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  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  officers at many colleges and universities will travel across the country to ... institutions, while also answering questions you may have about the college ... we started a Black Student Union in our school to build community, but

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  mine. A week before graduation, I got a job offer at a college access ... different. When I graduated from college, it actually didn’t even occur to me ... college applications were selected or who did the selecting, so naturally

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  who are leaving for college a year from now. Your parents might be ... pretty much in your shoes. I've identified a college that I was very ... a 45 degree angle to the left side of the paper, so it's basically

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  with plans to support the creation of 10 new community fabrication labs ... joint letter to President Obama from more than 150 colleges describing how ... the admissions process (like our Maker Portfolio which we offer through

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  offered to temper my usual Course VI nerditude by writing about her ... the college campus (hello Boston!). Yet, one of the most rewarding ... classroom to real-time projects that have a significant impact on communities

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2020–2021 application cycle

  

  .  Unfortunately, that seems unlikely to be the case. Last month, the College Board ... colleges show flexibility with their normal admissions requirements; last ... believe that students should be community members first and applicants

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 13, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT’s COVID-19 precautions and their impact on admissions relevant news and next steps (updated 4/14); new blog posts below 👇🏼

  

  offer require them to take all the AP exams they had planned. The short ... to please follow your school policy if possible. However, your offer of ... th, 2020 Admitted and prospective students The College Board

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 6, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  a list of 14 colleges that I was planning on applying to, but I had ... discovered CollegeConfidential.com and began showing me people’s ridiculous ... offer even if I did get in (clearly this was just an ill-planned coping

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  William Penn (New Castle. Delaware) College, year, major: Norfolk State ... college/MIT: (Time for me to be serious) I have 3 points: 1. Put a lot of ... essay telling us what you want to do after college (E.g. I want to be a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  from my living community suggested that a group of us take the course ... are ones that offer a lot of fulfillment. Things are a bit hypocritical ... of the community. That warmed my heart to hear :) I tend to fixate on

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert This year's concert: Jason Derülo and Janelle Monáe.

  

  up-and-coming three-member indie band from Seattle to play. Nirvana ... Tech, "Well over 1500 members of the MIT community, most of them students ... strike.'" The next day, the faculty met to affirm the community's desire

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  night, I took a Zipcar up to a college fair in New Hampshire. I'd say the ... ) degree, including some who enter a 6 year accelerated combined BSAD ... college fairs (one each day through Friday), spend Mothers Day with my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  "[In many ways, picking a college is a lot like marriage: the ... League school, a college with easy access to a beach, or one with a top ... , I fell in love with the city with 135,000 college students and just an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  Grad Student”. I start my second year of a dual degree program in ... and urban planning degrees. As I learned more about the field and ... time off might be before college, during college, or before grad school

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  extended essay in order to get the IB diploma. I remember thinking (as many ... (join our army), the course administrators offered the option to complete

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  college is a community, so it is unlikely they will simply admit you just so ... only do so much as a high school senior and almost-college freshman. But ... believed that getting into a dream college was a binary decision. I believed

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  once wrote, “we want young people to be students and community members ... yourself, your family, your community, and your safety.[/annotation] You will ... applying to (or attending) college, and thinking about their educational

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6 / New Year, New Me Looking back, looking forward & staying in the present

  

  the new year offered.   WINTER Packed up my life in Boston ... internship at Microsoft in Seattle. Worked with incredibly talented engineers ... at the MIT Winter Exhibition Accepted a full-time offer Wrote about

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  , people from urban slums, people from ranch communities, people from ... all levels of preparation. I've known people whose schools didn't offer calculus, people whose schools didn't offer physics...obviously the people

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  school year. Your local community college is a great place to find fun ... the community college, there is always OCW! 7. Join your library’s book ... chance to see what different places have to offer can open your mind to new

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010