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How do I apply as a permanent resident?
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FAQ / First-year application
What should I do if I’m deferred?
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FAQ / Academics and research
Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?
Advanced Standing Examinations are one way to earn credit for MIT subjects outside of the classroom itself. If you're confident that you've already mastered introductory coursework at MIT, then you can take an ASE to -
FAQ / Life and culture
What kind of student support services are available?
support for MIT students. Whether you're struggling with a pset because of -
FAQ / Life and culture
What kind of study abroad programs are available?
Interested in studying abroad for an academic year in the U.K. or a semester in South Africa? Want to improve your foreign language skills by spending a summer in China or heading to Spain during the month of January -
FAQ / Academics and research
What are Psets?
If you're interested in MIT, you have to learn a little bit about psets. Problem sets are the backbone of our teaching in many subjects; for many, problem-solving is the essence of the MIT education -
FAQ / Transfer
Does MIT offer transfer credit?
If you're admitted, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of study that are substantively equivalent to corresponding MIT subjects. If your academic record doesn't appear to merit credit in a certain subject -
Blog / Admissions
Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide
to tell your story and for us to get to know you as a three ... ). After you submit your application, you may be contacted for an interview ... about it (I will talk more about this later); it’s one way for us to get -
Blog / IAP
IAP trip to the natural history museum! turns out nature's history is pretty cool
of different unusual classes and events that you can sign up for -- but ... things that you don't need to sign up for. I went into this IAP with no ... scheduled around psets or paid for in punted psets. One such spontaneous -
Blog / Challenges
residential exploration, but without a residence on burton conner culture continuing to thrive
little clue how things were run, but was now responsible for making REX ... with several space coordinators last spring to evaluate our options for ... submitting nine events for my floor, which was more than we've done in past -
Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]
Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL
write me, years later, to tell me how things worked out for them ... 'd predicated a lot of my dreams for my future self on the premise of getting an ... differently for me on the train ride back, it struck me that not getting into -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
318 memorial drive a historical rabbit hole
. However, in the process of doing research for it, I read a book titled ... " align="aligncenter" width="1400"] apologies for handwriting[/caption] To ... Hospital, for example, [annotation note='as can also be seen on this 1950 -
Blog / How to Human
Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team
' reassurance and my own empathy for the difficulty in finding balance didn ... . Now I feel like I've known her for much longer than just a few weeks ... [annotation note="for Paige, Alyssa, Denisse and Kathleen -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Cooking in Quarantine making all the recipes
had lots of leftovers for the next day too! We also made this same ... ingredient. We didn't have the red lentils that the dish called for, only ... lentils for an hour, at which point they should be squish-able. That did not -
Blog / MIT Life
Off six months of things being just a little weird
uneasy for the past few weeks. Not bad, just weird. I've prepared for you a ... maybe it's okay for them to popcorn. When You Turn On Your Ad Blocker IRL ... note="into finity but continuing for a while in the direction of the -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York
to focus on the door murals in particular for this post. When you ... of New York, credit to Yuliya for the idea and inspiration) “Door ... kind of represent your home and, at least for me, they paint a mental -
Blog / Challenges
The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.
school for funding, and started a team there: Team 4550, “Something’s Bruin”. But even though two women were the team captains, for two years, we were ... I am completely confident only want the best for my success. My UROP -
Blog / Admissions
This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications
one, but it's a bit different for me right now, because we've started to ... would make for a particularly interesting blog. So instead, I figured I ... 've written countless posts on reading in the abstract: what we look for in your -
Blog / Study Abroad
Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens
at the other Cambridge, Cambridge University, for the past almost 6 ... getting sprayed... For two glorious days, us engineers relaxed and ... at a computer screen for such long hours. So. much. sad. I feel like a -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
My first music festival It was muddy.
a tractor? (For reference, this is what I mean by muddy: ) It ... Christiansburg to ask for directions; I hopped out of the car, crinkled folded map ... watch out for the Mad Russian once you get to Floyd -- gives a lot of