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• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation ... year" between high school and college isn't for everyone -- and that just ... more confident and self-aware. [...] Generally, schools make students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  degrees is "freezing cold" and we break out our winter coats. Unfortunately ... design consultations, MIT business cards, and advertising in the infinite

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  car trapped on the road in 8 degree weather because there's 4 inches of ... came out and explained to us that the company ran a business for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  's around! He's a busy guy, after all), whether it's to chat, to get advice or ... 's office is 80 degrees Fahrenheit even with the AC turned all the way up

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  , but, but these are all my classmates, and it says 'degree awarded' on ... last minute, so I was too busy frantically putting my room in twenty

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  school...” “You have to buy books from street vendors. And then they ... people leave the country and never return, are afraid of doing business ... to China (“guys, I’m telling you, I have a relative in this business

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  undergrad and grad school), and she offered to drive me back to the dorm, an offer which I gladly accepted (taxis from Logan to campus often cost ... that it was odd that extracurriculars don't matter to grad schools, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Why no blogs!? I'm busy, ok?

  

  Why no entries lately? Because MIT's Freshman Orientation is in full swing and everybody on campus is crazy busy. With what? Stuff like the East vs. West Water War from yesterday. Photos courtesy of our ever

  • by Snively '11
  • August 25, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  and wedding announcements have appeared. Several of my middle school ... .  People are conquering professional milestones, too. Another middle school classmate who graduated early from college recently finished law school. One

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  the summer after my junior year of high school. That summer, I found ... school research program. This time, there were no sheep brains to dissect ... schools within the university and then restricted what majors

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  [Joint Post] Avoiding Sunstroke Solar Cars, Solar Stories, Solar Blogs

  

   chases it. I am driving the solar car. It’s 90 degrees outside, which means I ... officers, they certainly kept themselves busy by pulling over every other ... but silent. The shrill call of cicadas offered a sense of solidarity

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  ? As Purple Team explained, a 3.5 degrees celsius rise in temperature of ... the United States receive a high influx of super-busy customers. Having ... . Wrestling teams dominate thousands of high schools and colleges in the US

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  doing well in school. It's a lot of free time for me to be a tryhard. For ... realized that, though; they stopped offering 5.60 which is the full semester course and they're only offering the half semester ones now, which I guess

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  before my senior year of high school, I went to meet with the IB ... strategy. I presented her with my list of colleges, mostly state schools with a few oddball private schools thrown in there. Nothing on the level of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  of Intuition   The deadline to accept college admissions offers ... ’ve learned about making decisions in life. Some of you probably received offers ... Francisco) and inspire high school students with hands-on technology projects

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  your CPW host. Please respond to them as quickly as you can--school doesn ... from 40-60 degrees on average, with rain on Thursday. If you just wear a ... , culture, and school. It’s a good skill to acquire, especially if you end up

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  competitive high schools, ran the college-admissions rat race, and kept running ... working in industry, I jumped at the chance to take a break from school ... (which involves a personal statement, a plan for finishing your degree, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  down and instantly get my degree?? 9/9/21 My friend sent an email to dormspam, which is basically a school wide club/event promotion system. I saw ... school. It made my 57 units look tame. They were enrolled in 84 units, and

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  . Not everyone can get into this school, and besides, it's not the first ... tasteful and solid. I don't want the world knowing where I go to school when ... 't make school my reason for living. I came in with an existing, established

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  be offered a place at another great school. Waitlisted: In some ways ... really complicated I thought it might be worthwhile to offer some of my ... of choices, first accepting an offer of admission elsewhere — which all

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009