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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  quotes below for comment. Many college admissions officers support the idea [of deferring admission for a year or two]. While cautioning that a "gap year" between high school and college isn't for everyone -- and that just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Declared My Major :D aw yeah i'm a College Student™ now

  

  increasingly interact with technology that mimics their own capabilities, the need for students to understand both the science and engineering of ... -9 would be ✨perfect✨ for what I wanted. When my student advisor suggested

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  trials and tribulations with dating, which includes the many times I have ... love, only for things to inevitably fade away in the end. However, these past semesters have been quite a transformative experience for me; (maybe

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  Has CPW left you with this? :) So I learned two major things about ... myself *points at the banner* (perhaps bringing a stuffed penguin with me ... volunteering to a passion for languages to butterfly collecting...it all had been

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  getting to relax for the first time in a long while, with college ... for my dorm room walls well before I actually got accepted to college ... to put them all up, and then I thought I might share with you what I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  DDR Tetris Read: The silliest video I have ever made.

  

  Cam untouched because I was too lazy/swamped with work to do anything with it

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Events

  World AIDS Day 2008 Spread the word.

  

  lighting up with little red ribbons as well. Do your part, spread the word ... gets infected with HIV/AIDS. Unfortunately, you all aren't actually here

  • by Snively '11
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Disaster Relief .

  

  speak with a flattened dialect, like this, I say. And I say I'll take them ... everything is alright with your family, your friends, you, out in this

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  4 8 15 16 23 42 If you already know what those numbers mean, this entry is for you.

  

  lead. I had lunch with Axiak last week and gave him the numbers. I ... peeps come up with. In the meantime, do you think the numbers are

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 11, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  realize our applicants are very committed to their schoolwork and with their ... see what you did with the options available to you no matter where you
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  grade. i'm having trouble with my hw so i stop by her house at night for 3 ... The first thing I wanted to do for this entry was reply to some ... 's a good question! The answer is that, for 6.004, you have to write your

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  different media forms for my assignments! Here's everything I've consumed this ... . For this, we were assigned to listen to Hi My Name Is by Eminem, What ... some extra raps for inspiration, particularly looking at female rappers

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  moment for many of the students who have been looking forward to visiting ... importantly — their connections with friends, family, and community.  When the ... principle for our process is that "we want young people to be students and

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Women of the East Side 2015 Calendar The stresses and strains of organizing a giant project

  

  the impossible, with the help of numerous people including Erin K. '16 ... dates back about eight years created for the purpose of showing off some ... and also raising money for the Big Jimmy Scholarship Fund.  The Fund

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Events

  The Great Snowball Fight of 2013 fame. glory. snow. killian court.

  

  Did you know? "Nemo" is Latin for "no man" or "no one", and the name ... Weather Channel's new ratings-driven non-scientific naming system for winter ... , cold, and snotcicles.  Actually, it's been winter for a few months, but

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Emergency Morale Booster Night! One of my favorite e-mails of all time

  

  loudly and obnoxiously for two hours, exchanged some hugs, then went outside to throw a Frisbee around with two non-French House friends for an ... least one hug for every other participant, to be distributed at random

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer? click me! click me!

  

  with MIT (year, or year of application for potentials) anything ... your picture sizes reasonable! (so it doesn't take forever for me to load ... : There is a physical prize for the picture I deem the best. The actual

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 4, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  threat and are confused by the need for a chainsaw in a box. They will be ... chainsaw and head for the small dome, we'll fend them off and wait for rescue. Are you with me???

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  first big snowfall of the year has coincided with the first of four final ... is at an absolute standstill. We had an event tonight for the American Medical Students Association, and it took 2 ½ hours for the food to arrive

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  Stu, Matt, Nance, Daniel and I are all down in NYC for the College Board Conference with a gazillion other admissions professionals. Things ... developed for its new Campaign For Students, a big fundraising campaign that

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007