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• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I need a high school diploma to apply?

  MIT doesn't have any age requirements and doesn't require high school completion to apply. Each year we receive a small number of applications from ... Institute when you're here. For some more information, check out What to do in
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  The fall transfer application deadline is coming up. I tried to ... -time, so I had to budget my time carefully. I made the plan to do most of my application work during winter break so I could devote my full attention to it

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  how to draw dotted lines on chalkboards, mit style dotted lines go brrrrr

  

  A few months ago, I posted about how to clean old whiteboards. Of ... ="aligncenter" width="1000"] from 8.033[/caption] I learned how to make dotted lines ... how to draw dotted lines in about 20 seconds, and you'd succeed 99

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  has been trying to get back up on my feet. i like to think i’ve been ... to think that i’ve been strengthened by these things nonetheless. that i’ve developed the strength to cope when really bad things happen

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

  

  [By Anjali T. '09] This summer, I didn't happen to pull off what ... once home to the Prime Meridian and is the world's oldest working observatory. It was here that Foucault experimented with his pendulum to show

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  PE classes in high school tend to follow one of two models. Either ... pretty psyched to see just how cool the PE offerings at MIT are! A small excerpt from the PE course listing for last quarter. Here's a link to the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  , we are taking 6.910 Independent Study in EECS!  We really wanted to ... best bet to be able to spend our last semester at MIT pursuing and learning the topics we want to. We just recently got everything approved, but

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  wanted to take a breath and collect some words of encouragement from ... , cozy blanket to curl around you while you wait. here comes a thought by Joonho K. '20 (2019) it’s okay to be nervous, anxious, excited, whatever

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  Office of Digital Learning designed to facilitate awareness, deep ... to a remote Buddhist monastery in the Himalayas. In a place without ... technology to transmit knowledge across the world. While at the monastery, he

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Extended to January 3 We have extended the RA deadline. Happy Holidays!

  

  admission to January 3. The freshman application can be submitted through My ... to submit your deadline. If your application is ready to go, click that button, or stamp that mail! The closer you send in your application to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 3, 2009
• Blog / Events

  101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT What every MIT graduate should have experienced.

  

  At orientation, we received a list of "101 Things to Do Before You ... have to step-up to the plate and complete it! For the skeptics (and photo-lovers), I've included photographic evidence below. (My apologies to those

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  Preview Weekend (CPW), I figured it would be worthwhile to spend a little time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a ... it, and I hope I can give you a better sense of what to really expect

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  I was your age, we didn't have any official release date to count down to because they came in the mail. In tubes. We also walked six miles to ... be scared together because in six days, I'll be six days closer to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  ’s much easier to carry groceries on your back than in your arms. When loading groceries into your backpack, make sure to put more durable items in first and to put fragile items on top. When I’m not careful about this

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  week (more on that soon) and am here to spotlight an incredible project a ... country from San Francisco to Washington D.C., stopping at high schools to ... Plants” and “Eyewire: A Game to Map the Brain”) Images from the Spokes

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  This goes out to all of you waiting on tenterhooks for decisions to ... to your interests. And share those! They're probably awesome! -Sleep ... chemistry" to "orgo"? Does Inorganic Chemistry (all the cool kids are calling

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  I'm going to start this out with a quick disclaimer: no, a double ... you happiest :D Okay. For me, a double major is how I've decided to navigate MIT and attempt to reconcile my diverse interests in both biological

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  Bloggers of old have written about the "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate" list. See here, here, and here, for example. To summarize: during orientation, every freshman receives a list of 101 things to do before they

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Keep your eyes to the skies this Pi Day 2019s are happening

  

  username and password that you use to sign into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before signing in to decisions.mit.edu. To ensure that you

  • by Decision Drone
  • March 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vlogging about Course 3 and Applying to MIT A video in which I talk to myself and I am an awkward MIT student…

  

  I did the vlog thing!   I didn’t take a video of a cat, but here is a picture of Rory:

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 3, 2014