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  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  well as you think you know yourself and what you enjoy doing, the college ... colleges, especially if you're doing it right. If you're cranking out ... college application process you will know so much more. It makes you think

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5th of November, Remembered Bonfire Night celebrations in Cambridge.

  

  felt compelled to go. So after eating dinner at my college, I headed over ... colleges held their own fireworks last week.

  • by Cambridge
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  programs AwesomeMath Canada/USA Mathcamp Hampshire College Summer Studies in ... these summer programs as a thing to do "to look good on a college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  college/MIT: Have some confidence that being open and honest and being ... whatever you do, not just in applying to college.Fun fact about yourself: In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  let my college decision consume me, free myself from the burden that is ... decision, your hard work is not time wasted. The college application process ... colleges. I gradually understood myself more and more, answering questions I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  aversion to STEM continued as I went to college and pursued a major/minor in ... undergrad institution, I had worked with students for two years a college ... ample experience working in college admissions and access. Even though I

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  ’ve got mixed emotions. You can see college peeking at you from around the ... will play out. College applications just don’t seem to end, and as you ... college admissions will see it. But you still spend time on every single

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  This is a guest post by someone--Michael T. (UMD '19)--whose college ... waiting (and anyone else going through college admissions), this is for you ... time. Fast forward nine months into my first week at college. I was

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  ideal college, and now I get to grow here. The speed of the transition ... thus breaks the rules of nature. Like π. It’s college application season ... perfect finish to the college essay. I can almost feel the shivers of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  As a freshman in college, one of the most important things I do is ... to be different than everyone else to get into a good college. You ... is one of the best things you can do to prepare for college. Not only

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  , most people from my high school decided to stay in Texas for college for ... 't believe in allowances. I got money when I needed it. In college, I have a ... in the garage and I use it to get to A to B. My car at college rests in

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  Facebook and other internet profiles can affect college admissions. After ... internet can hurt them with college admissions? (Not necessarily at MIT but ... when applying to college since many schools are believed to be checking

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  Two weeks ago, while visiting my family in State College, I got to ... white-out game, titled, “The Greatest Show In College Football.” I used to ... from State College, the town surrounding Penn State’s main campus, or

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  preheating, and though the oven was a toasty 350 degrees, the cookie tray was

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  .701 became a way for me to start learning pure mathematics to the degree that i

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how i feel about ai-generated art from an artist's perspective

  

  planned, by June, I will hold bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and computer

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 11, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Write about Tea (with tea (with Paige))

  

  insane degree. Coffee was a part of my identity in,,, perhaps an almost

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my last first day every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

  

  This weekend, I moved into a new apartment. This academic year, I’ll be living in Central Square with three roommates - one of us a teacher, the other three getting master's degrees at MIT. Tomorrow is

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Events

  2024 ring premiere! amogus??

  

  being halfway through your degree. And it's also been a hot topic to blog

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  to become Thanksgiving. I always say “no” with varying degrees of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020