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FAQ / Life and culture
Did an MIT grad start Khan Academy?
Salman Khan '96 (18 & 6 and Class President!) and MEng '98, started the online learning phenomenon in 1993 when he started tutoring his cousin, Nadia, in math over the internet. By the end of 2006, more -
FAQ / First-year application
Can I defer my enrollment?
of Admissions. Such requests are usually granted (indeed, often -
FAQ / First-year application
How does the MIT admissions process work?
the details can add a lot of stress to the waiting period, so we -
FAQ / International applicants
What if I’m waiting for my green card?
application process you may send a copy of your green card via the application -
Blog / Challenges
you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't
friday night was the beginning of teammate hunt, a puzzlehunt written with some excellent puzzles. it's written by teammate, and i know lots of ... around for a few more hours until the end of the party. and when everyone -
Blog / MIT Life
I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards
quite a bit of time in Ilani’s room. For the summer, though, PUF was ... -side lounge and kitchen. PUF spent the summer enjoying a variety of activities ... I don’t consider it enough of a sit. 4. snuggling in weird positions -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
I Should’ve Been Working When I Drew These ✨but i wasn't✨
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Blog / Majors & Minors
Declared My Major :D aw yeah i'm a College Student™ now
during the spring term of their freshman year. I'm a fairly decisive person ... need for students to understand both the science and engineering of ... a deeper understanding of how the brain produces intelligent behavior -
Blog / How to Money
ew taxes the new zealand government owes me money
taxes, or save part of your paycheck for the government overlords. In New Zealand, this happened as well; they took away roughly 30% of my paycheck -
Blog / Miscellaneous
quarantine throwback i present to you my early april 4 am thoughts
blog, you know it’s been kind of weird lately. Life was cancelled, people ... meant I have housing at least till the end of the semester, so I didn ... could write about how much I long for the usual hustle and bustle of MIT -
Blog / About Decisions
Fall 2020 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you
process can be a difficult experience. For those of you who were admitted ... the best of luck wherever you go, and whatever you do. -
Blog / MIT Life
How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."
movement Get a U-Haul. A dolly. Quite a few people, at least two of them need to be strong. Coordinate! Don't wait until the morning of to put ... organ donor. If there are too many people to fit in the front of the U -
Blog / About Decisions
Fall 2019 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live
that this process can be a difficult experience. For those of you who ... , I wish you the best of luck wherever you go, and whatever you do.   -
Blog / Admissions
My Talk @ Maker Faire a bit about how we see, select, and support makers
month, after our first year of having a Maker Portfolio, I gave a talk at World Maker Faire New York about how we admit and empower these kinds of -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
SpringFest 2014! Just a quick post about the 2014 SpringFest Concert featuring Capital Cities and Flosstradamus!
It's that time of year again - SpringFest! This past weekend was filled with fun events like the McCormick Hall picnic and lots of energy saving activities. But my personal favorite event was SpringFest's annual -
Blog / MIT Life
Happy Holidays And some final thoughts before the new year
overwhelming, but give it all you got. Everyone’s afraid of failing. In each of -
Blog / Admissions
Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?
is now much easier with the advent of threaded comments ... Class of 2017 has arrived and is doing Orientation. Classes will -
Blog / Events
Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art
men are out of sight, and I am laughing in the street. I make ... lovely faces: Pri and Mira, '16, with the creator of Khan Academy. Khan talks about how he started out, what he thinks of MIT, and why Khan -
Blog / Admissions
Transfer Decisions to be Released Today
prepared to be part of an dynamic MIT community next fall.   ... the experience is ultimately what you'll get out of it. ** End