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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited ... aristocracy vacationing in the south of France coming to mind. But during my

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

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  (using paper clips to secure the roadway to the supports in the water), but ... : “Alright, you have a packet in front of you. You have 30 minutes to complete ... the first day of GEL. The Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program is

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Weekend in Kendall Square I know I work here all week, but hey, it's MIT

  

  pick a weekend in March to hang out in the city?" she asked again. "Well ... Corridor. I can't seem to make it to my office in the morning without ... director and I had to email Chris, who was in the middle of committee still

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  's a question) if you could tell me how easy it is to double major in two ... . In order to double-major, you need 270 units beyond the GIRs. So in addition to your GIRs and the classes in your majors, you'd have to take 30

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  at least i’m not as sad as i used to be i don’t keep friends, i keep acquainted

  

  people around. but, this is supposed to be different, right? i am in ... left to be sad. maybe the situation is just making me distant from ... stepping foot in it. where are all of the deep, heart-to-heart conversations

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  Citius, Altius, Mens et Manus In the words of a great woman, "Yay, a hack!"

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The United States won 9 gold medals in the most recent Winter Olympics in Torino. ..and many thanks to Joe '06 for showing up with this photograph at 6:30 in the AM. Bigger? Even bigger

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Name in Flashing Lights Or maybe just mitadmissions.org

  

  - we want to hear you and hear what CPW is like for you and the friends ... Did you ever try to call in for radio shows? Ever want your five ... piloted an effort to capture CPW through the eyes of a prefrosh, and this

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Deprotonated I see the way you're split into your ions and you're fully dissociated.

  

  interesting, to say the least. Orgo is notorious for being slightly less fun ... , Dr. Berkowski, is fantastic. The other day in lecture she put up the ... want to be an admissions blogger! (My answer to the aardvark question is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  where all the pieces just fit. What is something you always want to ... -nature to skim through these emails, glancing at the subject lines, letting ... began the semester by learning some basics: how to format comic scripts

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  costumes. In my freshman year, the “best costume” award was given to a guy ... Today is one of my favorite days of the year: the end of daylight ... by catching up on all of the work that you were supposed to have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  are considered in our admissions process. MIT is lucky enough to not ... the benefits and challenges of applying to MIT. This is the first ... at the College of Wooster. This is the first time for me in a dorm in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  's already the Class of 2013! In honor of what I'm going to do during IAP (included at the bottom), I'm going to post a Japanese song this year. This is ... (Todai), the most prestigious university in Japan, through a year of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  , the only emotion I feel is guilt for not having done enough. Most days I ... ’t live up to my values or at the supposed lack of external progress in my ... deep in my bones, that I am making the most of the life I’ve been given

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  wikipedia page I linked to. Also, a HASS is MIT lingo for a class in the ... Douglass, an American Slave, which is bound with Incidents in the Life of a ... ultimate goal in life after retirement is to go back to teach engineering at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  always leads to you and my hometown The person who is second ... student who is desperately trying to impress the school they applied to ... achievement If I pushed you to the edge? The valedictorian who is very

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  it into the saw in order to make a cut. To use a bandsaw, after ... legs were both straight, or of the top wasn’t curved in the way it is ... in paint, approximately how i cut the π[/caption] I had to cut it in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  electronics.  The Garment District is one of my new favorite places in Cambridge ... cold to a concussion to a broken arm, and the pharmacy is right there if ... I'm never completely alone.  The MIT community is really unique in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  least be Bryan O. '07, '12? So the purpose of this entry is to somewhat ... trip to get fruit snacks from the vending machine. Bryan runs into friend who had been participating in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange the last year

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  In just the past few hours, I've realized a few things, mostly about ... you're likely to have a decent amount of separation in the bands you see ... were some...issues in loading the first couple of samples. It's hard to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  and all settled in to my new room. Last year's non-existent view of the ... ; we're definitely going to be the most awesome group at camp =P Sorry ... tonight, just to offset the danger of crying in favor of crinkly laugh lines

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010