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  Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas

  

  We're closing in on Pi Day and still in the midst of making decisions, which I know many of you await with varying degrees of anxiety. But while ... complete overhaul, probably exceeding in terms of potential transformation

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the Class of 2014 and would like to request a one-year (or sometimes two ... of September, 2011 (1 gap/deferral year) September, 2012 (2 gap

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  place a stick of incense in the incense pot at a temple festival. Now ... and today, and I thought I would post some of the good things that came ... of coping with being away from home. My only good advice for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... categories you see at the top of the site. I decided this afternoon that I ... 'd been getting a lot of questions lately. Lo and behold, while looking for

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  i'm currently in the midst of my second week of online school. things ... May 4th, which means that i won't see him or any of my friends for a while. i'm kind of emo about it, but have decided to take advantage of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar? guest post by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20

  

  Nature has to offer along the route and were honoured to be a part of such ... *written by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20 (members of MIT SEVT) as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* We did it

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  For Newtown

  

  and every one of them. But we offer these things up for them - the only ... Last Friday afternoon, I - like many of you - learned of the awful ... MIT's Infinite Cooridor. I met up with a handful of other MIT Symphony

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  I'm approaching the end of the first month of my internship at a ... adjusted to the lack of actionable emails. My new thing is going to work and ... the mechanical routine of a [annotation note="closer to a 9:45ish-to-5

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  be interesting to explore some of the less-than-optimal decisions I ... which (especially the second one) had the overall effect of lowering my GPA while also not being very useful while also causing a lot of stress

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  degrees and the skies are probably going to be blue for the next three months. As this week comes to a close, so does MIT's week of finals. This ... people are ready to take it on without the training wheels. Both of my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 3 the people who make it all possible

  

  various artistic/technical aspects of animation, and how we have been able ... up out of nowhere, OpenMind::OpenArt, which we describe in more detail in the first part of this series, that allowed us to spend our freshman

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  of cool things i had applied to (externships, GTL) in order to go hard ... , because my boyfriend is doing GTL and SO MANY of my friends are gone as well ... screenshot of hell[/caption] [caption id="attachment_50017" align

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  fragments instead of blogging (for a whole damn month), I...

  

  [/annotation] and because they can help offer an unfiltered view of what I’ve been doing for ... it happened again. after finishing my second round of midterm exams, i was promptly swept away by a whirlwind of final projects and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 16, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  offer. But at the same time, there were downsides. By the end of senior ... I did some ~leadership~ in high school, as I'm sure many of you did. Maybe your experiences were similar to mine; probably a lot of them were

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  that on long days like this one, offers a wisp of fresh air. A place that ... hall before it closed kind of a day. My alarm was set for 7:30 am this ... ). So basically I averaged about six and a half hours of sleep. And for

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Arts Party 2010! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Now that I'm about to graduate, it's time for some fun…

  

  of yet another great semester in MIT arts, and to celebrate this MIT ... community through his annual MIT Arts Party: ABOVE: Carla Sehbani (Office of the Arts), Pardis Parsa (Office of Arts Initiatives), myself, and Mei

  • by ARTalk
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  or a vapid deferral offers no reward for many years of hard work. But ... This week has been a battle for all of us – I just finished my ... . This is understandable behavior. The past few months of your life were

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exhibitions@MIT [by Leah Brunetto '12] Something different amidst displays of scientific progress.

  

  [by Leah Brunetto '12] No matter what your background or level of involvement in the arts, MIT has a lot to offer. Aside from the numerous student ... , darkroom/digital photography, and modern dance choreography, all of which I

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  subjects are offered? Here is a partial list of subjects: Fundamentals of ... of opportunities at MIT. MyMIT bloggers have written about many student-led music groups over the past year, but we also get lots of questions from

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  Ever wonder how a Formula 1 car can reach speeds of 210 mph and pull ... UROP, offers an exceptional opportunity to apply concepts taught in the classroom to an exciting real-world project. The purpose of the competition

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006