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• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  , are going to be just fine. And even if you do trip and dislocate your ... through all that life has to offer, things become increasingly unexpected ... and soak in all that each and every single moment has to offer. Consider

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  ; consequently all offers of work which our fellow-students have kindly promised us ... ! Every day, and from all over the world, we receive offers of lucrative ... Technology students do outside of learning?  In the late 1800s, they still

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  offer you admission to the MIT Class of 2012." Which, don't get me wrong ... MIT's offer of admission, which is full of goodies about everything from ... things to do with your MIT acceptance letter? I just framed mine, but I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  cannot do so, because the context in which his works were formed is gone ... technology. You can find all music courses offered here ... economic implications. The program offers a master's degree and undergraduate

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  have financial need (and I know most of you do). There are lots of great ... interested in engineering, Berea offers a 3-2 dual-degree engineering program ... well known, and it offers opportunities for undergraduate research

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  the Charles River, Next House offers stunning views of the riverfront ... beautiful courtyard over which many of the rooms look. Next House offers a ... this entry, I'll highlight the facilities, and then I'll do another one

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation for labor; AmeriCorps offers a living allowance and education funding ... . But I do think that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation for labor; AmeriCorps offers a living allowance and education funding ... . But I do think that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  this time spent living at home to do the things i don't have the time to do while on campus. this entails rediscovering my [annotation note ... satisfied; only when i dedicate myself to this host of creative channels do i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  will push you but not break you. They do this by administering a math ... continued through IAP in January, something I didn't want to do. The first ... 't able to do any of the problems. People all around me were blazing through

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  going through the syllabus and a couple minutes doing introductions, we did some warm-ups. the professor asks us to stand up, and i do, and tells us to just shake our body around, and i do, and to pay attention

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  , because my boyfriend is doing GTL and SO MANY of my friends are gone as well ... fill my day with psets and project deadlines. let's do a comparison ... 's work i want to be doing, and not another soul-sucking pset that i have to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  ’ll do awesome things. i wish i’d known earlier that good colleges aren ... distract and enliven you, the students here have offered some serious and ... to bet that some fresh air and a fresh perspective would do you some

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

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  Applicant for the Class of 2021, and see how you’re doing. If you ... resist the temptation to compare and contrast. You might be wondering: do I even have a chance? How do I know if I should apply? The former of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  take outside the General Institute Requirements. (If you're only doing ... programs and a blank Excel spreadsheet, but I don't know if it will do you ... various courses are offered. Plan on spending freshman year on the GIRs, don

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  excerpts

  

  I haven’t been doing a great job of blogging this semester for a ... highest priority in life right now, I haven’t been doing near as much reflecting as I usually do), and so many things have happened in life that I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  for contraceptives, then oh boy do I have a rundown for you. The types ... Offered By MIT Medical Free and Readily Available to Everybody (walk-in, no appointment required!) Free and confidential STI testing: MIT Medical offers

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  's okay if you're not a nationally recognized mathlete. If you do end up ... ? Jeanie queries: Does it matter if we do research things that are kind of ... lot to offer, so you can still research subjects totally unrelated to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  allowed to say that on here?) I do, however, care whether YOU win or lose ... classes you're taking - don't surrender to senioritis and stop doing ... . Or if you've been dreaming about doing nothing at all, do that! (But I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  Supreme Court cases having to do with affirmative action, most recently ... selecting the students who will be offered admission, MIT does not use any ... thrive." As the report says, MIT has offered generations of people the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022