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• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited ... year as an EMT in Israel before his freshman year. This gave him a lot of ... I'm currently in Indianapolis, busy with the Intel International

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  class designated for students who have taken some version of 8.01 in the ... wanted to do lab research for the longest time, but after getting a UROP in ... new UROP in the MIT Education Arcade, I sat down for lunch in the common

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  warm (and dry) in a Boston winter has been an adventure. It’s been a lot ... that do us good. It traps in and uses dead air as an insulator, keeping ... for. People invest in a variety of different boots. In addition to the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  wrong building, which irked me (in the wrong building for my first final ... I have an interest in astrophysics, and/or atomic and optical physics ... classes. Uh...right. What if that's just an annoying chore for him, to do

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  matching you with an MIT student host for CPW. With a record number of you expected for CPW, and a large portion of the campus hoping to serve as a host for you, you can imagine how time consuming this can be. Even daylight

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Invasion of the Stikmen Another invasion of MIT?

  

  an anoymous artist has been placing these little guys in cities all ... around finals time, MIT had an invasion... Well as I walked to lab last ... -to person for all MIT happenins') to ask him if he knew anything about them

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  shattered with a bang. *In contrast to "ood", an alien species from Doctor ... expanded in what is known as “an outrageously, mind-bogglingly fast rate ... This post is about the classes I'm taking - and is a case in xkcd

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  . But in an attempt to eschew the "nerdy girl" stereotype for Devi, the ... for finally, finally giving South Asians the representation in media ... obviously a huge step for Indians in Hollywood, but...yeah, it has a lot of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  in McCormick Hall for about six months. At that point I decided I ... interested in entrepreneurship and music, and I was working in an early stage ... Schreck Shits calendar in the Mars One project. What advice do you have for

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

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  towards sleep at -9.81 m/s^2. In 12 hours, I will be in class. For now, I ... . Fun fact: 5/12th of the finalists live on a single floor in my dorm, an ... literally solved this in 2 seconds after looking at it for about 5 seconds

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  pay the application fee. It is safe to say that you should apply for an ... you and your family truly know if applying for an application fee waiver ... an application fee waiver. While that works for MIT, what about the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Only a few more days of waiting...

  

  Hi folks, Jess sent me an email a few days ago making fun of me for ... for those who applied in Early Action and received a "final" action in ... the process for receiving my admissions decision online? In order to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  assignments, I decided to take a break by traveling to Bath in Somerset, UK. I arrived in Bath bright and early around 10am. That means waking up at 5 am and walking to the Cambridge train station in sub-zero temperature, say

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  for instilling the importance of education in his life. He recalls long ... 've only received one so far. If you're an MIT '09 and you've had an article ... 'll highlight it in a future entry! A little background: back in the summer of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  interviews. in the third episode, darryl, the interviewee, is an ex-convict who ... of not having money than about actually wanting money for something. in ... see pretty often in other people - for instance, people wanting to be in

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cream Tea with the MIT Club of Great Britain Meeting MIT alumni in the UK

  

  for an hour and ended up staying for nearly 2 and a half hours. This is ... putting together the event for us. Most of them came in from London, which ... explained to us that while most of us probably thought that cream tea was an

  • by Cambridge
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Search Continues On the internship search and deciding what I want to do with my life.

  

  pre-select you for an interview which are typically held in the Career Office. In addition to the Career Office, there's also UPOP, a program for ... questions, I'll be responding to those questions via an entry tomorrow. For

  • by Bryan
  • November 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  Earlier this week, I attended an event in Washington DC where I got ... or daughter can only match that magic profile, he or she is in for sure ... college admissions season can be a particularly anxious time for students. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  . This is not an accusation or an excuse for myself, but merely a curious ... thoughts into the mix. You know, for the record and all. Please keep in mind ... . Another topic for another day.) In fact, even then...take it easy. I mean

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  singular noun that ends in s, such as abacus, you would need an s with the ... singular noun that ends in s AND the next word begins in s, you don't use an ... . Apparently you use an s when a proper noun ends in an "s" sound, but no s when

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006