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  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  the annual conference of the New England Association for College ... on Admissions," presented by Amherst College Dean of Admissions Tom Parker and Milton Academy Director of College Counseling Rod Skinner. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  21st Century Education? Food for thought.

  

  out of the 20th century. So putting this in the context of your college education, here are a few questions: 1. What are the skills you hope to develop the most in college? 2. What are the most important classes

  • by Bryan
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Stress

  

  out... Boston Globe article: College applications add to holiday stress NPR Morning Edition story: College Admissions: What Not to Do (with MIT's own Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones) Speaking of parents: to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  planning to submit your application, go to 2. If you’re writing your college ... did. I doubted each one of my essays. Re-wrote drafts. Edited the main ... service. Decorated with medals and ribbons on graduation. You've heard of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  made friends that will last through college. All without the help of so ... In today's The Sunday Times, one of the United Kingdom's most respected newspapers, rising MIT sophomore Grace Kane '11, a native of Glasgow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  college application essays, this is a great time to revisit some of the ... the degree to which the cliches and tropes of college essays had ... Listen: writing well is hard. It is hard for a lot of different

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit my final grades?

  Most students apply to college at the beginning of their last year of high school, so final grades aren't available. Only admitted students are required to submit their final grades.  
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  formal swaps. We had our first CME study break at Downing College. Lots of ... of us visited Girton College, which (I think) is the farthest college ... First off a few notes of clarification. CME stands for Cambridge

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for October write those personal essays! submit those early apps! get PUMPED UP

  

  Last month, Petey posted a motivational soundtrack for the month of September. A lot of y'all seemed to like it, so we made another one for October! This month's theme is to get hyped up and get shit done! :) Give

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Your college application motivational soundtrack for January patience, young grasshoppers

  

  College apps are done! You did it! You'll probably never have to ... become a blogger, of course"]ever again[/annotation]! But, now comes the waiting. And we know - it's a ton of waiting. So to make the waiting

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  understandable; I remember doing a bit of that myself on college apps. I vividly ... ahead of me in school, was working on her college essay on the bus to a ... college applications." We college admissions officers see thousands of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  from The Other Side of college: one on where I live, one on what I do on ... live - It's nice to feel like I live in a city, instead of feeling like ... long it would take me and my fellow undergrads to notice if all of Boston

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  I made this AI write college essays. Quotes None of these quotes are ... 'm fully prepared for the prospect of college. Sure, I'm familiar with the ... a house is not part of the basics of college. The first time I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Will I receive AP/IB college credit?

  is commonly available in high school. However, many of our students ... soups of advanced academic programs. We like to see that students have challenged themselves in high school and have taken advantage of their
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  course of my life make me who I am. College will just lead me to another ... nearing the tail end of your paperwork. If you're applying regular action ... of idealized MIT. The more I read, the more I learned, the more I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  of high school. College forced me to take care of myself when I fucked ... This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  THAT issue out of the way, let's address the college essay. If you want ... To those of you who sent in your early apps - congrats! You're done ... bike.) To those of you who are still working on apps, I thought I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  feels like to apply to colleges overseas or out of state. The pressures ... your friends or family. The hardest part of applying to college. The best ... I'd like to publish on this blog some of your reflections about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  of College Confidential). Also, and this really goes without saying: if ... impressing colleges. (I remember classmates being judgmental about this kind of ... application process is a process of persuasion. The college application process

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  various tasks of trying to apply to college. So, after chatting about it ... We're big fans of Spotify here on the blogs and have been for awhile ... -inducing chance you might get sued for tens of thousands of dollars for the effort

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019