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B. '24 College—and particularly undergrad—is a liminal space, or at ... becoming.[/annotation] And after bloggers receive their diplomas alongside ... . But as we started posting, more bloggers reached out and offered to -
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50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year
right away, and it might feel like nothing could go wrong. But in college ... to complete the cycle. It’s the college circle of life. You will also ... college—every connection you make, no matter how brief, will leave a mark -
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The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.
respectful, more generous, and more kind. The diplomas start at 3:23:45. See if ... summer. When they offered me another chance to get involved in the program ... guaranteed admission into a program that grants a Harvard University diploma -
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All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)
of an undergraduate college degree. My friend, who I love very dearly ... . Essentially, I was trying to stop him from dropping out of college. Without trying to belittle the diploma that I'd received less than a week before -
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Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS
, applying to college. This college may even be MIT. But, readers, if you ... college apps, you would be sadly mistaken. Once you get to college, you might want to apply for an internship. Just like applying to college -
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A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies
, not something an college bestows upon you. Last year on Pi day, I wrote ... your happiness. College is the next step, but it didn't necessarily have to be MIT. You're going to have a wonderful, meaningful college -
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It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you
army is a lot like getting rejected from your favorite college. That ... about your college applications. You can study like Hermione Granger to ... extracurriculars, and you can craft exquisite college essays. There are also a -
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The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V
I think the college essay is a lot like froyo. It comes in a variety ... applied to college 2 years ago (2 years! I'm old :( ), I wrote over a dozen unique essays to all the colleges I applied to (btw - applying to 15 -
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Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students
program mentors. Check out more pre-college programs offered by ... , college admissions, and campus life. Industrial site visits are also offered ... ,000 Scholarship for minority students that also offers college mentorship -
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Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.
once upon a time, I wrote a blog comparing the college essay to froyo ... in the merits of the first blog in regards to a long college admissions ... out of the prompts for the 15 colleges that I applied to (number one was -
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[Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25
colleges. This network is brand new this academic year. “Where do you want to go to college?” There it was again, the dreaded question high ... aggressive, the answer felt obvious. But I applied to colleges using the “throw -
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Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem
New York Times about the college admissions process, it is hard for me ... difference in perspective relating to what applying to college is supposed to ... college? I imagine it went something like this. At the end of another very -
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Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.
the Thalys in first class (yay for Thalys summer offer!) I picked up a ... any college, public or private, work hard for four years, and end up ... where my college ranks on any of these lists, I'm pretty lucky. In the -
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10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.
Congratulations! You’ve probably gotten into more than one college and now it’s time to decide which offer to accept. As a senior blogger ... I’d offer a list of 10 things that I love about MIT (in no particular -
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An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)
peers to be the “perfect” student or “perfect” applicant to colleges when ... college application essays since junior year, took SAT/ACT prep classes and practice exams until their hands cramped, extensively researched colleges -
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WHY? for people who don't like "no"
a good college and proved all the haters wrong! but mine was more like ... Hopkins and Brown and Dartmouth rejected her, and she was offered the ... to college, but he was sure that I was a great candidate for whatever -
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So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...
embarrassingly naive about college admissions. I had only a few ideas about colleges and had drafted a handful of generic essays, but really didn’t have ... across College Confidential. At first, it seemed like a rare gem - a unique