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This page will also contain new information pertaining to recruiting visits and orientation schuedules.

This site is not (always) updated regularly. For who to get in touch with regarding more current information, visit the Contact Info page or email Monica Wolf at mwolf@mit.edu

MIT offers on-campus housing to graduate students in form of four very different apartment buildings. Important considerations include location, room sharing, and whether or not the apartments are furnished.

Get the low-down on each residence to learn the advantages (and disadvantages) each has to offer from people who've actually had to live in them.

Bio99 is a website created by the first-year class as a resource for prospective students to learn about MIT's Biology Department from our perspective.

Mouse over the buttons on the left to see a brief description of each section.

If you have any other questions not answered by this site, contact the Biology Education Office, 68-120.

Many students chose to live off-campus their first year and most eventually do the same later. While the Boston area is large, finding an affordable place to live is not a trivial matter.

Check here for some ancedotes about how to find a place off-campus, what things you should consider when choosing a place to live, and what it's like living off-campus and commuting to MIT.

This section contains information on food, calling and travelling home, moving and other general concerns. Check out this section to learn some helpful tips from current international students in the department.

While this section is primarily intended for international students, the information could be generally useful for anyone moving to Boston.

People at MIT aren't always serious.

Check out some of the more amusing statements that have slipped out the mouths of various professors during the year.

Frequently
Asked
Questions

A compilation of some of the common questions every prospective student has asked. Find out what it's like to be a biology graduate student at MIT.

What do MIT graduate students do to relax from classes and lab? Check out some of the activities our classes regularly organizes: dinners, movies, parties, intramurals.

MIT also has several campus-wide organizations and activities that graduate students have access to. They are a good way to meet people outside of the department.

The Pit is a unique asset to the Biology Department at MIT that was born out its philosophy that developing both personal and scientific relationships with other students is a valuable aspect of ones graduate career.

The Pit provides a central locale for first-years to congregate for studying, socializing or just lounging.

What's the first year really like?

Academic life during the fall focuses on classes, and core requirements. During the spring, finish their remaining course requirements with electives while completing three one-month lab rotations.

Take a look at this section for more details.

Finding the right graduate school is about choosing a place with the right atmosphere for your personality and scientific interests that will allow you to make the most of your experience.

This section contains several quotations from first-years describing what made MIT the right choice for them.

Interested in MIT's joint program with Woods Hole?

One student's take on some of the challenges and benefits of being in the WHOI joint program.

Check out this section if you want to get in touch with any members of the first-year class.

This section also has contact information for the Biology Department Education Office, who can answer any other questions not covered by this website.

We've compiled a number of useful links to help familiarize you with MIT and the Biology Department, as well as some more general links about graduate school.

To help you visualize life here at MIT, we've included pictures along with most of the text on this website. These pictures, and others, have been compiled into a gallery of the MIT biology graduate experience.

Above is a slideshow of pictures from the first-year class. Check out the galleries for additional pictures.

This site was created by the 1999 first-year class of the MIT Department of Biology.