Graduate life for first year students encompasses classes, studying, acclimatizing to MIT and the Cambridge/Boston area, and choosing a lab. After your first year, life involves a great deal of time in the lab. But, MIT also offers a wide variety of academic, social, sports, and recreational opportunities. Take a look at our Extracurricular Life page to find out more.

What is it life really like for a graduate student in the Biology Department at MIT? Current Biology Graduate Students are happy to share their thoughts on MIT and the Biology Graduate Program with you. The First Year graduate student class of 1999 created a very inventive and useful website, Bio99, which they've left available for all incoming classes to see.