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  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  includes (alphabetically): Assumption CollegeBryn Mawr CollegeCase Western Reserve UniversityFranklin W. Olin College of EngineeringOhio University And

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  across a front page article titled, "Many Women at Elite Colleges Set ... . Why must we choose? When applying to colleges, everyone strives to be ... . Consequently, students enter college with a ton of experience in different fields

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  specific major or a specific school/college within MIT. Students who are ... have enough gender diversity, and not be a good place to be a college ... indeed be a fun place to attend college. As for the interview, I'll have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  their lives devastated by Katrina, many are still worried about college ... working on ways to accommodate displaced students from colleges and ... Council on Education estimates 75,000 to 100,000 college students in the New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  's important to remember that while this college application process is going on ... same few colleges: McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Remember, not all of the best colleges are in the United States. Why not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  are twenty-two FPOPs offered in August, and each one gives an amazing ... the offered biology classes from my year to include four different types ... .013 and 7.014 are offered in the spring.  All of these classes cover the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A blast from the past Looking back at things I wanted to do at MIT

  

  definitely continue with quiz bowl when I got to college, but I realized that ... really disadvantaged me for college quiz bowl, which is a million times ... want to continue fencing after college, and if coronavirus doesn't cancel

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  you’re already in college or still in high school. Even for just a ... . College application deadlines are fast approaching. MIT Early Action ... really. The stresses of early adulthood—college applications, graduating

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  social implications of getting into colleges. It's such good news, you ... college. (And senior year, we were always talking about college.) When I ... the college I got into. It is none of your business." And then sometimes

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  ? Well, it’s the start of a new half of college. This year, I was asked ... Japanese 10,000 yen note. I’m thrilled to go to a college any “Voltaire ... Feels” by Alexa J. ‘20, and “On being at college” by Fiona M. ‘20. Bonus

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  largely of college students--that had created a space for expressing this ... saw a lot of “Things I learned from college” posts from other college ... after freshman year of college that you might think should be included in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  making the final cut. This is not how my college applications went. I was ... to remember who I used to be (SERIOUSLY. TIME. STOP IT.), college is ... parts of that college personality with the Sage And Wise Lessons Of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  I wrote a letter to myself before coming to college that I promised ... phases of my college career: 1. September 2003 (Freshman Year): I had a ... about college life that I had not yet begun to consider. As time went on

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  encourage you to take advanced (AP/IB/college) math & sciences wherever ... report? No. The scores will come to us in bulk from the College Board, and ... automatically take the best scores from the official College Board (or ACT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  . When I got the email saying that I had been offered the position, I was ... the offer details, and sent me the offer letter to sign. I still kind of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  . I had a full-time return offer expiring within the next week, and ... time to think through my final offer decision. At 11:57pm PST, I [annotation note="More on this in a follow-up post!"]signed my return offer

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  , to college applications, to my MIT acceptance, and to now. I see names ... mention for the college experience. When I walked into MIT, 5 out of the 8 ... . Coming to college, I realized I no longer needed to be grounded, that I had

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  available on the internet, whereas in college, sometimes what we’re studying ... school. In fact, (a brief tangent) I’ve always disliked it when college ... (which was the most college-like high school class I ever took, take it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  they don't care about all the time just to put it on their college ... club. Enter a science fair. Take a class at a community college. Learn ... something important to digest before you go to college, MIT or not. Ashley

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  around the diameter for 360 degrees than to use a circle and rotate 180 degrees. But thanks to my Subteam lead’s help, I was able to learn this, and

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020