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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  into one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in ... Class of 2014 and would like to request a one-year (or sometimes two ... reply form on your MyMIT portal, just choose I will enroll at MIT and I

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

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  't offer only math and science. No, MIT isn't male-dominated ('09 is 47% women). Second, and equally important, admissions personnel should never make assumptions about applicants. At the Harvard Admissions Institute

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  can briefly forget about the things you can't change and focus on the ... , weary traveler of the world (or at least the internet), and rest your eyes and mind. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="700"] it's a rest

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  ? This summer I was looking over my degree requirements and realized I was ... Yo homez, I'm back! And guess what? I'm a senior. I. AM. A. SENIOR. I walk down the halls of Simmons and see freshman frantically p

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  , and across rivers with the MIT Outing Club (MITOC) (4) Eat BLT. The ... degrees), after a week or so I found myself missing the little things about ... -of-the-night conversations about quantum dots and social media strategies. The soggy burritos

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  moved and where I spent the first week of the new year. As we drove over a set of railroad tracks on the way to his house, he said, "And this on ... the tracks a couple of days later; sure enough, there was this: And

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  because you end up with both bachelor's and master's degrees in a shorter ... department and opportunities available to its students. :) Well, you may have ... MEng, or Master of Engineering, which is typically a one-year degree

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  yearning for the shiny, fake, and unattainable, too. So the moment I noticed ... completely change who I am–I could speak with a fake accent, dye my hair, and ... . Although the “I’m Just Ken” memes and bright pink were shoved down everyone

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  Institute. And, quite notably, I was able to outcreep the ever ... a great degree of compassion and commitment, and I greatly look ... into these past few weeks - and that's not even including classes, which

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  ."]Midwest:[/annotation] gentle clouds over a rising sun, and trees as far as the eye can see ... [annotation note="I spent a lot of time in high school on buses and I got very ... was woken up only twice: once at 2 AM, partially by the cold and by the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  States, and how it related to the promotion of unity and understanding on ... ... but it's snowing here, and it is beautiful. I'm overlooking this winter wonderland as I'm reading applications today, and it makes me feel calm, very

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our FAPnomenol Start of Sophomore Year! where we recount the tale of our first week back on campus

  

  we’re writing here, and that’s just crazy! So before anything else, we ... , authentic, and enjoyable content in the next couple years as bloggers past and ... like to call it) for all of high school, and we’ve been twins, well, our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  world into one big energetic THWAP. And so I make myself busy over the ... ??? And NOT ENOUGH SPACE??? IT'S OVERWHELMING!!! Unfortunately, I don ... and not enough time??? TOO MANY TIME COMMITMENTS AND NOT ENOUGH TIME

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  Restore Sanity and/or Fear, hosted by none other than Jon Stewart and ... , was the chance to go home and see my family, including my sister’s cat, Sheesha: And this is proof positive why I would rather have a cat than a

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  homes, scattered across different states and countries. I sang “Hallelujah ... -school students interested in pursuing singing in the future, and the choir director ... music and some vocal technique, and then go home, with no real additional

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  (Title above and song below inspired by lyrics from Avenue Q's "What ... ? What is my life going to be? Four years of college and plenty of knowledge Have earned me this useless degree I can't pay the bills yet 'Cause

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  . One semester of chemistry is a general institute requirement at MIT, and ... orbitals, and learn more about the degrees of freedom than you could ever ... overnight program. Be sure to sign up early and sign up often, to increase

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  Arlington Gateway hotel in Virginia - and feeling overwhelming vertigo. I had ... of New House + McCormick. I grew up in Singapore and London, which have populations of 5.3 and 8.2 million people respectively, so Hot Springs seemed

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  IAΠ wherein another blogger deposits her January photos (but this time it's in late February)

  

  Greece with 19 other MIT students and a trio of professors from the MIT History Department and Concourse program. Here are some pictures I took. Day ... ;   Cats on a Hot Tin(Metal) Roof   Day 2: The Agora and various

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 22, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Party pics

  

  went heavier on dramatic acting and lighter on fake blood than it did ... is painted in the lounge, and in many other places on the hall, and he ... virgin sacrifice. And I have pictures! Now, if you look at these pictures

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 2, 2005