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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost ... the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant ... students plan gap years. Adds Lee Stetson, dean of admissions at the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  practice the new material. And, at the end of the semester, we get to write ... class best taken at MIT, as the Institute is on the forefront of ... so (the downside of new methods: much of the older social science

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  friendful life recently

  

  anything shu going out of their way to visit me this weekend from new york ... . i've come to peace with a lot of the things that kept me up late at ... stretch at mit and being welcomed with opened arms the council of yuri

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  method of scientific teaching and that of premed-prominent universities in America. At MIT, Dr. Lee said, the focus of science is to teach you to ... be applying to MIT this year. At the end of June I had the opportunity

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost ... the University of Chicago (and many other schools), we're happy to grant ... students plan gap years. Adds Lee Stetson, dean of admissions at the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  's response and the new reality of being an MIT student during COVID-19. At ... , it seems like universities keep announcing plans at the last minute ... at home – sometimes the dead of night was the only time I could truly

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  MIT Club of New York proposed a mascot to President Richard Maclaurin ... To go along with Chris' entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  'm thinking of you and the family. I'm thankful for all the new people I've met ... to so many new perspectives and ways of life that I just never even ... pho place we met up with some more friends from New York and then headed

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  When I’m Home Did you enter the PE lottery yet?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The first time I ever went to New York City it was to see Lucy Lawless play Rizzo in a Broadway production of Grease. After 18 ... friend Shana. I also woke up at 5 AM and watched a tape of Celebrity Duets

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  1914, Lester Gardner of the MIT Club of New York proposed a mascot to ... the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT ... two years at MIT, and drawing upon suggestions and ideas of the entire

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  dressed all in pink, and a brass band from New York City called Lesser Panda ... which we served drinks. Photos by CAVS Lesser Panda and New York ... Panda got a fitness tour of campus, starting at CAVS and ending at Lobby 7

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Shall We Dance? having two left feet is a thing of the past.

  

  my head all Monday night. As part of my summer of fun, a few friends of mine and I decided to take advantage of free dance lessons offered at MIT ... , the Ballroom Dance Club offered lessons in Mambo. My friend Jackie and I

  • by Bryan
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  Today marks my last first day of classes (LFDOC!) as an undergrad at ... you all. Try new forms of athletics. Yoga. I’ve been getting into ... friends, like going to Celtics games, exploring a new part of Beacon Hill

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  that is possible. Most students take the most rigorous version offered of ... new high school does not accept weighted credits from out-of ... will have spent at least one full year in another university before

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  ="The NEET Program (New Engineering Education Transformation) at MIT is an ... gingerbread house in the lobby of Wentworth by the Sea. -I tried a bunch of new ... !!!!) -Becoming a Friend of the Ohms, visiting the Ohms’ performance at UMass along

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  homeschooled. She is what they call a Young Scholar at a local university, that ... should do at this point of time so that my admission is not hampered in any ... that? I live in New York and report to the Ithaca City School District

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer club sports?

  There are more than 30 different club sports at MIT. Each club is either instructional or competition focused by nature. Many of the competition focused clubs have excelled at both regional and national level
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  , MIT has announced that we will match federal Pell Grants (FAQs, New York ... admissions decisions via the web. We will release decisions at decisions.mit.edu on Saturday, March 18 at 12 noon, Eastern Standard Time. There's not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  (except that Sam was wearing a suit jacket at the time) which drew a lot of ... finals. I guess this is the universe's way of helping me keep my discipline. ... princess, and at 7 this morning I was being stretchered to MIT medical's x

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  rise to the level of a [annotation note="Although, if a minor is offered ... new College of Computing, which coordinates computing education ... interest in the intersection of humans and computing at MIT, and a rapidly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019