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• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  . But I do think that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many ... deferring entry to MIT, also known as taking a gap year. My hope is that you ... members of the Class of 2011 are deferring to spend a year in Israel, others

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  . He is now a partner for Square Peg Capital in Boston, and he gave the freshmen a run-down of interesting industries and opportunities in the ... ...   So there I was, messaging a few friends about things and in one

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  . I'm a member of the Class of 2007. I was born here in Massachusetts ... 's Inauguration last May. In order for you guys to get to know me a little better ... you which one the lie is. Two Truths and a Lie

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to be a cat in the winter time. Today I wrested the last fateful drop out ... , drop date is the most aptly placed date in the whole MIT calendar, the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  all-time high. I have a Basic account, but I could try Premium free for ... kind of avatar defines me as a person?” Who cares? Spring semester was, in a word, frenetic. I loved all of my classes (or at least the idea of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  in a variety of positions. After a person’s body is correctly segmented ... traditions in favor of a European education. The novel is really compelling in ... 's worth of reading...even in technical classes! :O Recently a big chunk of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  loftblogging 3: liberation via customization i <3 process

  

  , building a ladder, and attaching hooks to hang my hats. Free to let my ... My dorm East Campus (EC) has a long tradition of radical room ... needed was free, as it came from the roller coaster and fort sites

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  4 Jack Bauer, eat your heart out.

  

  ANTS. What is even edible in a DVD box? Do I even want to know? Mike just ... movies from our dorm collection for free), and although he's a trustworthy ... even asking me if they're free while telling his friends a story about

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  hugs thinking about hugs remembering that one time in a summer ... from chipotle with the app, i will have enough points to get a free ... talking to a friend with more sense than me, which, as it happens, is most

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  skills and we all had a great time. My two guy friends who got lost in the ... campus as a freshman. While reading these blogs is a great alternative, it ... Institute of Technology. The context of my trip: New York City is a few hours

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Random Hall REX! Residence Exploration events at Random Hall. Your orientation booklet is WRONG. :D

  

  if you fit in. Below is a list of events happening at Random this ... -An underground party in which electronic music is played; dancing occurs in a very ... Random Hall family is being abruptly replaced by strangers who still trip

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 26, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  -100 in a quest to solve one of the greatest conundrums of our time: latke ... represent. The latke, essentially a potato pancake, is traditionally eaten during Hanukah, in November or December, while the hamentash, a fruit

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  between properties, and a giant tear in a friend's jeans as she tried to ... . Doable in a week, even. Little did I know that it would take over a month ... found a 2080-ft 5-bed, 2-bath located in Central that was just barely

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catching up What's new? Lots of things. I just haven't told you about them yet, because finals…

  

  teacher who taught me for a year in Principles of Engineering, which was ... . If anything, I'll take it as a minor or maybe major in 8b, which is the ... 's pretty cool to look at a page I created and take pride in its

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  in the company of a great number of real academic peers who were ... issues in the future. The parent wrote: Why is it so important to have gone ... my mind and changed my life. And my hope is that for those who could

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC

  

  Poler '18, Andrea Li '18 This mural is based off a NASA work. I reached ... .."][hopefully][/annotation] be moving back in as a senior, the dorm won't be the same. Some of the ... B1 residents use the stairs. At this point in time, B1 didn't have a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  English words, I can describe things in a non-caveman-like way this year ... presentation that is best experienced visually. (Apologies in advance for the ... suits in a microelectronics lab. What does "CHIPS" stand for in "CHIPS

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  and then arrange them to create a nanodevice. Exciting, eh? In order to ... . The most basic building element is a point-like particle, which has ... Technology (NIST). I never thought that I would find a place that loves

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  'm a rising junior currently majoring in Course 20. Based on the classes ... focus in again on a single major. One of MIT's great qualities is the ... you happiest :D Okay. For me, a double major is how I've decided to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  plan for IAP. Since food is expensive, and cooking food takes a while, I wanted to try an experiment in Soylent, a meal replacement shake. I first ... in the fraternity, I went to a nearby IKEA for furniture shopping. But

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017