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Early vs Regular
MIT has two application cycles: Early Action (EA) and Regular Action (RA). What's the difference? Only the dates of the deadlines! It is fine to apply during either cycle. We do not have a preference, and there -
Blog / Academics & Research
Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.
the class 21L.702 Studies in Fiction: "James Joyce and the Legacy of Modernism." Joyce's Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man were ... , along with my awesome notebook of class notes from Dubliners, Portrait -
Blog / Best of the Blogs
College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!
Welcome to the scary world of College Shopping. Who knows what you ... . This is a pretty good list that I actually used when I was college ... pillows, but most of them don't, so getting your own is a pretty good idea -
Blog / Admissions
My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.
minutes of fruitless discussion, I left the College Office, unsuccessful. I ... sky. And so my college application season began. My interview was at ... was a fantastic twist of fate. How much would have changed if the -
Blog / Admissions
The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V
colleges - not such a good idea. it's tiring, it costs a ridiculous sum of ... with the college essay. Ever walk into a shop with one of those glass ... always get the same? College admission officers read upwards of tens of -
Blog / About Decisions
Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?
around my dormitory on pi day and filmed the residents of Simmons Hall spouting some bits of wisdom and occasional pi facts. I put together this ... , not just for MIT. College is a weird place, so I hope you can gain some -
Blog / Best of the Blogs
Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS
like applying to colleges, you have to apply to a whole bunch of jobs ... 's experience. The Recruiting Timeline Unlike college apps, a lot of people apply ... colleges way before senior fall. For a lot of juniors, applying to jobs -
Blog / Best of the Blogs
How to date at an American college Things we never talk about
draining pathways of dating in college, I want you to know what I wish I, and ... , is very healthy--at least in college. Actually the extreme end of ... that this is actually one of the worst things about college. I hate -
Blog / Admissions
An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?
applications and the emotional rollercoaster of this college application process ... means having a college list with a mix of colleges that you're really ... very helpful in many aspects of life. However, during the college -
Blog / Admissions
Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.
in the merits of the first blog in regards to a long college admissions ... out of the prompts for the 15 colleges that I applied to (number one was ... QUOTE: (i) Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech -
Blog / Best of the Blogs
Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).
to be present in the now. You won't get the most out of college if you ... while I was here. 32. Take a lot of pictures. One of my major regrets in life is that I didn't take more pictures in college. My excuse -
Blog / About Decisions
In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now
senior year of high school. I’d tell myself not to worry about college admissions. I was a staunch planner back in high school, one of those people who knew exactly what they want to do with life. I was terrified of the -
Blog / Academics & Research
Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15
belongs to one of thirty-one colleges. I belong to a small one, Magdalene ... tourists, a single body, amble down the street in front of King’s College ... 1,126 students joined the Institute as freshman in the fall of 2011 -
Blog / Best of the Blogs
50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.
college kids. In the first month of college, send a hand-written letter to ... 't get the most out of college if you think of it as a stepping stone ... . Celebrate it, but don't let it define your college experience. Much of the -
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The end of a chapter
most of April and May- Queens' College library Enough about classes ... beauty of Cambridge! St Johns Street Clare College Cam river ... College Chapel King's College Bridge of Sighs, St John -
Blog / About Decisions
Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem
college? I imagine it went something like this. At the end of another very ... college experience be any different? Of course, it is different because it ... ensure that the central focus of the college search and application process -
Blog / About Decisions
An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)
wanted to study in college, and all of a sudden it was all very REAL. I ... sense of humor, and I liked that. I probably stumbled across College ... swirling in an eddy of college-induced panic was stupid. I didn’t care about -
Blog / About Decisions
Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity
the dilemma of racial identification on college application forms, with ... wrong area. Many colleges and universities value multiple forms of ... who are first-generation to college, students from a variety of -
Blog / About Decisions
To the exclusion of everything else on making decisions, and how i chose mit
first, choosing where I would go to college was simply a matter of getting ... . That picking colleges was a matter of picking my poison. Three. The ... any single college could capture the entirety of human experience. The