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• Blog / IAP

  I(t)A(ly)P trippin in the off season

  

  A friend of mine gets airline buddy passes through his dad which ... . I didn't do anything educational whatsoever, but I sure did enjoy the non-freezing temperatures. Also, the food was gr9. Whenever I plan a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  questions on a Friday afternoon. Ben used to do these big roundup "answers to ... It's the middle of July, and my brain is so fried I'm punting on a ... Disqus handles that kind of conversation pretty well now, so we can just do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  Caine is a 9 year old boy from East LA. His dad, George, runs a used ... business they do is done through eBay - and so their storefront is mostly ... Interconnected.is chanced to stop by the store to buy a handle for his old Corolla

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  so difficult? We’ve all been in the position of trying to do a group ... doing Operating out of a design studio in Honolulu, they valued a creative ... you do - you will have to work with other people. Whether it’s leading a

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  a pi day (decision) story 3/14/21 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  help! In the meantime, there’s a bunch of things you can do while you ...  [email protected] and a friendly guy named [annotation note="please be nice to them

  • by Tim
  • March 8, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  been walking a lot recently furthermore, i like taking pictures

  

  I'm not living on campus for the summer, but I have a lot of things to do on campus (tours, glassblowing, UROP meetings, seeing friends), so I've been walking to and from campus nearly every day. I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • June 17, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  should I do in order to know MIT better?" A great starting point for how ... Emeritus Mollie posted this helpful and interesting post to a discussion board recently; it is such a good start to answering your question that I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  naturally wake up very early. I know, it's a nice "problem" to have ... a stressful rush to get to school on time for first period. Here, each morning presents me with a beautifully quiet campus. I wake up early and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  do with math later in life?" Fast forward a month to... OUR FIRST MIT ... do nothing but 18.022 for the test on Tuesday!" "Wait, there's a chem ... you guys a BIG apology. That test was too long. As long as you're doing

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  in recent years deferred to spend a year in Israel, others to do ... . But I do think that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many ... I'd like to talk a bit about deferring entry to MIT, also known as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  you plan to do. We will grant a deferral for almost any reason. Come up ... Class of 2011 deferred to spend a year in Israel, others to do intensive ... I'd like to talk a bit about deferring entry to MIT, also known as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  for what you're going to do with the grant money (a very important part ... conclusion: I have a lot to do over the next few months. I would not be ... I am a first-semester senior. As a result, my brain has been swimming

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Trans-Consciousness Messaging Protocol! Of course I can't resist. Who do you think I am?!

  

  For those of you who haven't seen today's xkcd comic, I'm putting it here, because it seems all too fitting for the state of our comment pages. ...what, you don't think it applies? (I do have a huge post coming up. This

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 28, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can my school counselor find helpful information?

  Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants! We understand what a daunting task it is for school counselors to meet all of the different requirements for so many students and schools. We
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  ,000! I don't like physics. A lot of people seem to think I do. I'd like to ... sorts of majors here at MIT to choose from that have nothing to do with physics at all. I could be an electrical engineer, I could do brain and

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!

  

  Yes, it's been a while since my last entry...much has happened. I am now the ripe age of 20 years old, after a weekend of birthday ... to be my birthday), and what do you know? My train broke down! I spent

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A little something while you wait. Don't plan on doing work until we finish this.

  

  , largely consisting of doing nothing, making random trips to Steak 'N Shake ... officially less than 4 days (OHMYGODDECISIONZ), over a 1000 of you will be ... work, and life is good. But in the meantime, you probably want to do

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  to do a UROP involving research that's tangential to my major ... trajectory isn't headed toward linguistics, I can still do research with a ... typical internship, that's a pretty sweet deal - not only do you learn about

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  them to do it. PUF only sits if I’ve got a treat in my hand, and then ... .” Sometimes they do a sad little half-squat and then meow at me resentfully when ... This is PUF! I obtained a temporary cat this summer because Ilani A

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  Higher Ed, the best thing a student can do is whatever will advance his or ... worthwhile activities a student might do. While many MIT students have ... food from spoiling. They learned to do research before identifying a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012