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  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  thousands of dollars, as much or more than the day-to-day cost of living in a ... . I drive an orange 2005 Nissan Murano, which is to say a short, squat ... , there’s a perfectly flat surface from the hatchback to the front seat

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  ’s favorite place to go when we need an escape, especially in the late evening ... Longfellow Bridge, which connects MIT to Boston from the Stata Center side of ... Financial District, to the right at the Boston end of the bridge. Beacon Hill

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  , thanks to Vassko, has a more complicated answer. For those of you just ... , although party themes often run to the creative -- at some parties, you get a ... when Robin visited his fraternity and failed to identify him as a robot

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  factorization on a math competition but haven’t bothered to factor it yet, hehe ... rang in the new year at home with a power outage. I’ve since relocated to ... . I like to write a reflection every new year, and though I haven’t yet

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  diminutive of parka, as in ‘I-need-a-parka’ weather), though due to severe jet ... Atlantic to begin his studies as a Marshall Scholar. The Marshall ... . It's a long way from Moultrie, GA, to Cambridge, MA, and an even longer

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  I finally applied to MIT, I told myself not to expect too much since I ... A little while ago, I got my first(?) mention on MIT Confessions, and ... it:   I thought OP probably was a reader of the blogs, because

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  of my friends know, I love airports – I have half a mind to spend ... cosmopolitan cities in the world. My five-kilometre commute to work takes a mere ... -decker buses and inattentive taxi drivers, I'm treated to a tranquil route

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  If you're the kind of person who remembers to look up once in a ... parking lot. Since it was said to be too much of an eyesore, however, the ... . Needless to say, the car is now a total wreck. ...Oh. Well then

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  available, however, the edge of the Long Wharf is a perfect place to sit and ... ’s Little Italy, for a chance to participate in the midnight hustle, grab a ... to the district for a snack at Bova’s Bakery, where delicacies are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  I've gotten a number of email responses to my blog post about the ... to take a gap year. It was strange, most of my friends from school had ... guys who were in this were expected to make a small java software which

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  sophomore, my friend Carl '07 introduced me to a cute curly-haired aerospace ... August 2006, he asked me to marry him in Killian Court with a bunch of tour ... foldability and distance. The planes were a little bit pointy, I'm not going to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  community, and also payment. Blockchain and Smart Contracts “So where does the ... a smart contract, which is a feature of blockchain that can be ... members to start a chicken farm in his home country, the Ivory Coast. This

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  values and priorities. Maybe we share too much, or are trying too hard to ... cites an example that equates choosing a class to putting together a group ... . So I will try a few different examples. If one is going to select a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  tried to be a supportive parent, so I answered her concerns with "It ... allowing her to go to concerts. (Yes, even on a school night.) We would line ... was difficult to see her struggle and cry and be sad. As much as I want

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  students, and all of them are exceptional. As a way to share a glimpse into ... engineering exam. I thought I would go to a school in India for the longest time ... transfer to MIT, I was a community college student pursuing chemical

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  over to stay with us, we decided to give them a warm welcome by trying to ... pinned to a corkboard after only two hours of professional stalking. I ... a plaque out of red acrylic to go on the base. We were so close to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  to college, but he was sure that I was a great candidate for whatever ... wrong. This has got to be a joke. Anger: WHY the hell would they tell me ... can hurt a lot more for people with technical brains, because we tend to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  decided to celebrate our first day on our jobs by going out to a restaurant ... Resolution (FAIR) Act would establish a $140 billion trust fund to compensate ... single buyer in Italy responsible for supplying energy to retail consumers

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  asked a bunch of MIT students to say some things about themselves and ... interviewees explained how they came to a stronger understanding of their ... So you don't know what to major in. You have no idea what to do with

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Adulthood Boom!

  

  Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom delightful adventure of aging.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 14, 2013