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• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  . But I do think that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many ... taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a ... in recent years deferred to spend a year in Israel, others to do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  , required to take 8 PE points. A PE class, which meets for about a month, is worth 2 points; participating in a varsity sport is worth 4 points. (We ... and got a C in 8.02x (physics E&M). Apathy is bad.) Of course, I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  attack by swiping down. So a bull market is one in which the market is moving up and a bear market is one in which it's moving down! But back to ... -Lab is. This one's a nice overview. I'm too sleepy to add much to them at

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  . Sleeping overnight in the public areas of a House (e.g., lounges) is ... questions. Karen asks: "This is a bit random and irrelevant to your entry ... all students of the room/suite in which the guest is staying. The host

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  forms my head is a little fuzzy, splashes of vivid colors here and there ... glasses. Raymond is in my life now, and I hope he continues [annotation ... Madrid, this image morphs into something else. I see late nights in a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  back in Boston. Too bad - it turns out that Florida is a pretty cool ... . My single is in a suite. This can mean different things across dorms ... I'm in my room in Senior House (which, before you ask, is not just

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify why did i ever think iTunes was good

  

  EDIT: Petey mentioned in the comments that we should make a blogger ... oh boy this is by far the best piece of technology I interact with on a ... my life before coming to college and pursuing my interests in a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  Assistant Director for Minority Recruitment at MIT…..which is in Kendall Square (I know, I know….give me a break, my title is long and I’m not a rapper) In Piscataway New Jersey born and raised In the backyard is where

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  by me[/caption] My supervisor, Ellen, is a PhD candidate in chemical ... , I was telling my sister about hunting for a place in Boston, and she ... then. I knew I wanted to get into a lab at some point, but I wasn't in a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  challenges of varying degrees--I can proudly say I've already seen a concert in ... got to knock off a task that is surprisingly easy to finish at MIT--participating in a charity event. I got to display the full range of my talents (or

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Fall Hits MIT In other words: Kate dumps all the pictures she's been meaning to post.

  

  cream through a small hole in a jar into the LN2...) Halloween is this ... Yes, fall is here: This blog post will be a collection of several ... classic image of a cat sleeping on the couch in the sun. ...or, sleeping on

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 27, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  is a man beyond description. He has been known to compete in dance-offs. He is a man with fashion sense to rival your own. He gets his work done ... auction to benefit a scholarship fund in Louisiana. One of my friends, Mike

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  of medical school and absolutely loved it. In the past, I’ve had a lot ... since MIT is known to be a tough school, and whether looking back, I wish ... in med school as it is in undergrad (also, for some reason, EVERYONE

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  knowledge, macgregor is currently in the lead with a whopping 13. go macgregor ... struggled with writing blogposts in the past few months. It’s not for a lack ... in me. I look back at who I was a month ago and it takes me some time

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got this video. Or rather, this sad excuse of one...

  

  the only one in my programming class who takes notes on paper, not on a ... ??? Here's a video in which I attempt to eloquently answer questions that you ... profs dress the same. Eric Lander is the exception - he always wore a blue

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  joke about Scrapple? What devious pun lies in wait? The suspense is too ... I know you’re already thinking to yourself, “Where is Dave going to ... subject line? Will he show a can of the eponymous meat-like substance (now

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  conventional solar concentrators. Professor Baldo is a principal investigator in ... solar, battery, and wind technology, and a LED light experiment. Below is ... blowing and power is needed; and can also be used for mooring a floating

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  my house in Central, and the latte is conveniently free thanks to a ... surrounding choosing a living community is a constant in the MIT experience, at ... good chance i'll be in Israel for at least a month, which is super

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  -- one who is performing a UROP "Grad students in my lablove having UROPs ... subtleties of group theory in a rigorous yet accessible manner." But, well, I ... food options that he chooses Anna's Taqueria, a cheap burrito place in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  ; blogging is dissolving the sterotype like a polar protic solute in dimethyl ... later) scrambled to borrow a laptop and sent in an application. And - I ... feedback about my writing is an incredible thing. So I'm asking for just a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007