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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the ... . We will grant a deferral for almost any reason (but generally not for

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

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

  

  taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the ... you plan to do. We will grant a deferral for almost any reason. Come up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  be submitted for a grade. Applying to MIT wasn’t even an expected ... prepare for my 4-year journey that will probably include a lot of late ... preparedness for this next stage of my life. More specifically, the independence

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  I visited Japan on exchange for the first time. he lived right next to ... lifetime supply of MIT merch for everyone. since my host sister had visited ... family had been completely normal. I felt immense guilt for not checking in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  a long while, for dinner. We live farther away from each other this ... -ing for a class or two, and applying to grad school a year early (because he ... Italy for IAP. We’re all busy.” There’s a moment of quiet, after all the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  submit creative portfolios — including our Maker Portfolio for technical ... diverse and talented group of students who are a good match for MIT's unique ... /ACT requirement for future admissions cycles. Our research shows standardized tests

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITWE Goes Digital We stan Fred in this household 😤

  

  website outages, it’s easy to forget nowadays that MIT is a tech school ... for the first few rehearsals)[/caption] Not the most exciting things in ... ; luckily, the bags did not stick around for long. It had been more than a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Free Lunch Who says there is no such thing?

  

  . Members are actively engaged in advocating for and supporting the ... luncheon in the Flowers Dining Room at Maseeh Hall by the Dining Manager for ... discovered some great resources for myself, too. Check out this list of

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 23, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Metropolis and the Alloy Orchestra "The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart!"

  

  fall. If you are interested, visit the World Music Crash Arts website for ... , March 5, the Somerville Theatre was packed for a World Music Crash Arts ... shown, a large orchestra would play a score made especially for the film

  • by ARTalk
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What it’s like being back

  

  , since my last post about my time in California for LiveScribe, I've flown ... see MIT for the first time as a real place and not just a picture in a brochure or a website (or Google Street View if you're really obsessed

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Majors

  

  extremely excel in. For me, I'm not an extraordinaire in any one subject, but ... opportunities for you to learn about the different departments. At CPW (on Friday ... majors they are considering during their second term. For example, in my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  . It was not for anything XFair-related. "reg day meeting" In the afternoon, I met with my advisor ("reg day meeting"). Typical protocol for ... /January deciding vaguely what classes to take, student "preregisters" for all the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I who have nothing Darling, 'tis I who loves you.

  

  rather than reading all the entries at smashbros.com some for the ... formatting on the MITblogs website, and also I've been thinking a lot about the ... roll over "wienerschnitzel" on the new Flash-enabled MISTI website or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  just about 1.8 Mb and is totally worth it if you have dial-up, go for it ... and then head to bed. It's 9:59 now, I'll hit the submit button and it

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  a club or IM sport 9. Play in an Assassins' Guild game 10. Run for UA ... . Submit a piece to Voodoo 15. Participate in the annual Voodoo Telethon 16

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  'm pretty sure she was joking, for some reason the idea stuck with me. Over ... the list, though, I do have a few quick things to say. For starters, I ... not me, nor should you be! What I found worked for me may not be ideal

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  been working since 2008 in the rapidly growing field of metabolomics

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  amount of Overleaf formatting can obviate the need for deleting content you ... finals to study for, i spent my time doing absolutely jack all with my ... official last day of classes for everyone, i went to see the movie Jujutsu

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  we named 2124 cities of the world fridays with 4W

  

  iafisher.com website which features a series of geography quizzes regarding ... for this but he describes it as easily the craziest four hours. They ... [annotation note="it’s a 4W tradition to celebrate the birthdays for all the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 29, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 4 the finale

  

  the world on the status of those sidequests. It seems that the time for ... some final percentages for these sidequests. Sidequest 1: Learn the ... while I was here. I don't really have any defense for myself, but in the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2020