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• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the ... -year) deferral from starting at MIT, it is super easy to do so. On your online

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the ... online reply form on your MyMIT portal, just choose I will enroll at MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  about the worlds of science and engineering for broad audiences. This writing major is an option for students interested in science journalism ... designed to work as a complementary major for students majoring in science

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  significant name recognition for the event at MIT, both in the LBGT and allies ... last Friday for early action?" And Andrea wrote, "For the standardized ... in by Nov 1?" And Anon2 wrote, "What is the deadline for mailing the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  my high-speed data for canada, there wasn't much to do on my phone so i ... . every semester, for teacher-parent conferences i guess, teachers would ... extensive yet beautiful notes (back when i was into that sort of thing for

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh no the future obligatory “i am old” post with pretentious morbing

  

  learning, searching for textbooks from online libraries late at night and ... ’t have the money for another grad student,” or if they secretly think I don ... I did for the past three years in college because living costs don

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  directly place an order online. (For comparison, Rosie's has more of a ... that at MIT. If you complete the requirements for two majors at MIT, you ... pretentiously on your putative future office wall, for that matter). Somewhere

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  dorms when I came up here for an overnight visit, and I didn’t know that ... . They are released at the end of May for the incoming freshmen to decide ... the free-spiritedness of the dorms on the east side of campus

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Use your MIT ID to go to the MFA for free ✅ During the summer of my ... road trip to an away game for MIT sports ✅ Kind of cheating on this one ... take some encouragement for me to do so. Get 25 free t-shirts ✅ I wrote

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

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

  

  do not have an auto-word-counter for the online application. Also, I am ... . As for recommendations, you can feel free to ask any teacher from ... fulfilling for me. Many thanks. As you may know, I do my best to answer every

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

  i’m studying abroad this semester hello europe

  

  semester! For real! Okay, sadly, it's a remote program, because *gestures ... tomorrow) to mid-May, and they will be all online. Through this program, I ... differential equations for-credit. Here's why I decided to do this

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 7, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a ... well-matched host for the weekend. Tonight, we had a meeting with the MIT ... a host for you, and they'll be in touch soon. There's no one standard

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  Quarantine and Social Life trying to maintain some connection

  

  aspect of life has been stripped away owing to miss Rona. During the online ... schedule different video calls or online activities. This blog is a ... ; A: I’m keeping the initials for consistency, but if you haven’t read

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  of you a well-matched host for the weekend. Like online dating ... time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a ... , and what not to expect. Your host: There's no one standard for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  everything, if only for a moment? That's how clicking that button felt for me ... enjoyable and rewarding for you and your families as it was for me. The ... opportunity to make similar memories for yourselves. The first word of the MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  one will get hurt." (By "no one," she meant me.) For all of you who call the "Nance Effect" a home of sorts, thank you for your continued ... The Nance Effect has become a true on-line community. What does that

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  in mind for this semester. We've been having exec meetings through ... finances is. There are a lot of contrived processes for things, so it's kind ... ="Information platform for organizations and programs in the MIT community"]MIT Engage

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  notes, assignments, etc. for those classes are available online, and their ... while to figure out exactly what I should look out for when choosing ... choosing classes. Everyone has a different goal for their MIT career: someone

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things in My MIT Household that just make sense

  

  trying to make it through the hell that is an online semester. So far, I ... , Emma got a 3D printer so she could print things and test thing for her ... you see upon entering our apartment. For those of you who have read my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  activities of the earliest international students. And, for the Admissions ... sentiments expressed in the first ten Techniques (all available online) remain ... IHTFP (below), as well as a poem with hopes for 2000 A.D. (also, below

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016