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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  sometimes two-year) deferral from starting at MIT, you can send a letter ... The Associated Press has a nice story about "Gap Years" that has been ... .com/education, but it's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  this blogger does not exist join me in the uncanny valley

  

  . However, style transfers had a harder time going from simple to complex ... A reader of the blogs emailed CJ the following, which CJ then ... -CJ, and I wondered if it might make sense to try using a Cycle-GAN to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  McCormick :) Oh - one more thing: a view from the East Penthouse ... years, I have experienced a fair share of field trips, including a couple to the Museum of Science, one to a theater production of "There's a Boy

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  , but I do have a couple of things to say about starting college ... most succinct advice I can give is from Adam's dad (my future father ... . Do whatever it takes. I think this is superb advice. My advice is a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  you come from” essay, complete with time stamps and a large collection ... a lifetime’s journey; from elementary school’s Math Olympiad, to ... its edge. Snapshots from a world much like ours - but it only exists on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  aside from a few scattered moments of worry-free bliss such as freshman ... -time hobbies. This is certainly not a bad thing – I derive immense joy from my ... , therefore, food is made timeless: transformed from a physical body to an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  . All three elevators have a board full of posters, and the floor selection buttons that don’t always light up, and they all make a confusing ... as can be, and as the farthest elevator from the entrance of Simmons

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1

  

  project (I made him! from scratch! he's my child!) and so I sent out a bunch ... a few lasers for dinner today, things will be better? No? [annotation ... spring, I started talking to a postdoc (Binbin) at MIT's ice rink

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  i saw you four ways to follow MIT students

  

  i absolutely love the blogs, but there are a number of other places ... the treacherous requirements each semester spits at you, but there's a lot to glean from the comments. of course, the platforms all have some

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 16, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  picture (sorry it's blurry, I'll have a better quality one next time I promise): It’s a lake, it’s frozen. I am standing on it while taking this picture. For a person who grew up in very arid parts of the west coast, I

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  -- I made a point of eating at five Chipotle locations that I had not visited prior to this summer -- received a huge boost from 3D printing. As ... Facebook feed to find a ring that can replace my CharlieCard, an RFID

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  pedal and accelerated the motorized shopping cart from 0 to (approx.) 25 ... recoiled along a vector perpendicular to Massachusetts Avenue as I gripped ... cart and vociferously spewed a sonic soup of bloodless terror and regret

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  Punting is a really relaxing and nice way to spend the afternoon if you’re not the punter. My name is Lucy and I’m a junior ... students. It’s been a week since we came and classes are starting

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  McCormick: Girls Wanted Minh '10 shares her love of McCormick Hall.

  

  Admissions has a really great picture of McCormick: (from Admission ... entries, but the short version of the story is that I’m currently a freshman ... ’s only all-female dormitory. MIT women choose to live here for a variety of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Introduction To MIT World ...and my blog's first feature: Akamai, Clever and Cool!

  

  My first blog entry! Let me begin by introducing you to MIT World, a ... lectures at MIT. MIT World has been in operation since 2001 and today has a ... source of unmediated content reflects a wide range of ideas that are

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  to and from a foreign city over spring break, when students meet with ... topics are compared and contrasted with characteristics of a U.S. city ... . While in Scandinavia last spring break, a few of us met up with the 11

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the ... worry about this. In a case where we need to see a mid-year report and it ... . In other words, if we feel that a mid-year report is needed to make a

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.

  

  )! IAP is one of the most fun times of the year. It is a time where ... an externship, some will learn a language, some will do research, some will build a Stirling Engine, among the many options. A couple IAP

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  You know, I'm not a real admissions worker, but I bet they often get ... are united by a thirst for knowledge and an indefatigable work ethic ... Kappa Late Night, a fall talent show for charity sponsored by one of MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  's photos Rob's photos Ash's photos Eric's photos CPW is a crazy time for us ... 'd imagine -- and sometimes, that picture in your head is a bit off -- like ... -awesome)! It's also a time to see some folks we haven't seen in a while. It was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005