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  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC). NACAC is the primary ... !Helping Students with Asperger's and Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Go To College ... of University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Donna Shalala, President

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in the ... already planning your summer, the changes from home to college ... what to ... ... well, whatever the reason, college is a way to leave home that’s

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  continued schooling at a high school or university other than MIT). Come up ... into one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in ... changes from home to college ... what to bring, how you’ll spend those last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  years. Adds Lee Stetson, dean of admissions at the University of ... into one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in ... changes from home to college ... what to bring, how you’ll spend those last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  to any other colleges, probably because I hadn't applied to any other colleges. After about 5 picoseconds of staring at my acceptance letter from ... marvel at the sheer impossibility that I picked the right college without

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  a woman gets to experience many of the other universes that might ... universe, she decides not to follow her first love to America; instead, she ... -carpet photoshoots and limousine rides. In another universe, she is a sign-spinner on a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  applying to college. Willard M. Dix, college counselor at the University of ... , vice president and dean of admission at Pomona College, tells of ... ) comes this story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Over Spring Break A flattering video of MIT Women's Tennis derping around California

  

  , Physical Education, & Recreation) that nicely sums up our whirlwind week ... unfeasible to play: RPI, UChicago, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, and Pomona

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 11, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  college. "I realized I had forgotten the joy of doing basic physics problems ... 's physics class at Bergen County Technical High School, students sit at round ... with their friends. Goodman does the near impossible. He makes physics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  with Bruce Poch, Dean of Admissions at Pomona College, to promote their ... colleges/universities. Because they carry a different mandate, publics ... . Private colleges/universities on the other hand are freer to admit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  what happens when i don't. The week before my freshman year of college ... , college in a week, "1979" on repeat forever and ever A photo posted by ... my "college friends," and if/when I get married they will likely be at

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  Bucknell University, I envisioned news clippings about horrendous hazing ... committing to a certain social and support group for all of college. It seemed ... rush to be a week of partying, a week of late nights, a week of college

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The real O.C. Travels in Southern California.

  

  . Today's college visitors (left); a discussion with Whitney students, with ... , big Central Meetings in San Diego (Saturday at 2pm) and Pomona (Sunday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  torn. In the college home, I get adventures with friends, bright city ... Library. Twice. Sat in a serene fake temple at the Museum. Saw masterpieces ... teacher became a physical therapist. An aspiring archeologist turned to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  Northwestern University, an intensive three-week academic program for gifted ... first session, and this time around I'm working with AP Physics. Physics ... my argument, too. There's a video on CollegeHumor of some students

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  From today's edition of the Tech: Caltech Students Pull Part of a Hack at MIT I managed to snag one of the fake papers that, as the ... semester is this Friday, as is my last physics quiz and the due date for my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  Have you ever wondered how different college mascots are ... YouTubers and writers Jon Bois, where he ranked every NCAA FBS college ... and make something similar with Boston-area college mascots. I was going

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are ... junior physics lab with a bit of preparation. By the end of the first 2 ... research paper in Latex, prepared a 15 minute American Physics Society style

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  your college essays. I just finished working with the MITES and E2 kids ... that the universe expanded exponentially from a point, a singular space ... mind, in our mind, is that the universe didn't burst out into pre

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  about throughout college and high school, but things which that have ... figured out before college (or in college) — let me be evidence that you ... colleges, or what life will be like after high school and college. Maybe this

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020