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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  I'm currently in Indianapolis, busy with the Intel International ... year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited ... ,000 or more many of them would be paying for college. I'm not writing to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  that we've taken (I'm a course 9 major and she's a double major in course ... requirement. I'm having trouble describing it so I'll just copy straight from ... know of at MIT, at least for undergrads (I'm not sure if there's any on

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  interrupt my sleep (and nearly give me a heart attack - I'm not so keen on sudden loud noises, especially when I'm sleeping): 1) Dennis '08 banged on ... getting ready for class. I'm glad I was there. It's one of those things

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  financial aid answers for some other commenters, and I'm sure I can help you out, too. Carly wrote, "I'm kind of worried about the food situation at MIT but honestly I'm only undecided becuase of my parents." Carly, what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  want to make that my minor, with a major in management, but I'm going to ... that it would be a bad way to get where I'm going in transportation, but ... 's limited to 100 students in a lottery. So, we'll see if I can do it. I'm

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Preview Weekend ...begins a week from today!

  

  CPW begins a week from today, and I'm really psyched. The weather is ... , and I'm going to try to get to all of them. The Senior Haus/East Campus ... once I'm not bound to the reg desk. I'll probably spend most of the day

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  , $27,440; Harvard, $28,008 -- woo, I'm going to be rich!) and hand ... and E&M). I'll note that I'm not a huge fan of math, but even I ... have a vague idea of what class he's taking, even though I'm not a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  was particularly boisterous at this weeks game, and I'm sure that our ... wrote, "I'm coming to visit MIT as a congratulatory gift from my dad! Any ... , Kate, I'm not exactly sure when you live, so the answer really depends on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  "Clothes Off Your Back" challenge. I'm giddy. In other news, I went ... how to play! I'm also growing my annual IAP beard. I hate facial ... sin in a past life. So, I always give some excuse as to why I'm growing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  Well, I'm back home in the great state of Ohio, getting ready for ... to be home for the first time in six months, and I'm looking forward to ... think ultimately I'm interested in cell biology, whether it's of neurons

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  . Whoever the new housemaster is, I'm only going to have to live with him or ... . Where are we going? Sometimes I'm not sure, but reflecting on what I know of the past, I hope I'm doing a good enough job helping to make it a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s going on inside my head It might not have been so very important.

  

  an hour and a half I feel like I'm at least starting to get skating ... despite my inability to skate, I have played exactly one game of IM ice ... collectible dinnerware subculture that I'm just now discovering. Is my plate

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  I'm in Southern California now, preparing for the following Central Meetings: Orange County: Wednesday, September 28 (tonight!), 7:00pm; Troy ... handful of questions I'm almost always asked. So, what I'm going to do is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  are in the "I'm playing this for the first time ever" boat, so I'm not ... ?" "MIT!" ...and one classic. "I'm a beaver, You're a beaver, We are

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  "Running Store" category for the past 5 years. I'm not sure how much ... . I guess if I'm training to run 26.2 miles, I shouldn't consider ... - nor under-pronate. Maybe this explains why I'm able to power-walk a 7

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  Did you know that you can't double-major at MIT? Okay, I'm just ... each hand), so I'm going to try and demystify the process a little. The ... delivery on the website, but I'm sure if you call the phone number, they'd be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  grad student Andy is in Switzerland and I'm basically doing all his ... asking easy, directed questions, the professors are smiling, I'm eating an ... in the East Campus dorms. I'm not sure about the policy in all West

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  , ooh, I'm super-tired right now, yeah? Not gonna lie." And when I'm super ... complement a delicate celery-green curtain she found, while I'm trying to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  . My dad asked why I was excited to see the mail and I said, "Oh well I'm ... clueless about college, so he was like "Well I don't get it, but I'm glad you ... . Besides, it's just a personal preference at that point. I'm also told that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  you to someone who can)! That's part of why I'm here! He also asked: "Neil Gaiman wrote the novel you quote???" I'm quite impressed. The title ... pi, I'm training my army of robot knife-drones to act without remorse

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005