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• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  be hesitant to report your ethnicity because you don't want to be ... understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet ... . Certainly students who don't report their ethnicity get admitted to MIT. If

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is wondrous strange. Why didn't the ostrich cross the road? Because a girl had no pants on.

  

  California. If you can't trust a student blog on the MIT admissions portal ... . I was afraid. I didn't see the fence between us. Well, I didn't know, it might attack me or something. Most animals don't like me. An ostrich

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  hey hey HAYMARKET slicing and dicing all over the place.

  

  farmer's market near the Government Center T-Stop comes to life. Saturday ... , before we made it to the Kendall T Station, we saw these lime green posters ... auditions. We continued along to the T Station and soon arrived at Haymarket

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question Part 2 An extension of the previous thread, which grew quite long.

  

  Quoting Prashant from the last thread, "Number of ways to compare two applicants from a pool of 10,500 is 10500(C)2 = (10500!)/(2!*(10498!))" I don't need to win the USAMO to know that's a lot of ways. What a lively

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Planned Mail Date: March 11

  

  In case you missed it: We plan to send freshman admissions decision letters on Friday, March 11, 2005 by regular mail. We know how nerve-wracking it can be to wait, but please give the mail a chance! If you don't get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Saves The Pact God bless Stu's hairy face.

  

  Just when I thought I couldn't make it through another minute of the agony of yesterday's events, I walked into our weekly staff meeting to discover that Stu is HAIRY! Yes, friends, Stu Schmill '86, Admissions

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  I've been thinking about something since I left work today, and felt compelled to log it here before hitting the sack... Please, please, don't take the MIT admissions decision as any indication of your potential

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  P(Happy Chanukah)

  

  decision letters by the end of Chanukah (wouldn't a big envelope be a nice ... applicants who answered it, and I wouldn't necessarily say that those who have answered the question are better applicants than those who haven't. Think of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  If a QB applicant is admitted EA/RA, will they receive full financial aid?

  . MIT Admissions doesn't oversee the financial aid process—we leave that
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview deadline?

  There isn't a specific deadline for the interview. Students submit their application by November 1 for Early Action or January 6 for Regular Action. After you submit your application, you may be contacted by an
• FAQ / Transfer

  Are there other classes I should take beyond the recommended coursework?

  While we can't recommend specific classes, you may want to compare the courses offered at your institution to MIT's by referring to the MIT Bulletin (course and degree catalog). You'll find descriptions of MIT
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer a pre-med program?

  Approximately 10 percent of MIT's senior class enter medical and other health profession schools each year. MIT doesn't offer a premed or prehealth major; rather, students can pursue a variety of majors and take
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I apply for first-year admission if I already have a degree?

  MIT doesn't accept applications for first-year admission if you currently hold an undergraduate degree. Students who have already completed a bachelor's degree may not apply to MIT for a second degree in a new field
• FAQ / First-year application

  May high school juniors apply?

  MIT doesn't have any age requirements or limits. Each year we receive a small number of applications from young students who have outgrown their high school curriculum and feel ready for college. We have a lot of
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have required classes or language requirements?

  We're often asked to recommend specific classes for high school students to increase their chances of admission. We don't have any required classes but consider an ideal preparation to include calculus, physics
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  swim test ✅ I… can’t swim. I swear when I try to, I just sink. People say, just breathe and you will float. BUT I DON’T. It’s not even that I’m nervous, I just… don’t float. I passed the class… so I checked it off but I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  that this wasn't sustainable, and next year I'd rather not write "Things ... interesting, and 24.902 Intro Syntax, didn't have readings. So the only class I took this year where we read things was 21M.600 Intro Acting, and we didn't

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  One It's weird how we do so much that we don't stop and think about ... the case that things are fine as long as I don't start thinking about them too hard. As long as I distract myself by doing things, I won't have

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  . It is good. But that doesn't stop the guilt that's planted a seed in ... your past inevitably catches up with you. "You can run, but you can't ... to again are suddenly re-entering my life, and I don't know if it's a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  I’m also interested in math-related things that aren’t directly math ... ”. I don’t know where that comes from; my best bet is an abbreviation of ... mahal kita. It’s neat that kita is a pronoun that doesn’t just indicate

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020