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  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  ’ve made while in college...   1. Trying to go for the computer science ... me, sounding like a college confidential parent) 5. Not going to class ... caution to everyone heading into college, or currently there: don’t do it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  ? Well, it’s the start of a new half of college. This year, I was asked ... Japanese 10,000 yen note. I’m thrilled to go to a college any “Voltaire ... Feels” by Alexa J. ‘20, and “On being at college” by Fiona M. ‘20. Bonus

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  largely of college students--that had created a space for expressing this ... saw a lot of “Things I learned from college” posts from other college ... after freshman year of college that you might think should be included in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  college decisions being sent to their inboxes. Such a beautiful season. If ... in. And if you’re like most every regular action college applicant ... the absolute absurdity of the US college admissions process. But you

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  making the final cut. This is not how my college applications went. I was ... to remember who I used to be (SERIOUSLY. TIME. STOP IT.), college is ... parts of that college personality with the Sage And Wise Lessons Of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  I wrote a letter to myself before coming to college that I promised ... phases of my college career: 1. September 2003 (Freshman Year): I had a ... about college life that I had not yet begun to consider. As time went on

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  encourage you to take advanced (AP/IB/college) math & sciences wherever ... report? No. The scores will come to us in bulk from the College Board, and ... automatically take the best scores from the official College Board (or ACT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  love in the time of unlimited data against kindness as utility

  

  , but it was offered with such care that in some way I enjoyed it anyway ... productive conversation with someone whose language I don’t speak, or offer ... . Offering cheese because that was all they had for a vegetarian; eating cheese

  • by Kai V. '25
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  I ordered two big boxes. As the baker filled the boxes, he offered me ... offered everyone baklava. Then I went back to the office and wrote down the questions and comments everyone had. One of my co-workers, Robin, offered an

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  when I had said my piece. I have no line. I will take the job I'm offered ... offer me the pats of condolences and, instead, I'll be pierced by their ... nothing I can offer them. And they will tell me no, no Cami you're plenty

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  . When I got the email saying that I had been offered the position, I was ... the offer details, and sent me the offer letter to sign. I still kind of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  . I had a full-time return offer expiring within the next week, and ... time to think through my final offer decision. At 11:57pm PST, I [annotation note="More on this in a follow-up post!"]signed my return offer

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s Your Future, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown, Friendsgiving, and the Erosion of Deep Literacy

  

  television as a whole. I was on the flight back from Boston, after college ... ="93896" image2="93894" image3="93895" /] Imagine pulling up to the college halloween party dressed as Joe Cool, classic college student (explained more

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 20, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  In high school I always wanted to know what you learned in college ... of college coursework. So that's what I'm providing here: rough ... something to look forward to after high school, either at MIT or the college

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  , to college applications, to my MIT acceptance, and to now. I see names ... mention for the college experience. When I walked into MIT, 5 out of the 8 ... . Coming to college, I realized I no longer needed to be grounded, that I had

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  available on the internet, whereas in college, sometimes what we’re studying ... school. In fact, (a brief tangent) I’ve always disliked it when college ... (which was the most college-like high school class I ever took, take it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  against college admissions. Everybody assumes this is how it happens, but it ... handful of colleges worth going to.   At the aforementioned ... as it relates to colleges and matching them with the right students

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  they don't care about all the time just to put it on their college ... club. Enter a science fair. Take a class at a community college. Learn ... something important to digest before you go to college, MIT or not. Ashley

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  is a new half semester class called 6.9140 that is being offered this spring, and it is the first ever project management course offered to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT, Medicine, and Success from Any School thirteen years in a thousand words

  

  for the Air Force to offer a GYN oncology training position. As a very specialized field, slots aren't offered every year. My time finally came when I

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • January 22, 2025