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• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in the ... submit a proposal beyond "lying on the beach," but often little more is required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  long break for lunch. We usually split off into groups and explore the ... prisons — the crux of the issue, ie: incarceration as a method for the state ... visit a few museums and sites. We also stopped by the beach at night — the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  This blog has been in the works for a… long time. I first started ... Taekwondo, I once went to a tournament at the University of Vermont, which is also my one and only visit to the state. Get to know your professors

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  i had a magical long weekend. a fellow rising sophomore friend, her ... to spend the day at the beach. it was a goddamn ride start to finish ... beach, we stopped by a Stop & Shop for some burger buns, patties, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  MIT?" If you are enrolled in a degree-seeking course at a university ... 't expect suits and ties, but my company requires certain clothing (like long ... long as you meet all the time requirements. Anyway, just my lame addition

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  : Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite ... Law of Thermodynamics states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed... unless it meets Chuck Norris. -There's an order to the universe

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Moving Across The Pond From One Cambridge to Another

  

  The same day the United States Government furloughed non ... (clubs). One aspect of University that is often over looked is the fact that ... hand at a few things I wish I'd started at MIT. Cambridge University

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  It's been a long time since my last Q&A post - sorry for the delay ... , this is fine. I'm from Romania, moved to the states in fifth grade. Last ... 't matter to us as long as we see it somewhere on your self

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  so long I can't help but ask myself: Why do I still feel this way? I ... taught me how to code would somehow ease these feelings, quell them long ... ungrateful, I see it as a "fake" CS internship. It's not a real Microsoft

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  into one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in ... proposal beyond "lying on the beach," but often little more is required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost any reason as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  originally going to be published by the Harvard University Press, but virtually ... reading is my sole activity these days. I read The Kent State Coverup, an ... books on the Kent State Shootings themselves. Basically, after a series of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  , yeah, i had a background. this first pset is 5 problems long. seems ... institution. the university that is on the lips and minds of so many people ... State Chemistry 21M.011 = Intro to Western Music"]8.01, 18.01A, 3.091, and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / Best from staff

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  admissions, I tell them, not inaccurately, that, as someone with an degree in an interesting but impractical field from a state university graduating ... when I began. I have a grad degree and a grad rat. But, most importantly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The State of the Mail: Opened & Processed It's time to check MyMIT to make sure we have all the pieces of your…

  

  , so as long as you get us the copies in a timely manner, there will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  you something about graduating with a biomedical engineering degree from ... things changed. From there, the future looked like Duke University, with him close by at App State or some UNC. It was biomedical engineering and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  universities. My scores in maths level II c, physics, chem 720/660/700. my score ... a high school diploma from any US school. I'm planning on taking APs ... really need a High School diploma. Should I just take the APs? (I'm sure I

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  scope of a semester-long language course, which means 3 hours of class ... can still fake it pretty well in just a language class, since it's just ... sense of the daily newspaper, the subway announcements, and having 2-hour-long

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  educational press has been buzzing about the launch of Minerva University ... million dollars to found Minerva. The latter comes from the long list of ... (former head of the New School), and Pat Harker (president of the University

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  questions as I can. It's a long entry! Before we get to that, though, I have ... 's degree. [...] Do I have any chance of getting in to the Physics M ... university. She says she was asked to submit her Income tax returns and a whole

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  social relationship which are required to solve the stated problem, in the stated context.” The solution is given in the form of an instruction, and ... diploma and smiling while my mother took a photo, opening the diploma book

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025