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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  gained from going to college and getting my first paid (on-campus) job ... me the average daily temperature was 6.5 degrees Fahrenheit), so we ... get as many piercings as I wanted once I went to college. All I would

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  I'm halfway to my bachelor's degree which is exciting but also nerve-wracking. You don't really get a chance to redo college, but that doesn't stop you ... . In high school (and middle school, and elementary... and college), I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  in his college workshop, during the Christmas break when no one else ... his father's college workshop.  To be able to make whatever I dreamed up ... detect front and back foot taps with a fair degree of accuracy.  But you

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  link for the College Board so you can check the dates. You're welcome ... helpful, but only to a degree. Class Rank means different things at ... a little bit different from most other students on college campuses

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  , also the first days of college, were intense. The East Campus Head of ... appreciate the breadth of MIT offerings for athletes and beyond. The main ... and since—that start-of-college-90-mph energy has reduced substantially

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  in college). Given all of this, I turned down offers to Brown ... liberal-artsy college, although I eventually came to the decision that if ... school offers. (let's face it - as "great" as Harvard is, you can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  Well, are you rural? You might have heard about the STARS College ... common questions I get at college fairs and webinars: "Does MIT ... stopped behind a cattle drive, or where your high school’s idea of a college

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling old and coming home

  

  a precursor to college, when my real life would begin. I couldn't tell ... 's what this post is about."]wait it out[/annotation] until I got to college. Plus, I was so focused on actually getting in to college that I didn

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  would probably be a bad idea, so instead we just decided to be "college ... sister before she headed back to college in Baltimore. I value family ... people behind us were from State College, and they were trying to get here

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  a trip had to include visits to prestigious college campuses. It ... of colleges, had I decided to attend those instead. Here's a secret ... else. Truthfully, I started college when I was young and impressionable

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  bloggers past about the very specific feeling that is awaiting your college ... ’ll do awesome things. i wish i’d known earlier that good colleges aren ... distract and enliven you, the students here have offered some serious and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  doesn’t offer me a bite. 99.999% of the time I don’t actually want the ... this is related to MIT or college life in general, or at least I hope ... it has without a doubt been one of the most rewarding parts of college

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  ’s block parties. I miss my backyard. I miss fanatic college football fans. I ... lot of you are probably in the thick of college applications right now ... finish, but don't get too embedded in your bubble universe [of college apps

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  , also works there and yesterday she offered me a ride back to Boston ... Science will host a “Clubhouse-to-College and Career” Fair August 6, where the youth will explore career options, interact with local college

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  , but I do have a couple of things to say about starting college, particularly at the only college about which I know anything substantial. The ... people seem to think that the most important thing they'll learn in college

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  's exactly what you hope to do when choosing where to attend college. The same ... are the same ones you should seek out when deciding which college communities to join. Remember, you are not attending a college simply to study

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hello, world

  

  of the AP classes the school offered by my junior year. With few options remaining, I cluelessly applied to colleges. Being the first in my family to go to college, and being from a town that sent few of its

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 6, 2004
• FAQ / Interview

  What if my interview is waived?

  every applicant. If we are unable to offer you an interview, your ... admissions committee will be aware that we were unable to offer you an
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  never touch dining hall food. You'll be in college. You'll get food ... requirements for a degree in that major, as if you're getting a degree in just

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  learned where both of my parents went to college, what their degrees were ... kidding, but going to college away from home requires more skills than just ... applying to a college outside of Costa Rica, since our education system is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007