planning to post a quick blog entry; I recently saw this amazing TED ... So, less than THREE WEEKS until CPW! All of us in the office are

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 27, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Meditation Mondays Achieving inner peace, just in time for my 14.05 pset

  

  This was a fantastic session, short enough to appeal to beginners, but long enough to achieve a little harmony and inner peace. If you're on ... Meditation Monday: Tonight, 10/16 @5:30 pm in 50-005 Meditation

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Back Bay 5K Cool running... so cool that my legs were numb. (11 pictures)

  

  As I wrote in a previous entry, I signed up to run the Back Bay 5K last Saturday. Results here. I very intelligently chose to walk across the bridge in flip-flops. For those of you who were not at MIT last

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  me as well. For those of you in from out of town, I'll be happy to ... 'll have a small reception for any students visiting MIT. The reception will be tomorrow (Friday) at from 5-7pm in Stata Center room 32-155. I know

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  ’ll take what I can get.) Additionally, every once in a while it’s nice to ... to do. please blog!!" e-mail from Chris. I even got a "just wondered ... world is a double-edged sword. You get to be around some of the most

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Nerd Love Beauty and the Science!

  

  Wartman to learn the ins and outs of dining etiquette and table conversation ... currently pursuing a PhD in analytical biochemistry. Here she is on PBS ... Ebbel didn't only grow up to be a professional scientist with an MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  me (maybe that's a good thing?), but I come to you today with important ... us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus ... to be in Boston that weekend, and want to stop by, we'd love to host

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  I had not the greatest week, but tune in tomorrow for my misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to destroy the organic unity of this entry. Anyway, in the midst of this not

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Past, present, and future

  

  TFUEC has been working for two and a half years to redesign MIT's GIRs ... years from now, so some of you might have a vested interest in knowing ... there's going to be a lot of talk about this over the next few months

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  student in the immediate area, I was pretty excited to meet other 2017's in ... answer session. A New Jersey MIT freshman had come from her spring break to ... with friends in my dreams." Afterwards we stuck around and talked to the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  with 5 significant figures, and the professor did not manage to include a ... , I turned the page, and went on, shuddering in a rising tide of despair ... approaches infinity. Someday, I plan to teach a literature class that has a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  have so much to do. In the last few months, my writing career got pushed ... , and aesthetics are not so interesting. But maybe I'm in a sentimental ... science classes in general; as a math major, I feel like a lot of concepts

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  and all settled in to my new room. Last year's non-existent view of the ... . It's so nice to be back; I didn't quite have a whole lot of time to ... tonight, just to offset the danger of crying in favor of crinkly laugh lines

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  time in four months, I'll get to see my family. I'm holding on to that ... make breakfast for the girls in the house before they went off to finals ... classes. For the last class, I have to write a thesis proposal.. which is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  . I've basically been trying to edge in enough structure this month to ... took a week of going to bed at 8PM and getting up at 4AM to shock me back ... from French homework to sit down and write to you, but I think it's time

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  as a freshman in high school. She is me at the core. She is enough to ... of a life to live. And then after a blink or two, in my case, anyway ... being waitlisted, and a whole spectrum of feelings in between. I remember

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  having to check maybe 10-15 packages on an average morning in the past, but on that one day last month, I had to check in nearly 50 packages of ... . Well, today, Amazon, in probably one of the smartest PR moves, took out a

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  SF AIDS Walk – Part II

  

  generous donations, I qualified as a Star Walker, and was eligible to wear a ... special. I owe a huge thanks to Tiffany '06 (white hat) and Accenture ... an AIDS Walk in Boston, and on the morning of the event, a bunch of us

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I take a gap year?

  We encourage students to take a gap year to explore and grow. Every year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more students who request a gap year after being admitted to MIT. Taking a gap