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• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  topics: Advice on the college interview (Mitra) Advice on the application ... college, so be proud of who you are and what you have done. No matter what ... the most general sort of advice I can offer. If you (mostly juniors, but

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  If you’re applying to MIT through QuestBridge College Match, simply ... offer made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of your ... to the College Match Scholarship.
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  some other top colleges do." For those of you not up to speed on what a ... from two years ago. In increasing numbers, colleges are wooing their ... admissions offers for these schools won't be sent out for a long time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  shock, he hid the envelope. Hid it from his parents, friends and college ... , he was admitted to MIT. In response to the admission offer, he took MIT's offer to do a gap year(s) to focus on his racing career, looking to return

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  than they had been before they went off to college. My grandfather has ... really complicated I thought it might be worthwhile to offer some of my ... another college essay) but we hope they will quickly realize that they will

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT offer a foundation year?

  MIT does not offer a foundation year program. Students currently enrolled in a foundation year program may apply for first-year admission if their foundation year is not considered the first year of university in
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  some sort of Associates’ Degree, from a community college*. So I became ... tons of paths to success. People often go to community college or a junior college their first two years, for example, and do very well. In

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  a buddy who wanted to hang out. Since I was a college admissions ... was quite confused during my own college application process. Although ... , neither had attended college themselves and couldn't be as helpful as they

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  . But, I realized that before coming to college, I took my home ... college I realized that the dishwasher is on a long list of things that make ... for the college students, you are not alone. 1) Parents- Yes, they nag

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  college admissions-themed scholarship competition. The first of six episodes ... give the winner a college education from a top-rated school of their ... ultimate American prize. For the chance at a full ride to the college of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  Today in Boston it was 41 degrees Fahrenheit and rainy. Random Hall ... tomatoes) Steps: Preheat the oven to 425 or 450 degrees Fahrenheit ... when other people offer them to you, like almost all of the guys I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  8 / Fresh start A month of eating and sleeping and other fun things

  

  since I started college and tried my best to make the most of my time off ... , and single-digit-with-windchill-in-the-negative-twenties to 46-degrees-and-kinda-sunny weather shifts (throwback to my first Boston winter when I though 26 degrees

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Look at Unified Engineering and the Aero/Astro Department Back in business.

  

  early college, far fewer students decide to 'take a shot' at Aerospace ... you can graduate with an Aero/Astro degree from MIT :) (a typical ... that my full attentions will turn to a course 8 degree. Hey hey don't get

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  Oh, the joys of being in college. Finally, we’re independent! We can ... the part where it’s currently 77 degrees in South Florida, while here it’s 48 degrees and I can’t feel my toes.) I’m not the only one – many of my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Helps the Red Sox’ Keith Foulke Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last night they showed the final…

  

  graduated from MIT with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1984. Clara is a Medical Doctor with a Biology degree, MIT Class of 1985. For more ... the same thing. When I got there, I was just some college kid who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  post comparing applying to college to applying to jobs. It's job ... return offer. Obviously, it's nice to be on the other side of things ... received rejection letters from some subset of the colleges that you applied

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show! All the way across the world

  

  Sheng Ler Mei. The show is targeted towards college students, and basically they invite a bunch of college students from different universities in Taiwan with different majors and they discuss a bunch of college

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  college choice. She starts things off with the following from golfer Kelli Keuhne: "[In many ways, picking a college is a lot like marriage: the ... helpful before deciding which college to attend. Ask yourself the important

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skullhouse CPW chicken waffles fire smores volcano steak shake

  

  the best steak in the world, guaranteed or I'll give you my diploma

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  diplomas, as the ceremony was coming to an end. Frosh, welcome to MIT. You

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015