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• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  become more important to you very fast, maybe to different degrees but it ... up for the first credit card you get an offer for, slow down. You ... that offered 9% interest, 5% rewards on purchases for restaurants, gas

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  Journal about whether or not colleges should consider legacy in the ... offer fantastic financial aid and everything else. Stephen Joel ... your parents, and perhaps grandparents, went to a particular college

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  reply date for other colleges? You should accept the offer of admission ... who accept this offer will "unenroll" at the first college and enroll at ... waitlist? We offered 499 applicants -- approximately 4% of applicants -- a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Confirmation Form If you're on the wait list, we sent you an email last week.

  

  If you were offered a place on our wait list in March, you should have received an email from us last Friday about completing the Wait List ... to enroll in another college/university by May 1 (even if it means

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  Hi everyone! Just finally got caught up with answering your questions here and over at College Confidential. Haven't had much time to hang out ... we offer has grown over time as a result of advancements in science and

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New MIT Viewbook Is a viewbook as useful to you as it might have been for my (pre-internet)…

  

  you as it might have been for my (pre-internet) generation of college applicants? What can a viewbook offer you that the web cannot? Thanks in

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 3, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  preparation includes—at the very least—one year each of college-level calculus ... institutional offerings. The transfer admissions process is highly competitive
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  gone straight to college. Therefore, the question wasn’t really what I was going to do; rather, it was where I would attend college. As my ... , I realized that I didn’t want to worry. I didn’t want to go to college

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  people. This dream took many forms when I got to college - I played solo in ... College Confidential: October 05, 2005 One of the most linked-to writings ... parents wrote to me and asked me to contribute my opinions to a College

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  colleges, you are welcome to apply to MIT using your QuestBridge application ... aid offer made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of your ... to the College Match Scholarship.
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  college search process. She is the first in her family to attend college and ... uncertain about the process of identifying schools and how to apply to college ... , but I would discourage you from choosing your college ONLY by the amount

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  get with this higher powered degree. I don't really want to go into ... master's degree in a year. Pros: You get a master's degree...in a ... master's degree. Cons: Might be hard to find a TA-ship (which is how

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  of classes and try to get as many degrees as humanly possible. My ... college life afforded me. I was what some people call a "workaholic." I

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Call Me, Emeril BAM!

  

  dogs as a college student, and I just am a fan of more spice in my life ... how to cook. Now I must say I'm to a degree spoiled, both my mom and

  • by Bryan
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday at the water park

  

  This is a tale of two college kids from two completely different worlds. Actually, it's a story about going to a water park. But the reason ... off-key at the top of their lungs. It was a gorgeous day, 85 degrees

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  their college admissions-themed issue. Similarly, Newsweek featured a chat with Bruce Poch, Dean of Admissions at Pomona College, to promote their college admissions-themed issue -- it is also worth a read. Here's the TIME

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  more than a bachelor's degree to get a chemistry- or biology ... with a master's degree or PhD, from what I understand there are jobs in industry open to people with only bachelor's degrees. Some people in my class

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  with which every MIT student hopes to graduate (aside from a diploma, of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 2 our experience trying to prepare for the animation industry at MIT

  

  different degrees! Art classes MIT does not offer: It may have been evident ... something we never felt limited by through MIT’s course offerings. We both took Crafting Comics, which was a special subject offered in CMS, and it

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  to say no one would hire me, because by August I had two job offers ... was, me and my degrees, pouring coffee for the elderly and [annotation ... yelled to her friends, “HEY! This guy has a master’s degree and he

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020