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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  time right up until Registration Day in September (though I strongly ... coming to mind. But during my years in admissions, I've seen students take ... many of them would be paying for college. I'm not writing to say that all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s like finding candy in your pocket… MIT in the media - Always a treat.

  

  in my opinion. I'm sure we all fall victim to surrendering minutes and ... Tumblrs that post pictures of fresh designs in architecture, etc. Usually I ... to?  - Procrastinating.  I don't blame us. The Internet these days is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  a house tour of mit sororities! meet aphi, axo, and theta

  

  're interested, I've also talked a bit in the past about what the sorority ... us spend so much time hanging out at our respective sorority houses, I was thinking that I’d take you all on a tour of a few of them! Alpha Phi

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... . "Oh my gosh! I'm in college now! I can do whatever I want! Heehee, my ... scare you with this entry. I just think it would be unfair to not balance

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  I’m now in my third year at Next House, so the long walk to campus is nothing new. Usually I enjoy the walk, but when the weather sucks or I ... knows how to resurrect dinosaurs. C'mon, it would be cool. Portal

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  , while having the same values, was quite different from the MIT I would ... regular action? Well, the deadline isn't until December 1, but I recommend ... , while you're thinking of it. And I certainly recommend contacting your EC

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

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  complain about how her hall's TV only plays in Spanish. I myself found MIT ... that I was certain I would fail, I stepped into the shower to be greeted ... when I wasn't totally jazzed about MIT. I got accepted, and that was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  't. (Fun fact: I never learned how to whistle before coming to MIT ... . Stuff about how rules are worth making so you can bend/break them (both in ... ’s important dates and logistics. It was all the typical stuff – CPW concert in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  headquarters was located, and started pitching in. For about the next 48 hours, I ... Us," another friend and I had to learn how to play Tichu, a Chinese ... would you do this to me?" "It looks straight...forward." Josiah '09: "I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  don't ever blog about what we do. Laura did field hockey, I'm in pistol ... , promptly filling him with little holes. In between turkeys I watched some of ... I sent him down range . . . *taps plays in the background* And this

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  in here. Not a day goes by when I am not absorbed by a mass of tourists ... because 30 people are taking a picture of a paper tree in lobby 10 then I ... 't trying to get to class. I now try to be more refined in my photography

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge

  

  This is an entry I’ve been meaning to write for about a month because ... account! The contest was hosted by OnStar, GM’s in-vehicle operator, which ... Innovation & Design (EID), a class in the GEL program, together last fall

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 21, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Architecture students Are you interested in designing abroad?

  

  architecture that I would like to pursue in my graduate studies. [It] helped ... helped pin-point my area of interest that I wish to pursue in graduate ... the world in order to better understand how and why informal changes

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  ’s been a big year. Check it out! STARS@MIT: A Year in ReviewWhen I was ... for advice in my small town. That’s why I’m so excited to share what ... question—I never had a college fair in my town, either. The only things I

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  external monitor so it would be the first thing he saw when he stumbled in ... and such. Then she asked me what my plans were for the break. "Work," I ... students to attend than ever before. And I'll be working with the web team

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  i. basketball everything in this section is only approximately ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45nPGnp10iE   in this play, it might look like the defender is ... one of the things i find most interesting about defense in games is its

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  My time in Germany sadly came to an end two Sundays ago, when I packed my suitcase yet again (I'm really good at it now, haha) and hopped ... caption? Anita and I riding in a “tricycle”: a common form of transport in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  share with you one interesting fact about the evening. I managed to, in ... , I figured I'd stop in at the Urgent Care clinic to see what they thought. When a nurse came in to see me and asked what I was in for, I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT gave my pod free art supplies!! and despite being hosed, we used them

  

  In January, I heard about an Arts at MIT initiative that provides ... long as they were an MIT student. I'm a casual artist who paints once in ... first. I wanted to try painting in gouache since it was an unfamiliar

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 7, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to send an official college transcript?

  application process will be recorded as "College Transcript" in our database. If ... entered as a supplemental document in your file. Enrolling first-year students who would like their college courses considered for credit transfer