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• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  and university level, thanks in part to programs like STS (started in ... . David is off to the CUNY Honors College next year. The STS awards ... event. With all the glitz, the people dressed to the nines, the great food

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  held in person whenever possible, however you may coordinate a virtual ... application to contact you, so please monitor your inbox and respond promptly. Interviews are not a required part of the MIT application. While we try to
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of first-year learning communities are available?

  to the community, and each learns in their unique way. Although we can't offer something to meet every students' unique individual learning styles ... MIT undergrads come from every state in the country and approximately
• FAQ / First-year application

  What should I do if I’m deferred?

  your application was already strong enough to make you a contender in the ... to "improve" your application, or redo/edit/modify your application. The only thing you need to do is submit the February Updates & Notes
• FAQ / First-year application

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

  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 round, aside from learning your decision earlier. Every applicant has to
• 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 ... the class, I had barely stepped foot in a proper gym. To me, the ... was to learn how to work out in a gym without breaking any fancy

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  Being a college student in a dorm means finally having to decide how ... learned in college. After that, in twenty years, it’ll be hard to explain to ... halls and courtyards. It is a sport only known to those willing to put in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  college search process. She is the first in her family to attend college and ... schools. Have you decided which school to attend in the fall? D: No. But it ... need to look at some other factors in choosing your school. D: Okay, so

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  is fine, but in the last few months, I've been trying to step away from ... showcases, meme tags. In the past eight months, I've learned how to manage my ... I like to quantify. I like magnitudes and metrics. It's incredibly

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  , especially in comparison to Hex, to strategize for next year's challenge. Both ... code and data for the graphs in this post here. Thank you to Shuli J. '22 ... I competed in the Green Building Challenge as part of this year's Bad

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  students (including those admitted or deferred in Early Action), and is to be ... something to report. If you're in a school that doesn't have midyear grades ... 's not enough space in the updates section! Feel free to write in bullet

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  this from students with something to report. If you're in a school ... ;s not enough space in the updates section! Feel free to write in ... ’t need to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to this I'd have definitely had a freak-out or two before going to my only ... registered for the course getting really excited to be there only to find out

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  work to enhance their presence in our community in the future. To the ... Native communities to create a relocation governance framework based in ... is raising her 2-year-old son to be bilingual in Iñupiaq and English

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021
• Blog / Travel

  clownazoo part 2 this post is two years late

  

  In case you have not seen part 1, I posted it near the end of my ... procrastinated a little bit. In total, we ended up spending around 9 hours on travel and trying to free ourselves from the predicament.

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! It's time to You might be wondering, “What’s next?” Well, [annotation note="or now depending on when you see this"]later today ... out for that. In meantime, enjoy the moment and celebrate, because it

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive pool of applicants in Early ... deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action ... students shortly, to help you manage those complicated feelings. 

  • by Decisions
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ides of March Among other things, I now have the power to kill Macbeth.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Chicken Tikka Masala was actually invented in Great Britain. I know you're all probably still recovering from your raucous Pi Day celebrations, but I'd like you to join me in celebrating the birth

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  student today in my subcommittee, and we had great group dynamics. For lunch ... paired on the same subcommittee today. In other news, while we were in ... major in Biological Engineering: The Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  I watched the sunrise this morning

  

    that doesn't mean I don't matter I'm no insignificant blip in the ... ; something in which the only constant is change because time marches forward

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 7, 2024