Search

Search Results

• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for ... would never go to university (I did) nor return home (I did, at least for ... a one-year (or sometimes two-year) deferral from starting at MIT, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  you unsettled when you finish it, and yet (for me at least) unable to ... ’t know what I wanted to write at first when Petey reached out for posts ... . “For a long time,” he said, “MIT has recruited people who are great at

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  worried for him, but he should be fine. i get to class fine, at exactly 10 ... my alarm goes off at 8am, and i turn it off in probably enough ... mine, smiled, then looked at me with a serious face and said simply

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  helpful at discovering MIT to me: Fairs. These are great for (1) seeing ... thrilled to meet and host you, Class of 2020! Get excited!!! For the past ... visitors to hosts definitely works. Now, for us, CPW is a familiar event

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  dude smiles helpfully at me. "We can wait for you!" he suggest cheerily ... what it's like to survive at MIT with no TechCash, no cash, and a terrible desire to spend money on food at least once a day. This certainly

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  . I have my name on a poster that was presented at the Society for ... about. If you shoot for an overall GPA of between 4.2 and 4.5 at MIT, you ... took the job. I've been in that lab for two and a half years now; I work

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  ? Do computers play a big part in life in general at MIT, or just for ... ago and stands for Independent Awesome Period (not really, but it might ... (we only have to pay for the cost of our book this year, while EMT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

  

  of of United Airline’s weight limit— it was the perfect day for all of ... my luggage in the past hour was enough embarrassment for all of 2025 ... was sweetly setting the table for a proper Spanish meal when they

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 9, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  resulted in way too many essays for my liking. On the bright side, I didn’t have any final exams so I got to go back home early for the break and ... basically I used up all my writing braincells that I usually save for the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us ... want to talk to us in the comments below, we’re here for you. We ask that ... may be a difficult time for you, as that is the spirit of these blogs

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / How to Money

  ew taxes the new zealand government owes me money

  

  taxes, or save part of your paycheck for the government overlords. In New ... . Taxes are often withheld at a higher rate than what you actually need to ... . And . . . I put off filing these returns for nearly four years, because

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things in My MIT Household that just make sense

  

  move onto campus for the spring, but I'm also excited to be back at MIT ... 'd say we're managing to keep our heads above the water...at best. Living ... , Emma got a 3D printer so she could print things and test thing for her

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  251 talks – avery a new podcast that comes out every week

  

  hello! i'm creating a podcast. the tentative name for the podcast is ... talk to lots of different people at MIT about their experiences here, and ... need improvement for next time, but overall this was an instructive first

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  at MIT for 9 years.  Over that time, I've periodically opened ... a long, philosophcal answer are not ideal for this format ... ." As for your questions, ask them below in the comments.  I'll

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Pics or it didn’t happen? It happened!

  

  As I mentioned last week, MIT is a place for talkin’. Looking at the ... for the Real World" // Charles Huang, "Ice Cream Battleground" // Josh ... further ado, here are the videos for Anisha (3rd place overall) and Bruna

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  I'm long overdue for a blog update. To dispel your mental image of me ... excitement. Actually, there's been too much excitement for me to find the time ... bubble tea for my caffeine event (note: never hold a confusingly named

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  .125 focuses more on theory and 11.131 focuses on practical issues. For instance, 11.125 is more likely to talk about whether the tests you write for ... also want your input on something else for 11.125. I need to sit in on

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  San Francisco, je t’aime nothing to do with mit :3 (...intern in cali! )

  

  AMAZING summer. I worked at an Asian health clinic serving primarily ... about medical care for the underserved. As one of my projects for this ... :) Death Cab For Cutie Live, UC Berkeley, July 11, 2009

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW and other acronyms C.Y.G.W.T.S.F? I.F.C,I.B.Y.C!

  

  be setting foot on campus, many of you for the first time, to ... down. One thing you should know for sure is that the much acclaimed ... weather we've had all year. Seriously, if you haven't looked at the forecast

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in Texas and Arizona Learn about three great schools at once in the American Southwest.

  

  Brown & Yale Universities for meetings in Texas and Arizona. Details ... opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors (that is, rising juniors and ... , including Q&A, will run about 90 minutes. You can RSVP at brownmityale

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2008