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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the ... -year) deferral from starting at MIT, it is super easy to do so. On your online reply form on your MyMIT portal, just choose I will enroll at MIT and I

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

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

  

  moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the ... -year) deferral from starting at MIT, it's now easier than ever to do so. On your online reply form on your MyMIT portal, just choose I will enroll at MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  perhaps that's why you'd like to come. What goes on here is nothing short of ... . Suddenly you're on your own. A million activities are thrown your way, a ... people in classes based on their level of preparation for each course. For

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch Ceri on SciShow! teenage mutant YOUTUBE NERDFIGHTERS

  

  Longtime readers (i.e., those of you who didn’t first tune into the blogs around the time the application went up) may recall Ceri, our prolific blogger/vlogger who graduated in June…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  mouse project, I've been working on a yeast two-hybrid screen. Basically ... cell dies. There's another flowchart here. It's a little short on ... proteins, staining them with fluorescent antibodies, and imaging them on the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  and headstrong as this person was reduced to merely their number on the ... 's absolutely delicious, but definitely not the most nutritious.) From there on ... 't really know what they were doing. They'd often make fun of me for being on

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  digital instrument played on a digital instrument! Some background Guitar Hero Guitar Hero is a rhythm game where you strum notes on a guitar ... signals are by drawing an ellipse on the screen. Not terribly exciting

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  differences are the scratches on our minds. They are what make us unique. This entry is about showing you the scratches on my mind, what makes me the ... , looking at the display on the microwave, while my mother holds me and gives

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  decisions on which students to admit. We'll provide advice and tips wherever

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  -present taco man spins his advertisement sign on Stout street, the same place I used to see him when I made solitary adventures downtown on Fridays in ... . “Hey, how old are you?” “Depends on who’s asking.” “I’m asking!” “Well

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  while you’re on a plane, yet so fast when you’re taking a final exam and ... Irish culture, music, people, history, etc. And I was also born on St ... /really cool grown-ups. As a part of their “residency,” they put on events at

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Past Enrollment On A Map [updated as to not freeze your browsers ^_^] My final project for 4.502 (Design Scripting).

  

  Hi!! I’ve been super busy over the past few weeks with various final projects and a writing portfolio and all that. Now I have no finals while almost everyone else…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  course hosted by Yale on the online learning platform Coursera. A friend ... relationships can be attributed to me moving from doing classes on [annotation ... , and I feel like I have more independence to pursue things I enjoy on my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  name's Paul Baranay, and I guess you can call me the new kid on the blogs ... , I insist on calling carbonated beverages "pop," never soda; I still ... juggling act feels. I also remember wondering how on earth I was going to get

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  we do send notes on your behalf to the admissions team so they know a ... 't be summed up on a few sheets of paper. And I get to meet lots of young ... you character, make you unique, and bestow on you your humanity. (BTW

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  , what information to include and focus on, and how to write for a comic ... stories we were yearning to tell. Each week, we focused on new aspects of ... information to include in individual panels. Our class wrote comic scripts on

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  a text convo on failure and other stuff i guess

  

  been insane so I'm just now catching up on life and other tasks What ... january month off) so i was confused on why he was applying for another ... ']weeb[/annotation] 🤭 I’ll probably be in DC or cali this summer Depends on what program

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 12, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  well capitalize on the opportunity. As it happens, I'm feeling sort of ... people (parents, teachers, guidance counselors, and so on) encouraging you ... will, probably, be a few times you have too much going on and forget that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  MIT offers student discounts on Charlie Cards that make it much more

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  so much else going on — I was constantly delighted by new realizations ... specific and imminent goal, university admissions, on my mind. At crunch ... no longer rely on other people for my most basic needs, like housing or

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018