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• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  allowed me to live at home. For this summer, it was more economical and practical to work at the NIH since I'm also studying for the MCATs and I have ... for the summer. The dorms' summer rates for 2006 range from $1

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation ... quotes below for comment. Many college admissions officers support the idea [of deferring admission for a year or two]. While cautioning that a "gap

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

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

  

  earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation ... quotes below for comment. Many college admissions officers support the idea [of deferring admission for a year or two]. While cautioning that a "gap

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

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  . It doesn't mean you weren’t “good enough” for MIT. Like, for real, it’s not about that at all. A positive decision ... . Sometimes, students here live for weeks on a deadline-to-deadline schedule, so

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Charmed, I’m Sure What I did my 2nd IAP

  

  'm writing an article about the tournament for the MyMIT website, so I won ... great and the sets funky, the little kids who played younger Tommies (Tommys?) were really cute. The five-year old one sure played a mean pinball

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Metropolis and the Alloy Orchestra "The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart!"

  

  shown, a large orchestra would play a score made especially for the film to accompany the visuals. What drew such large crowds for this ... , March 5, the Somerville Theatre was packed for a World Music Crash Arts

  • by ARTalk
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  /Astro students playing volleyball with a net they had set up in the Building 33 ... remember most is how my friends and I used to play volleyball every week. A ... longed for something I had once enjoyed but could no longer possess. And I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  focusing on the play, but the work is certainly there. For those of you who ... for you. Hot dog contests, Toy Fair, snowball fights, the Ig Nobels, and ... about is the part where I will sit in a library for 8 hours trying to do a

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  bed in a case that smells like mildew. Luckily for fashion, not everyone ... embellished garments and an umbrella that shrinks on command for space ... can be so much more than a mess of fabric! For example, Amanda Parkes

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  -sleep aboard the bus for 14 hours, we awoke in Barcelona. Because of the abnormal ... . The design was jaw-droppingly beautiful and intricate. I loved the play ... . Felt right.  We wandered the streets for awhile. It was on this outing

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  , "thanks for holding! What can we play for you?" The caller said, "After ... far away from home for a bit. One afternoon that summer, while about ... ; Hanna's gone off to New York for grad school, but I'm stuck around because

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  : yeah, i think it’s common for these kinds of narratives to become very totalizing and for people to decide to only focus on one component. clearly ... : wow, i actually like this framework a lot p: for what it’s worth, i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  at the kickoff, including Bryan, who's playing for team Too Much Clue ... Technology has plans for world domination through weather control. It is our ... Lobby 7 for the Hunt Kickoff: Our team Captain, Keith '02, holds up the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  , which currently owns my life. And I apologize for that. But I'm back, and ... hours in between. It makes for a nice lunch/blog update time.) Today is ... we can drive you back to your dorm with them. Oh, and we'll pay for it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  you might imagine, MIT is near the top in terms of total money awarded ... large corporations). But, also, as you know, admission to MIT for ... great environments for US students to look at. Let me tell you more about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  to Budget where my rental car was supposed to be waiting for me. I ... , but I'm going to hook you up with something better for the same price ... brand new, gleaming silver Ford Mustang GT, which I was getting for the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  a play at the Cutler Majestic Theater. The original plan was for me to ... for all of us in this technological age to occasionally turn off our ... “particular problems’ but to develop a new vision for the act of problem solving

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Christmas Hug [UPDATE: New picture!!!] *squeeze*

  

  . There was Christmas music, a happy atmosphere, and there for all of it was ... and said "Look! Susan Hockfield! I'll totally hug her for a dollar." I ... sniped from across the street? I stood there, looking at her, waiting for

  • by Snively '11
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Random notes A little bit of this, a little bit of that.

  

  news for Heroes fans at MIT: Masi Oka, who plays the lovable and awesome ... A few random notes: Thanks for all the mini-contest entries! I ... for many college students. Piled Higher and Deeper memorialized Ando in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  , ten of us went for dinner, dessert, and an off-Broadway show in downtown ... from Panama. The Altar Boyz played at the Colonial Theatre to a very ... the first row of the mezzanine. Afterward, it was time for some fine

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006