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• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  about the possibility of deferring admission, also known as taking a gap year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited ... 's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  discussion on ec-discuss is, of course, always of the highest quality, Andrew ... First, a couple of questions answered. Vidal Carlos Garza asked ... you to someone who can)! That's part of why I'm here! He also asked

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  it’s relaxing is because it’s so focused on clearing your mind of ... to our first away match of the semester on the 2nd and 3rd of February ... had our beginning of the semester meeting on reg day (the last day to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / Residential Life

  last fall / last fall it's senior year and i still haven't learned anything

  

  Wednesday. On the Tuesday before classes started, for one of the many ... Desk. Instead of LA or grading roles, I am doing policy research on ... things we tell first-years when they step on campus: ...MIT becomes one of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  listing sets of assignments. Click on the one that's due next and you are ... Thursday and 8:30 PM on Sunday. One of the biggest drawbacks to this system ... Hmmmmmmm, 18.03 PSET or blog? On the one hand I could be productive

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  yourself with. PLEASURE and SSC will give you a lot of information on why ... of contraceptives that you can get depend on the type of student ... 's start with the basics. All MIT students are on one of two insurance plans

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  be considered the added convenience of having a dining hall on the ... :01 pm by the skin of my teeth, submitting my assignment on the dot, my ... little time to relax as I still had a bunch of psets and an exam looming on

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  competition this year or the next will depend on the amount of manpower we get ... focus on the parts of Arcturus they're most interested in, be it robotics ... lab pranked the rest of us by telling us that they stepped on our lab

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  of our admitted students and those parents who are on campus as well ... welcome to attend either of these programs on the hows, whys and whens of ... Welcome on Thursday night at 7:30 pm in room 26-100. Stu Schmill, Dean of

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  pets in dorms, and the number of pet-friendly schools appears to be on ... institutional focus on the growing mental health needs of students," Pals said ... cat for a couple of minutes and just de-stress." On the third floor of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  because on the rare occasions I visit it, so much of what's on it makes me ... got a 2 on AP Calc and I still got into MIT! Hah!). Of those, four of ... I read Ben's entry about the thread on College Confidential (in the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  .07 received a free copy of The Maxwellians on the first day of lecture. On the ... piled on top of each other in the middle of a circuit board where nothing ... Registration week was a heinous tangle of scheduling; seven (7

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Math Women Rock k + 8 = awesome

  

  Women Rock, but let's broaden the pool of rockstars a bit. The Math Prize ... in the United States. Over 200 of the top young women mathematicians in ... documentary on the Math Prize for Girls here: </param > <

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  Target within walking distance of Andrew Station on the Red Line. (Actually ... . There are also a lot of free-standing stores on Newbury Street and in the ... most of the stuff the average student needs on a day-to-day basis (and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  Is this you? Are you an MIT student who can't get in on the October ... different tech school Tired of spelling "Massachusetts"? This is just the ... , but you procrastinated on what you'd wear to the last minute. Con

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  deconstruction end-of-semester atmospheres

  

  at the clover food truck on the way. i saw lots of real people, shopping and eating lunch. i saw the verizon employees on strike in front of the verizon store, and i saw a farmer's market, and lots of tourists

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  become my second home because as one of the System Integrators on this team ... The past weeks of my life have been consumed by 2.009, MIT's famous senior product design class. By the end of the class, our team of 24

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  As exams become more and more of a reality that I can't ignore, I ... . Amazing Spider-Man 2 I was lucky enough to see this movie on April 12th ... the early UK release date, and I absolutely loved it. A huge fan of the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A Brief Addition to My Last Exposition (Or was it a narrative? My FCAT Writing skills are long gone.)

  

  My introduction to most of the MIT Admissions staff - aside from my ... mailbox. (...what?! My parents were out of town, and I didn't have a mailbox key. The tube was by my front door. I missed it on my way in to find the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Three MIT students win Rhodes Scholarships In case you're wondering, yes, that's a lot of Rhodes Scholarships.

  

  On Saturday evening, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 Americans who ... year, MIT students won three of the 32 scholarships. This brings MIT's count to 43 Rhodes Scholars. Below, find the "official" biographies of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2009