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• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I take a gap year?

  We encourage students to take a gap year to explore and grow. Every year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more students who request a gap year after being admitted to MIT. Taking a gap
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is there really a Game Lab?

  -world challenges. Yes, you can make a career out of playing games.
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I reset my password?

  No worries! You can unlock your account and reset your password by clicking, “Forgot your password?” You need the email address you used to create your account and date of birth. If you enter and submit these fields
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hodge-Podge Random things from a random guy.

  

  five hours of sleep last night, but for some reason I'm awake and feeling ... this before, but my summer is very routine and kind of boring. I have ... ?), and kind of interesting. Here we go! 1) Before Wall-E there were

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2008
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Dive: a cultural app take a look at my team's microsoft project!

  

  As many of you know, I've been completing a seven week internship ... you to my team, Team 12. I worked in a team of four other TNTs and two ... . Week 0 In the first week of the program, we were paired with another team

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  are [annotation note="34, in fact"]a ton[/annotation] of beautiful ... is only a bit of an overstatement. The ferry ride is indeed beautiful ... boat?? No one waves at you if you're on land...regardless of where

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  specifically my relationship with one mentor who has grown into more of a sister ... reality halfway around the world, but I’m sure a lot of you have heard all about it before- some of you have even lived it yourselves. In addition to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for November Reflect, rewrite, repeat

  

  A lot of the people reading this have probably spent the past two ... [/annotation]. A lot of the people reading this are probably starting on their Common ... you successfully do what the subtitle of this post says, we have curated

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  replaced the definition of 'home' in my subconcious. i'm in a completely ... about 6.033, being with a community of friends i lived with and saw daily ... two days i met some of my [annotation note="playing smash, and also

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  (Harmony and Counterpoint I) 6.009 (Fundamentals of Programming) 8 ... had enough of the structure of the class and ditched it. That's ok ... 've never done proof-based math before, plus all of the open and closed sets

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2018 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  those of you who were admitted: welcome to MIT. For those who weren ... fine. Remember, college is mostly what you make of it, here or anywhere else. Either way, I wish you the best of luck wherever you go, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a Pirate Now just in case I don't get a real mit degree lmao

  

  As of last week or so, I've taken and passed the following PE classes ... prestigious MIT PE programs, you might be aware of something called a Pirate ... 're my best friend and you may not ever achieve this feat of athleticism

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back-to-school special i'm a senior now :o

  

  ), and statistical learning theory (9.520). outside of coursework, i ... other and/or 2) we graduate. lots of puzzle hunts and concerts lined up for this semester, lots of research and coursework that i'm genuinely

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  If you know anything about MIT, you know that there's a lot of ... their numbers than anything else, that the courses of study span between 1 ... closest of friends and familiar faces you still haven't learned the names of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  It's the middle of July, and my brain is so fried I'm punting on a few projects, so figured I'd make myself useful and answer some ... Disqus handles that kind of conversation pretty well now, so we can just do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Scrapbook Sometimes Stickers!!!

  

  post, but I did not get to post about any of my own pages. Here is a look ... difficult. Taking the pages out of their page protectors without hurting ... like stickers. I hope you liked some of my pages. It really is relaxing

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  Friday evening, after getting one of the more interesting emails of ... (with a view of the Great Dome), a lecture hall, an MIT professor's office ... we're donating 50% of the profits to Doctors Without Borders. Is this

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Enjoying the Little Things In which I ramble about happiness and taking breaks

  

  In lieu of posting about any huge on-campus events or grandiose life-changing moments (of which I've had none in the past two weeks, to my knowledge), I ... any pictures in the vlog, but here are some that Rachel took of cool

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  AMA Ask Me Anything.

  

  some of you need to decide whether or not to come to MIT and the rest of ... .005 (elements of software construction), my favorite class at MIT (tied with

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  I'm what you'd call a product of prime time television. In my ... ) and lounged on the couch through Judge Mathis. Around the beginning of ... second episode my brother would wake up and take his throne in front of the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013