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• Blog / MIT Life

  deconstruction end-of-semester atmospheres

  

  back across the bridge to get my haircut, and read half of a woodrow ... and rigid. when i got back to campus i felt my new hair and looked at ... dinner and started looking for classes to take next semester.

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  – not just for Campus Preview Weekend, but to start your academic and ... ; because you want to get away from your parents as soon as possible, start ... besides, what else would you do to prepare for that promising future you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ Some Q & A regarding testing for MIT admission.

  

  . What score should I get on the TOEFL? A. TOEFL is the one test for which ... for Early Action, you must complete all of your tests by the November ... you are applying for Regular Action, complete your tests by the December

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  latter of these changes is always accompanied by questions, so I wanted to ... their letters must be on school letterhead and signed by them to be accepted. One question we sometimes get is about cover sheets for letters of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  time, because parents think that's what they need to get into college ... comments that entry received: "So, what can our students do to get your fair ... sometime the only) option for students looking to be challenged and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Donate for Eric and Ann Whalley Please give to support the parents of a 2010 alumni, both victims of the bombing,…

  

  to support the parents of a 2010 alum, who were both victims of the ...  http://bit.ly/whalleyrecovery. My name is Jess Kim, and I'm a 2010 alum. I've tried to make sense of ... that may never happen. My heart is broken for Boston and the victims of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  admissions cycle: a list for admitted students, who receive updates specific to ... preference to no longer be emailed by us (by marking messages as spam, by ... up-to-date. Usually we do this by deleting and remaking lists. However

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  out what to do after we graduate.  It’s scary.  For the past couple of ... for the reality where maybe we won’t get into grad school, and maybe take a gap year, or scramble to find a job. We didn’t get to participate

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  The imperative of an Admissions Blogger is to write about life and ... last four whole days) has been consumed by psets, it seems only appropriate to blog about their culture. Q: What is a pset, and how to do you

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Dance ‘Til You Drop 53rd planning a 53-year old party i've never even been to

  

  so many alumni came back for dtyd L, but boy do i wish i was there to ... . For DTYD L, literally hundreds of alumni flocked back to MIT to ... 50, but it was still pretty stressful to plan for someone whose only

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 3, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring Break! A little guessing game.

  

  . I leave for (blank) on Saturday. Anyone want to guess where I'm going ... for Spring Break, I'd definitely be down there working on 2.007) Hint #2 I have to travel east from Boston to get there.

  • by Bryan
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More than 9000 reasons not to groan at my poor usage of outdated memes. ALSO, CPW!

  

  admitted who don't mind the expense of traveling to boston for the weekend in exchange for free food. Which is totally an okay thing to do, by the way ... asked me "would you like to be considered for a spot, or have you made a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time Because that really is what we are here for

  

  ’m finally getting around to writing mine, and as you may be able to tell, one ... diverse, which I am looking forward to. So far we have read short stories by ... just have to get over my literary analysis writer’s block and get the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  Spanish, and recently decided to get back into the habit of using it once ... experience points (XP) for each lesson, with ~10XP corresponding to a normal 5 ... the leagues restarted, I began working to get ahead of the initial

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW roundup Meet the Bloggers, dinner with a physics professor, and a photography contest for those of…

  

  photos by Sunday for a chance to become not really famous.) ... the same time. Well, I eventually decided to settle for the spamless ... Physics Students) in your major are a fantastic way of getting to know

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t Dump I got stopped by the police.

  

  Awesome title, right? In short, my Friday involved graffiti, press conferences, and getting stopped by the police. Just one photo to whet your pallet. A series of updates on Orientation and the start of Rush are long

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  -shirts (because blue is sneakier) and waited for the next game to start. Never ... managing to stay up all night long, I left East Campus for Logan airport. On the way, I passed the Dome. I looked for Ben to say goodbye, but

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  they wanted to write a musical, so they did. It was named for three words ... simply to not do an assignment, or not study for a test. One might do that ... . As part of their quest to be hardk0re, they get involved in a hack: a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedules are up!

  

  's a requirement for biology majors to graduate, and I'm a senior this ... knows how I write, so I won't get the obligatory first paper boost for ... , because individual class schedules for the fall term came out. (My very

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  If you walk down Massachusetts Avenue to the Charles River esplanade and cross the Harvard Bridge without getting knocked over by a militant ... fact, squares are so used to being completed by me that nowadays they

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008