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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  member of the Class of 2009 and would like to request a one-year (or ... ,000 or more many of them would be paying for college. I'm not writing to ... University of Pennsylvania: "Not wanting to break stride is the American way

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

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  Inspired by the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme Song Now this is the ... Assistant Director for Minority Recruitment at MIT…..which is in Kendall ... finally understood I had to get out of my neighborhood I got into one little

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  went over New Zealand on June 29 to catch the stellar occultation of of ... biological effects of weightlessness, and he trained to fly on the space ... Close up shot of Pluto. (Image Credit: NASA) On Jan 19, 2006, the New

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  You may have heard of the MIT Flying Club, which I'm not actually ... figured a simulator is a good place to do it.  Until I saw a shiny, shiny ... the Cessnas I was used to. A stick instead of a yoke, and my steering

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lambda Tea Two words: BOBA MACHINE

  

  proximity to so many creative and amazing individuals, and right now is one of ... DESCENDED TO EARTH The machine is the brainchild of MIT’s very own startup ... is a refrigerator which has a Samsung Galaxy tablet mounted on the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  experience (thanks to a lot of instruction) to work a little on my own before ... semester dreaming of how the camera would look like--promising myself to start on the construction after finals week, for fear of not getting

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  will complain daily about the work load or the lack of sleep, I've yet to ... When it comes to MIT you can put everything you do into one of two categories "for classes" or "in the spirit of having fun". While the two aren

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  the terrorist attacks on the US. It is often difficult to find good days ... blogs or on email. Miami was no exception, getting to chat with Davis ... Hospital for the meeting, thanks to one of our Educational Counselors who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Last Look Back 201920192019

  

  lot of it is good stuff that's happened to me. By no means has this year ... . And that gives me a lot of hope for whatever is to come after. It may ... land that is Texas. I've been catching up on some much needed REM and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  unique power, like density control, or to control friction, or to forget ... is this behemoth titan hanging over all the weaker, new heroes of today ... ."]Speedball[/annotation]? I bet you don’t know who that is. Or [annotation note="After getting

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  (this idea is kind of a reach...but hey, applying to MIT was a reach for ... else seems to be posting screenshots of their calendars, I'm going to do ... IAP trip to India - Taking EMS Shifts (I happen not to be on any this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Party pics

  

  pretty white dress and a crown of black roses, and is being led to the ... previous entry that a little over a week ago on 5th East we had one of our ... premise of Reawakening is that our hall has its own dark god, Krotus. Krotus

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  . (Not only is he super humble and friendly, but he also came to a lot of ... Kresge Auditorium almost rolling in laughter, listening to arguably some of ... inner pony!” or, “This part is when the baby stands up and takes his first

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  concentration on one beautifully hand made piece of artwork, an opportunity to ... other half who had to dress up as pilgrims instead of indians. That was ... frightens, what really concerns, all of the other schools is our pistol team

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Art & Science in Paris

  

  exhibition for Fall 2011 that is focused on the large-scale sculpture Cummulus ... with many remarkable people from a wide variety of fields, and to be ... -science space in Paris. I helped to curate an upcoming art exhibition

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  service. Decorated with medals and ribbons on graduation. You've heard of ... work of those accepted to the Ivy Leagues could help me determine my ... ) or five. Feel them flow and blend within your story. “Flow” is a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... early action, 13% more than last year. We admitted 390 students, or 11% of ... 's admit rate for early action is so low in comparison to the admit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  apart after a winter is a waste of money. You don't have to #Buy ... 'll be well on your way to staying warm on a budget. Maybe you'll even ... winter break for a few days of ice climbing.  Temperatures dropped to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fig. 3: La dolce vita snaps from an extended spring break

  

  proximity to so many different countries make it so easy to hop on trains or ... embarked on a journey to warmer, sunnier lands down south. Two weeks before ... Amsterdam, to an even colder city up north. I guess I'll count that as part of

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 23, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  Today is Day 5, after my laptop refused to boot after turning on ... convenience of being able to type an essay in the comfort of one's own room or ... 've experienced the five stages of grief (one of the few things I managed to retain

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010