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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  the May 3 enrollment deadline, you can instead select the "Enrolling" option on the reply form, and then you can request a deferral any time ... , too, can request a deferral any time right up until Registration Day in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  scientific ingenuity or whatever; you can't pulverize a chunk of snow in your ... of Random Hall, I can list everything I own that interacts with photons ... poem. Apologies to anyone who can read; after 1.5 years at MIT, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  movies I suppose... But I found something SOOO much cooler that I can do ... the logistics of LTI-Brazil and LTI-China however I can with my limited experience (and time X_X), but I'm also trying to see if we can bring this

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  can also keep in mind that I will be repaying tuition loans for the next ... minutes. Lance Armstrong, that is. (Just kidding. I can assure you that we ... . Anyway, the moral of the story is that physics can be crushing, but there

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Product Design, MIT style Sometimes, lab is the best place for a dance party.

  

  that apartment dwellers can use to split a bedroom in two to save on rent ... who are more interested than they should be, you can also check out our ... . Unfortunately I can't find a clip of it, but if you search YouTube you'll find a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  medical facility where he can get it done is the local county hospital due ... well-off, you can get one scheduled for next week. Yet another patient ... cassette tapes from her friends after her 15-hour shift just so she can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  online forums, you can't help but wonder at your chances of getting into ... . Accordingly, more and more people believe that money can resolve all problems ... that you can't get into college on your own? One value I hold higher

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  Sadoway, can I have a UROP?” and Professor Sadoway was like, “Email me your ... can kill you. Basically, this entire blog section about UROP was an ... that I can't quite remember. Noodle dough snuggled around fried

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  of these attempts were wrong (turns out, I can’t read and comprehend ... can do. That’s the whole point; the point is to know where your limits ... Time Management lecture, I feel confident that I can get the most out of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  scrutinize....I can go on and on. The most enjoyable thing about HASS then, in ... to HASS-Ds, in providing more depth instead of breadth. You can ... that I can either concentrate in Economics (have to take another class in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  together once you realize that you've piled on more credits than you can bite ... there?), first-semester freshman year is something that you can order at ... can sort of see in the background). It was like Thanksgiving come early

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  about a Moonbounce, eating food before the bouncing can be a very ... , not really, I was just kidding." "No, seriously, you can bounce, get in ... MIT you can do this too, or even something more awesome if you have the

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  are a lot of things you can do with them in terms of design ... -and-half idea. As you can see, light really is a problem in this room...but now ... doesn't work out, I can always fall back on interior design. Or at least

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  gap year plans are not certain by May 1, you can instead select the "Enrolling" option on the reply form, and then you can request a deferral any ... , too, can request a deferral any time right up until Registration Day in

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

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  quite enjoyable. Again, it was all about vectors, and I can do those. Our ... actually allowed to declare yet, but I can take this class. From what I ... ! Writing essays? Not really (apart from one toy design contest that we can

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  't solving themselves, but they can wait an hour. Friday, 16:39 Jordan '11 ... days and I can't DO IT. *curls up into fetal position and cries* But wait, has it been 2 straight days? I can't tell. What time is it? What day is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  you just can't figure out why nobody else is wearing pants either. If ... that you can ride around on the subway without pants and nobody will care ... and 11 pm tonight. It's telethon night! Maybe we can chat? I think this

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  done on a whim can propagate such unexpected downstream effects. I never ... important to realize that paths can be somewhat erratic and extremely nonlinear, however, still at the "end" lead you to a place where you can be

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  learning English, and now - ten years later - I can't imagine how I would ... my blog, I promise :)). I can save money on everything else, but I will ... heartily as you can now? Carpe diem, bon appetit!

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  (the details slip my mind, Mollie can correct me) and it's all very cute ... , Craig, hasn't been around much at all this summer. I can't hold it against ... also claims it as his own, so I guess we can share. But seriously, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007