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• FAQ / International applicants

  What is the Secondary School Report?

  ). When you add a recommender in your application with the “School Counselor ... to an MIT-specific SSR recommendation form in which they can upload all ... system in your part of the world, and we do not try to convert your metrics
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I exploited the infinite worm glitch experiencing motherhood for (thankfully) the first time

  

  makes me involuntarily shriek in terror. This means that on the few rainy days we have back home in San Diego, I am almost always late for school ... in half, then the booty grows a head and the head grows a booty and

  • by Leanne F. '30
  • September 22, 2026
• Blog / Residential Life

  i’m a sneaky little scavenger acquiring furniture in the bay area

  

  .  find furniture on the side of the street in the words of one of my friends, “welcome to the wonderful wastage of the bay area”! i lived in ... frame and a room divider thingy (i was sleeping in the living room so this

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 14, 2026
• Blog / Events

  How the World Cup Will Conclude Backed by Science

  

  backed World Cup final results below, which are absolutely, in no way

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 30, 2026
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Letterboxd for movies i watched on the plane Do I... lack media literacy?

  

  [/annotation], I got off the plane in SOUTH AFRICAAAAAA. I’m working on a project ... happen because it’ll be super cool to see in action!! [also I need money ... collective 15 hours, from Boston to Washington DC Layover before arriving in

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 17, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  *THE* double, doubled + b1ner cribs!!! ROOM TOURS! GET YOUR ROOM TOURS!

  

  brought back the infamous b1ner cribs, and Layla and I (although in a triple ... up in the middle of our old double, leaving us with another double ... "]floor chairs[/annotation], we managed to secure the largest double in Burton

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 16, 2026
• Blog / Blog Projects

  I Made the MIT Admissions Blog TCG and YOU can get your own cards at CPW!!🃏🎴💳

  

  body of research from Cassie Lee at the MIT Media Lab in the Center for ... of small here, you can open it in a new tab at this link!] [Click on a ... a card for every color in ROY G. BP [no IV here, unfortunately]. There

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • April 13, 2026
• Blog / Uncategorized

  i have fridays off this semester here's what i did with my first one

  

  best cafe in boston. Lo and behold, it is in fact the best coffee you've had in Boston. And you were planning on getting some work done, but ... away. Just in case you needed another dose of serendipity. And

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 6, 2026
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  each of our dorms has its own traditions, in-jokes, and lifestyles. I ... to find interesting patterns and learn more about the people in dorms ... prefrosh (sorry that this quiz is so late lol). I dormspammed the survey in

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  When I say that snow was a statistically significant factor in my ... left campus in… an interesting state, but more importantly, it left Briggs field covered in a thick layer of pure ice. Sections of it were

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  days in [annotation note="Independent Activities Period"]IAP[/annotation], Bad Ideas Weekend takes hold in MIT like glitter: it’s everywhere, if you look hard enough, and it catches the light, even in the dark

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  sticker stories adorned on my water bottles

  

  still in the luggage area, submitted item retrieval paperwork to the ... did manage to find the bottle in the corners of old photos! Pardon the ... cover other things, like fridges or laptops, but I like them all in one

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Minesweeper Monday Episode One: Quantum of Solace Emulator

  

  Hello everyone and welcome to episode one of Minesweeper Monday, a bit that I might never do again! In this episode I talk about Coffee and Radio and Movies and try for far too long to get an emulator of a game to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  in Cambridge and Boston? Did you know that she does needlepoint ... friends, and political drama TV shows? I didn’t know any of this.  In fact ... with her face-to-face in her office to get to know her better. Her office

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint liveblog] finding the BALANCE with 2.009 watching the 2.009 annual showcase (with Kayode D. '27)

  

  audience POV. In some lucky turn of events, Kayode D. '27 and I managed to ... up on my typical habits of putting in way too many photos, but in the ... , then the photos we take are in a format that can't be uploaded easily

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  My highest achievement at MIT.

  

  Edit: Okay, it wasn't split as neatly as that scene in Brave, but that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  realize that at least for me, I won’t know what I am interested in for at least a few years after college graduation. And that’s okay. In fact, I ... like though! At MIT, I have explored areas that I never have before in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  : stove-cook your oatmeal and never look back. If you want to talk to us in

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  GUYS IT SNOWED!! yayayayyaayy

  

  now: 30% chance of <0.05 in. of snow for 20 minutes] has popped up. A ... % chance of <0.05 in. of snow” popped up a couple times for yesterday (Wednesday, 12/6), but in the last fiveish days leading up to Wednesday it

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  'd do it again. in my preparation for this class, i read one of the problems in the first chapter, and i thought to myself "i can't solve that ... is in your problem set, that topic you tried to independent study but

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023