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• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  speech, but just by being in college, I'm beginning to understand it. What ... my college back in Nairobi? Yes, the facilities and faculty here are

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  underappreciated thing a good college applicant can do is make sure everything is ... had asked the question, not a college (you'll get less performance

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  children is so rare on a college campus that it's refreshing to see them ... ." ArtBeat can feel slightly awkward for a poor college student, and I have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  college and life - and you have it in spades" -- really stuck with me ... happened, and I wanted to thank you again. I did end up attending [college

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  open, because that is how you make friends in college. I met with my ... for yourself in college provides, as there is quite simply nothing like

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  On June 14th, I began my journey to MIT. I packed all my clothes, memorabilia, and snacks for college away in my mom’s Kia Rio as the dynamic duo ... welcome. I come from a single-parent household as a first generation college

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  there is still deciding where to go for college. happy decision day ... important about college (technical rigor, reputation, weather) turned out not

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Lilly Chin The Spiciest Memelord

  

  Lilly Chin, an MIT senior. Earlier this year, she won the Jeopardy College ... one of her top college choices, an intrigue reinforced by her time

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  comes at a difficult college-choosing time. I hope that a look at MIT ... , a list of women graduates, a dedication to MIT "college girls", and a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  , the sailing team goes to the College of Charleston in South Carolina for ... Julia) Because College of Charleston is not currently on spring break, we

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  -generation college student, I have always wondered how people from similar backgrounds ... discussed in the forum. Sure, no college admissions process is perfect

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next

  

  focus on anything other than MIT (other college apps, your classes, your ... college) admissions...If I could do things over, I wouldn't think about MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  of voters that exist here, with more than 50 colleges and universities ... , and that change has to start somewhere. Having spent my time in college

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  End at midnight. Don’t Pack: -- fancy adornments from garish college ... pillows. Not on your first week of college. -- chairs, bean bags, and other

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next

  

  form and then focus on anything other than MIT (other college apps, your ... other college) admissions...If I could do things over, I wouldn't think

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  astoundingly over the college months. In August, the Frosh could have sworn that ... . Life in college is not how she imagined it. The Frosh had many dreams for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  others, comes back time and time again after college apps. Over the last ... or she is writing about. In the context of college admissions and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  was your age I applied to ten colleges. Eight of them were elite liberal arts colleges. Two of them were safety state schools. I would have gone

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  eating college student are only slightly true, microwave meals became a ... always feasible in the hustle and bustle of college life and as it turns

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  . My dad's job at the community college meant that I'd be able to attend ... I started looking into my options, maybe community college wasn't my

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013