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  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  University for 7 years before going up to Boston for college but this was my ... in some suite in Branford College (a residential college of Yale). The ... majors from NYU, Sarah Lawrence, Yale, Connecticut College at my table. A

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  I live in Massachusetts. I am a freshman. I am in college. I go to MIT. Even though I have been repeating these phrases over and over in my head for the past 2 weeks that I have been on campus, I still can

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  "[In many ways, picking a college is a lot like marriage: the ... League school, a college with easy access to a beach, or one with a top ... , I fell in love with the city with 135,000 college students and just an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  to offer free food. As a frugal freshman, you can use this to your ... school here. And picking up a Boston Symphony Orchestra college card (which ... should actually get a college card instead of settling for video streams

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  are you from? Mass College of Art?" "Nope." "Boston College?" "Nope ... school only offered APUSH, so I went ahead and did AP Euro and AP World on ... idea of majoring in history in college (but called it off because the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  of college. I found that the more I was up and about, forcing myself to ... life at college. And my advice for you is precisely that. To echo Paul ... 's rigorous courseload - to allow you to explore what MIT has to offer while not

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  Class of 2010: I hope you’re all excited about your new temporary housing assignment! I *believe* every room comes with the following items, though it may vary slightly depending on…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  voices, and college admission letters. The difference was that they were

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time ... us to know what is GMO and what is not. He added that many college ... offered, which is much more likely to be untampered with. The best news is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  . For most students, college will be their first experience largely ... stereotypical broke-college-student way. Curious to find how others think of ... pay upfront for dining when they pay tuition. The two meal plans offered

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  A Running Journey ft. running 13 miles in the middle of nowhere with petey

  

  do a single sport until college, where I started fencing in freshman year. I've tried to pick up running a couple of times in college, most ... college, but it's honestly hard to see that progress sometimes, as I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 19, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  the boxes for them. MIT dorms also offer a storage plan that covers up ... college. ;) My amazing friends Yida and Sarah agreed to help me move my ... college students flooding into Boston right now), so I reserved a 10-foot

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  and lacks the permanent feeling of a full-time job offer. Right now, I ... fit is more important to thrive here than at most colleges. If you don ... . It’s why we have no honors college or even honors classes, no grade de

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  've got to offer. So what does FIRST have to do with this Kelly Clarkson ... continued to mentor the team throughout college. Now, I am, to the best of my ... in college, but I am far and away the better for my FIRST experience

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  Cheney," "The Al Franken") and Boston area colleges ("The Crimson," "The ... while at MIT, the school offers us the opportunity to be as happy as ... like the traditional standard college essay I'd always heard about

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  , academic or not, and you leave for college in the fall, on a plane, train ... invigorating energy of new college students captivate even the most hardened ... , conveniently being offered the very week you're struggling. You really thought

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  colleges, so I thought I'd offer you a little advice of my own. More ... get good schooling. I will go to college for six years, get my Master ... from third through sixth grade. If they made you write college

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  know that different high schools have different course offerings, and ... your high school maybe at a local college. Also, you may want to talk a ... /or ask your college counselor to note it in his/her recommendation to us. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  return as a JC a few months later. And when my offer popped up in my inbox ... College, in Portland, Oregon. It was superlatively green and fairly hilly ... offer a view of Mt. Hood. I was excited to go to Portland for a totally

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  go abroad for college. Many wanted to come back in order to help ... stories to share. One of the other college counselors was Robert, an ... work visa to the US, showing an offer letter for a job at Verizon. To

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025