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• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  need not be a luxury for the rich. Some students use them to earn money ... taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Let’s do a puzzle. Ready to flex some cranial muscle?

  

  Sherlock (you have trained your oculomotor nerves for this purpose.) It ... life (right? right?) - e-mail her! You're in the mood for a more ... "night" (if that's still the right word for it): From Saturday "night

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  Conner, work a few hours at night calling alumni and asking for money, and ... help design my class ring, and have a UROP, and blog for admissions ... /inauguration day for 4 or 5 nights in a row, and one of my roommates' birthday

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 2

  

  , "Is it possible for a junior to be admitted to both MIT & RSI ... to know how many will be accepted for each of the three, and when notifications will be sent." Well, I did say, "Because I do not work for the CEE

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  are your plans for next year???" and I internally scream "I DON'T KNOW ... up for the Fall Career Fair and are interviewing with companies ... sweater and got my photo taken for the yearbook. For my senior quote, I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  the campus before. I quickly realized it was all I had hoped for and ... mind but there are a lot of activities planned for parents too. Obviously ... and Professor of City Planning, and Kim Vandiver '75, Dean for

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  a STEMgem online, the creators hope more teachers buy devices for ... and pedagogy together for effective learning. I blogged an overview of ... , follow the links to learn more. Visit openlearning.mit.edu for a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Events

  look at the stars hacking mit, six months at a time

  

  ’t remember the horrible times of online school back in 2020, think timezone ... the last song we played for closing ceremony. if songs are the carriers ... [annotation note="occasionally 36 hours for some other hackathons. the point is that

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 17, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “So, what HAVE you been doing?” less sad shit lets get a lil more hype in here

  

  for my sleep schedule and for my homework schedule, but I cope by ... spent the majority of my time at ZBT for obvious reasons, so it's been so ... image1="89300" image2="89298" image3="89296" /] Spring Break For spring

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  a painful metaphor for my life right now. (Sometimes, a leaf isn ... , leaf! Christiane asks: What's the age-limit for prospect students at MIT ... place in the Top 200 in Math/Chem olympiads in high school? Thanks for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  dinners with friends my wallet is crying

  

  a game for the assassins guild. it didn't happen in 2022 or 2021, and i couldn't make it in 2020 for some reason i don't remember. in fact ... i spent spring break writing. writing blog posts, writing things for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  invests money from the venture capital firm they work for into those ... , "Ask for money and you get advice. Ask for advice and you get money ... for one's company. I wanted to meet as many as I could and learn as much

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  very alone and yet speaking to and playing music for an unknown audience ... even made a playlist before, and my voice isn't really the best for ... [annotation note="a job that involves setting the schedule for each season and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too busy ... there, for your amusement. Consider it an excuse to friend me. The Last ... waitlisted and prepare it for the waitlist committee. And bug committee members

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  ; The freshman application is now live on MyMIT. Our online application ... about something you do simply for the pleasure of it. Although you may ... member of our community the ability and passion to work collaboratively for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  happy or not. I'm low-key grateful for being alive. I’m sorry that I’m not ... 'm fully prepared for the prospect of college. Sure, I'm familiar with the ... 's the point?" "The point is to make money." Rest assured that purchasing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  online application shrinking font size for longer answers. Yes, we designed ... riots, but it is a place where students believe in working for change in tangible and pragmatic ways. For example, check out the MIT-Washington DC

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  2020: Ten years since high school What is your name? Lydia ... partner Cory and I have been together for almost nine years now. We met in ... High? Teaching was weird. One of my first times reserving a room for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  I've used in my life (finally something hot enough for proper wok ... surprise that frats have a bad rep for being gross. That's where tΞp work ... old brownstone beautiful for another century! Or at least for the next

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  There is a bench it’s a nice bench

  

  out with friends. Or I’m playing board games with people, or hanging out ... rolled in: I joined a LARP, watched a play, played some board games. Sunday ... and set aside for a specific purpose, a specific event. Filling my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 19, 2019