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• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to send an official college transcript?

  application process will be recorded as "college transcript" in our database. If ... entered as a "supplemental document" in your file. Enrolling first
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  something going on in your life, you feel too ill to take an exam, you ... reinforces the core values of MIT by providing support in an accessible and
• FAQ / Transfer

  How do I apply as a veteran?

  If you are a veteran and are interested in learning in any way, shape, or form at MIT, please know that we appreciate your interest and thank you for your service. More information about applying to MIT is
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  to collaboration: problem sets (psets) are typically completed in ... getting in the way of their schoolwork.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

  in on-campus residence halls. You can read more about housing on our ... access to dining halls, or you might prefer to live in a cook
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I play football at MIT?

  The 2014 Engineers were the winningest (real word!) MIT football team ever! In front of an enthusiastic home crowd on Senior Night, the MIT ... -game undefeated regular season in MIT history. The Engineers captured their first
• FAQ / First-year application

  What’s the difference between Early Action (EA)/Regular Action (RA)?

  Early Action/Regular Action isn't a big decision at MIT. There's no difference in the review process or criteria used for admission in EA (non-binding) vs. RA, and thus no advantage or disadvantage to applying for either
• FAQ / Visit

  How do I sign up for an info session and/or campus tour?

  We look forward to showing you what makes MIT so special! We offer in-person info sessions and tours as well as online sessions. Head over to our ... -created version of MIT in Minecraft!
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  “School Counselor / Secondary School Report” type in the “Recommendations ... School Report (SSR) form, in which they should upload the required official
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  , competitive applicants typically have a 3.5 GPA or above, and mostly As in math ... on your major, you may have covered more ground in one science
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?

  available in your application portal in late January and should be completed
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  Shuli: The new MIT Welcome Center opened in Kendall Square in ... filled with student art. In this post, Kidist and I teamed up to tell you ... ‘20 were very involved in!) originally founded in 2017 to paint a long

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  try to snag the one solo seat, all the way in the back and to the left, just like I did in high school. That bus will bring me, and a few dozen ... , and they will all look soft and warm and inviting in the same way the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

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

  

  Last Friday in my [annotation note = "my first-year humanities ... ’ll provide an excerpt of that excerpt here, where, in describing his outdoorsy ... who do things in order to talk about them (like me)” I, too, belong to

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • October 16, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies

  

  Transportation was what got me into urban planning in the first place! So I decided ... , we've discussed the history of transportation in the United States ... and most convoluted infrastructure projects in US history most famous

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 5, 2025
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  1 Fish, 2 Fish, a Lot of Fish, and a Snail Putting a Big Box of Water on my Dresser

  

  don't even remember what sparked my interest in wanting to get one (it was likely from remembering the one we had in my 7th grade science teacher's classroom), but I knew I wanted one in my dorm. After doing a

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 30, 2025
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  friendful life recently

  

  me it was really sweet how that person described their experience in ... night in my early years here. i treat myself like i would an old friend. i take my shortcomings in stride and i don't shy away from acknowledging my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  -term living situation. Which has meant… a few too many Amazon packages. In ... , and I feel like some of my overthinking actually paid off. Thus, in ... hereby invite you to partake in this multi-course meal: a curated selection

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger

  

  quiet mountain, and then realize we had to walk back."]in fall,[/annotation] I vowed to go hiking. Tucson is gorgeous; and, importantly, in Tucson ... outside my house. The river in Tucson is dry, always has been, but it goes

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

  ’ve taken at MIT: every week we’d write a poem in our own time and then read ... ’ve never really written poetry beyond the flowery text in my zine comics, so ... out in an office where everyone else is a man, including one who “loves

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022