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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  aristocracy vacationing in the south of France coming to mind. But during my years in admissions, I've seen students take some time before starting MIT ... ,000 or more many of them would be paying for college. I'm not writing to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  Let's face it: none of us are getting younger. In fact, I'm getting ... in a few centuries I might even be dead.  Dead. I was reminded of this ... on the block." In fact, I'll be a full-fledged crusty sophomore as soon

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [joint post] unsubscribe a post about fortune cookies

  

  . After all, what else would you have said in that situation? Alan: I mean ... stormy. I was visiting Shuli in East Campus one night, and, afterwards ... petty games, Alan. I'm so above petty games, in fact, that in that evening

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 7, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  with me. And are, in turn, who I am. For each story, I'll share useful ... and film-makers. Mama's Boy is for those raised in the South, are ... forged in injustice as a sword is forged." On Writing is my bible. I

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  , as well as Teacher's Day in Mexico and South Korea - at 6PM Eastern ... the time and effort you have put in to letting us know how much you love ... . Last week, I mentioned I had been a transfer student. Well, I also was a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Let’s do a puzzle. Ready to flex some cranial muscle?

  

  weird puzzle - or set of puzzles - would involve reading about South ... converting the numbers to Roman numerals. I'll be frank: never in a bajillion years would I have tried that, because Roman numerals spit out useless

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Really Random 19 pictures. Don't open on a dialup.

  

  the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Happy Organic Chemistry II Day! I ... noted, that would be European Pi Day (31/4), but I missed it this year ... going to use the money to build robots instead of buy beer, he threw in an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  every morning or arguing over whether Maryland is in the south or not, I ... : 6 About: Hey guys! I’ve lived in exactly two places my ... and blogging about my projects. I never thought MIT would be the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  worked. I was in the “captain” spot on my team, a symbolic position that ... question about the centrifugal force–wait, a trick. I knew this. I buzzed in ... went unanswered, reduced to just a mark on the scoresheet. I buzzed in

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  by vibes. I avoid listings IN ALL CAPS because they seem [annotation ... 't get that in California. I should talk to my manager about the things ... support systems[/annotation] in my life, I tell HR the next day that

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  room just screamed, "Take a nap. NOW!" One thing I did notice in all ... because I'm just in Physics Honors. The room was pretty though. After 30 ... Qichen and Alex pretended to look at something in the sky, while I watched

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  hazy mid-semester days what i've been up to lately (mostly, psets...)

  

  just on the horizon. I wanted to share what my daily life looks like, in ... our weekly house clean-up from 11 to 12. After that, I settle in to work. I'll start with the things I know I can finish in one sitting

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  call Big Feelings™, in the sense that I feel like many of the experiences ... I've been living on campus, working on finishing my MEng thesis this summer. It's been an interesting summer; I've really enjoyed being able to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEING WAITRESS TWICE (sorry in advance for the obnoxious amount of CAPS)

  

  the seats would be in an obstructed view area, we all looked at each ... biblically good pies at Joe’s Dinner in the rural South. Jenna is stuck in an ... enough sense. 11) One of the first pies she invents in the show is “I don

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  't know, I'll go ask Yan. But if you're interested in what your 4th or maybe ... the wildfire burning 13 miles south of me. I'm also looking forward to ... vomited in their mouths a little). I miss waking up and looking out and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Have you seen your mother baby standing in the shadow? A visitor's guide to Harrisburg, PA, with original soundtrack by Billy Mack.

  

  ...and have you seen "Underworld?" My friends in Harrisburg and I ... Allison's new [Video Retailer] Movie Pass in hand, I vacillated between ... it would be a winner, since I had already seen it while rushing one of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  See me, feel me, milq me, heal me Picture entry! Don't read if you're on dialup! DON'T DO IT! Sorry, but it's for…

  

  '07 and I went out to dinner at the Porter Exchange in Cambridge with a ... woods, I found a bloody knapsack with some of Gabe's teeth in it, and I ... would probably never patronize this truck if not for the "buy 7, get 1

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Florida, complete I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a…

  

  I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a trip! We left off in Miami, where I had a great meeting before a ... , where I was due to do a meeting in Tampa. Like in Orlando and Miami, I had

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  chandelier, in all of its hypar glory, which I had for many years passed by in ... House as part of FASAP, the freshman advising program in the arts, I have ... ? Of data rearranged?” another OperaBot asks. “How can I

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Residential Life

  I Miss You, Random Hall my love letter to the dorm i got kicked out of too soon

  

  It's no secret that I am a) living in New Vassar and b) despise it. I ... talk about anything and everything. I miss our GRA, Colleen, who would ... bread or matcha cookies. I miss sitting in lounge and napping while

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 9, 2021