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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  years need not be a luxury for the rich. Some students use them to earn ... . We will grant a deferral for almost any reason (but generally not for ... you. I should also note that if your gap year plans are not certain by

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

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  is not just based on results, but includes effort and hard work. Many ... scientist like me. (Then again, probably not. Chances are that if you read any ... acknowledges that not everyone starts from the exact same spot or the exact same

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  need not be a luxury for the rich. Some students use them to earn money ... gap year plans are not certain by May 1, you can instead select the ... to study), and I bet you’re really eager to come – not just for Campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Amsterdesk Time is on my side, it's on my side now.

  

  I like working the night shifts at the Burton-Conner front desk ... the fugacity of carbon monoxide at 345 K, I'm more often than not looking for a challenge. So, anyway, I'm working desk from 12-2 AM tonight

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What is the mail address/fax number?

  Email: [email protected] Fax: 617.687.9184 Mailing address: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Office of Undergraduate Admissions 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room E38-200 Cambridge, MA 02139
• Blog / Hacks

  The things I do with my Friday afternoon Really, though - how could I resist?

  

  Building is 54, and the Dot is McDermott Court) to check on some cell cultures I'd started incubating yesterday. Not ten minutes later, I left the lab to walk home. Either I'm not very observant, or someone acted

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 9, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  – not just for Campus Preview Weekend, but to start your academic and ... your own life, and not be told when to go to bed and what not to eat ... , instead of just returning to school in the fall, you finally get to work on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  ” are written as instructions addressed to me, not to the world at large ... child will expand my life and connections to the world, not contract them ... near my family, worked as an architectural researcher and urban planner

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  should be careful not to overcommit themselves, but working two or three hours a day is almost certainly not going to overcommit you to anything ... have to go to work, you have to think twice about turning off your alarm

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  direct information traffic on the Internet -- earned her the nickname "Mother of the Internet." Perlman's work comes into play each time an ... doesn't see Perlman's work. But Web surfing wouldn't be the same without

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  -paul [at] mit [dot] edu -- bryanblogs [at] mit [dot] edu and we can work out ... blog (not entry, blog) that followed my adventures during CPW from start ... . He's doing it again this year, working with Paul and me. Here are some

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  In the South for prospective students; in the mail for incoming students Travel & email.

  

  not (automatically) become your alumni address, but besides that... you ... : You may not know this, since I now publicize a different email address ... have some more work to do on the Class of 2011 (no waitlist news yet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  IAP trip to the natural history museum! turns out nature's history is pretty cool

  

  -year contracts, working intensely on the same thing for fifty years, and never ... "sure, why not?" In fact, I was labouring under the very mistaken ... to go anywhere else. But, it was very much not true that it "wasn

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  beginning of my ~emo phase~...[/caption] “I am not cool” said a teenage girl ... ’t take a lot of pictures.   “I am not pretty. I’ve got a big heart.  I am not confident. I might be smart.”  “But I am not cool.”  

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  . Eligibility for FWS is based on need. Money earned from a FWS job is not counted ... , come on in, the water is just fine. In my first piece I addressed ... this piece I want to address specifics - in particular, down and dirty

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  taught it, Fall 2012, he earned a 6.8/7.0 teaching score in the end of term ... lecture with today. Behold:   Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed in ... favorite. Works well in any classroom or seminar setting. 7. Proof by

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  's not public knowledge. Though the DHL security is apparently easy enough ... against their contract and policies. But most important: the choice to make one's admissions decision public or not should ONLY ever be made by that

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  could not bring myself to do anything that would require thought over ... 'm switching from IAP mode to work mode!) Let me start with the fun stuff then ... nothing almost immediately. Maybe not for everyone. Some people never stop

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  desk workers, the government, and the like. Last but not least of the ... to be back home.    But all is not well. We hadn’t been in the ... believe.) The Milk became a staple good - not of someone’s forgone mac and

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  to high-frequency trading"]work with FPGAs[/annotation] over the summer ... ’re using to read this post works. At the heart of any general ... specific task (e.g. mining cryptocurrency). ASICs address these three

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023