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• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  years ago, while in the early months of it, I kept being asked why I was ... whereas the second half would be more for having fun. small personal blogs ... . Sometimes, the water would barely be over our toes, other times it'd be well

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  to the entire US team, but especially the 3 who will be attending MIT ... broad but good question... this will be the topic of many of my blog ... begin in the fall term. For transfer admission, we will admit students for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  [Editor's note in 2017: The Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming manages credit policies for incoming freshmen, and the ... page for up-to-date information on AP and transfer credit.] Remember

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

  [live blogging] astronomy field camp sky stalking in tenerife

  

  and the observing plan for the next night. it seems that we will be ... petals that cover the mirror, so most of us will be heading over to see ... will be heading over to IAC-80 (80cm telescope) at some point and then

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  resulting data will be construed to corroborate the idea that something is ... they would not be allowed to live in Senior House in the fall, as new ... , I got the impression that Senior House was a failing dorm (it isn

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  surface would be amplified below. It may be easier to think of the GEM as a ... ,000 holes can cause the foil to fail. Laurie began her UROP last spring and ... thesis project, she will eventually conduct a comparative study between the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  the determination will be in your case, but you should submit your ... I'd be hearing the same information over again. Anyways, it was ... extra recommendation from your boss would be great. That's exactly the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  raincoat would be necessary, but oh was I wrong. When your umbrella fails, it ... consistently for the past two weeks, and I’ve realized that after 2 years, I finally feel prepared for the rain. I come from a place where rain means

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  transfer applications in my Simmons dorm room. The heads of house at the time ... the most???) From childhood, I thought being smart was mutually ... seriously in the professional world, I had to be literally serious and kind of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  of people would be content with sweeping what happened under the rug ... work the first time, and it certainly won't be easy, but I figure giving ... that I’ll be going forward in the right direction.

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  four semesters in music and food just some lists and reminisces

  

  ; Sophomore Fall: All Will Be Well (The Gabe Dixon Band) Dance With My Father ... that often, I hum the title couplet (all will be well / you can ask me ... long gone. I was reflecting on this the other day as I happened to be

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 28, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2025!

  

  the mountains for a much-needed vacation, where I will sit in backyards ... might be useful for identifying their kin. Your submissions will be read ... will be happy to help!

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  awesome. I'm sure the text will be transcribed at some point, and I'll link ... I've failed you in the photo department. But I'll try to describe the ... will anyone have to stand up here and welcome the first female president

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  in the Burton Conner TV room, but after an hour of failing to get the ... advantage of being twins! Hopefully sometime over the summer, when we have ... about sums it up! We just got settled down into the semester, and will

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  the MIT early decision would be released. I ate all of them. They didn’t help. I’d always thought that I was the perfect fit for MIT, being the ... at MIT, and thus I made it my goal to transfer there by the end of the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  the infallible power of mathematics. MatPat would surely be proud. But ... failed me! But why? Linear algebra to the… rescue? TL;DR, rotations in 3D ... times to achieve the desired orientation. There must be something else

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  being a super great idea because I ended up really, really loving the ... Oxenfree and Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Doing these classes also helped ... and pay, where Google was the end goal that I failed to reach. It took

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  either choose a career or a family and failing to choose will only lead to ... number may be attributed to the fact that a similar percentage of ... , making them more interesting and adaptable. Can't the same be true of life

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  of them have in common though are the scale and weight of the exams. Another non-trivial difference between academics at Cambridge and MIT is the ... of thought. Throughout the semester you'll take 1-3 tests + final and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  experience, we realized how potentially toxic the idea of a dream school can be ... not regret. The applying-to-college process can be really hard. It was ... be so lucky to have you. Or you will take a gap year. Or you will go to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017