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• 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 ... to study), and I bet you’re really eager to come – not just for Campus ... ? Sounds crazy, right? – because you want to get away from your parents as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  , great - famous person for an advisor. I'm not going to get any attention ... physicists worldwide just won $3 million each for outstanding contributions to ... been my advisor for about a year. He told me to call him Alan. During

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  to Do It. A few weeks ago, I was searching for 8.02 ASE materials for ... and assignments, I was baffled by the fact that I was ever able to learn ... offer to take the UROP for credit. I remember explaining my UROP to an

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  passers-by. Me: Hello! We're trying to get to Floyd; could you help direct ... watch out for the Mad Russian once you get to Floyd -- gives a lot of ... all-clear to proceed. I decided to get out and exchange my ticket for a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Introduction To MIT World ...and my blog's first feature: Akamai, Clever and Cool!

  

  My first blog entry! Let me begin by introducing you to MIT World, a ... one to be the first one to reflect on in this new forum. So, I thought ... out The Akamai Story: From Theory to Practice by Tom Leighton. Akamai

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  st... First: thank you. It's been a real pleasure getting to know you. We've spent the last year thinking about you, getting to know you ... attached to you, and not just for what you'd bring to the MIT community, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  that's okay. We went to the CambridgeSide Galleria for dinner ... unintentionally danced around in black ice before getting back to our dorm. (In ... "Last Night" -- get it?! I took my 14.41: Public Economics final in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  exact same classes for those four years. You really got to know some ... infinitely more worth it to stand up for myself and be considered a "bitch ... things just shouldn't happen. It shouldn't be okay for women to be told

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  , you’re dancing awfully close to Jimmy...”) Have no fear, for if you come ... actually going to the ball went by really quickly, and before I knew it, it ... 's get together later to converge. --Hey, I'd like to sample your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  breakfast, mess around for a bit, and embark on my journey to 6-120, my ... getting paid to sit in a place that generated so much joy. I love my UROP ... somehow will myself to trudge over to Stud5 to try and get some semblance of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  from last term, where by some miracle I managed to get all three. For ... to continue receiving credit for it? - but since I don't know for sure ... 've linked to class descriptions for all of these.) 1) Math. Many of you will

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  , since you have to cook for around 20-30 people, and not all recipes are ... ready to eat, freeze, or cook for the rest of the week.This morning, I went to a friend's house for brunch, so I just tossed some of my already

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  policies are subject to change for each entering class. Please refer to this page for up-to-date information on AP and transfer credit.] Remember ... for calculus, chemistry, biology, or physics. You may be tempted to say

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  there is still deciding where to go for college. happy decision day ... approaches. for those of you who've already decided to come to MIT, yay ... boring (to me). things i did "just for fun" ended up teaching me very

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  impossible for me to get something to do over the summer. I remember thinking ... try to look for an internship, although several of my friends did. I talked to a couple companies, asked about which ones had opportunities for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  Center are thronging with people - and I know thing are only going to get ... (which you should all come to, by the way: the fun starts at 9:30 in the ... Come one, come all to CPW! I don't know about you guys, but the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  -Shave-November, as practiced by natives of New Hampshire, are sacred, but simple ... , instantly, by its almost insurpassable beauty. Most are not brave enough to ... to share a bit of my own culture with you. It is, in fact, my home

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  supervision is largely dependent on the supervisor. And thus we get to the point ... the lectured material and would like to get a further understanding that ... checking his email. Hopefully you'll get through to them before exams roll

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Varsity Blogging As mentioned in a previous entry, I made some end-of-year presents for my bloggers -…

  

  some belated b-day wishes when you get a chance... Also - I'm still accepting pictures for this entry (and just added two new ones!). ... for my bloggers - but I couldn't show you a picture until they'd been

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Time Traveling and Teleporting

  

  The Time Traveler Convention keeps getting bigger and bigger. Now ... Economist, and, this morning, the New York Times -- on page 1 of the national edition! Also, for those of you wishing for teleportation powers so you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2005