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  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  I knew was that I didn’t know anything. I didn’t know what college ... didn’t let myself be seen as dumb in homework sessions. So… I faked it ... , I found that “faking it” worked. a) My first year I went straight

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  : Lubbock, TX High school: Lubbock High School College: Tulane University, Bachelor's degree in Marketing Favorite things about MIT: I love the MIT Dome ... Looney Tunes cartoons Advice about applying to college/MIT: Pay attention

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  't be lame and fake at said interview. 3. Get good scores on the SAT I and ... community college) and get good grades in them. And, of course, you can get ... , and that male college students kill themselves five times more often

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  like a really weird, kinda fake age. Nothing interesting happens when you ... function of being in college, yes, but also of MIT in particular. So many of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  far from "fake" -- actually, it is the true MIT, in a supersaturated ... for what's important to you in a college, and do your best to seperate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  think you can learn a lot. That being said, CPW is far from "fake ... keep your eyes peeled for what's important to you in a college, and do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  when people are trying to pick colleges, and I want to expand on that a ... college. First, what is the student mentality with regard to work? Is the ... these are stupid questions. What are you picking, a college or a horse

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  the degree to which the cliches and tropes of college essays had ... college application essays, this is a great time to revisit some of the ... .   But the same is true for college essays, as Orwell doubtlessly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  diploma and smiling while my mother took a photo, opening the diploma book when my sister said “show the diploma!” and looking on in horror five ... college (here he is in my blog post from 2014), but hadn’t seen each other

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  college counseling position in Providence, RI.  While I am no longer an ... . To some degree, the disconnect is easier to explain.  I no longer live ... distance, to some degree, I am as well. So despite my departure, I will

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  , 2009 valedictorian of Chisum High School and Paris Junior College ... college courses as high school students. Landers is now a graduate of Paris Junior College. Both students said they learned a great deal attending the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  college fairs in New York City this past week. It was a fun week! First was the College Night at the Bronx High School of Science. Fellow alum ... Bowdoin College. Overall, more than 150 other colleges were scattered in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  taken, just fake it to make it.  I’ve heard people say -- usually to ... .  And then faking it -- I mean I think it’s usually good. But I wonder if ... ’t actually know how to do them. And this “fake it til you’re happy” thesis of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  bachelor's degree in course 6 (EECS) and one in course 15 (management), and ... Georgetown, and is waiting on others. I'm getting two bachelor's degrees -- one ... year of high school -- but it's even weirder in college. All the juniors

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT announces new College of Computing coordinating the teaching, research, and ethics of AI across all programs of study

  

  community announcing the creation of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. He wrote: This new College is our strategic response to a global ... Schwarzman College of Computing aims to: * foster breakthroughs in computing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  . If I didn't know any better I would've called that a fake. It doesn ... , Facebook was once an exclusively college networking site. A way to keep in touch with your college friends. Then they made a high school facebook

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  the Show-Me State, Columbia is a lively college town, except for the ... , college kiddos, and old folks who really like our retirement communities ... (it was 67 degrees when I left home today), but last Thursday we had a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  your plans:   Mount Holyoke College: Mount Holyoke is a women's liberal arts college in Western Massachusetts. It is part of the Five College Consortium and the oldest of the historic Seven Sisters colleges

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  Pounds, 17. "I'm so ecstatic to get into college life." What drove her to ... , said she knows her daughter is ready for college. "She's more mature than ... is like; he graduated from MIT in 1979 with a degree in electrical

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  's degree in physics, Goodman embarked on a career in technology, entering the ... college. "I realized I had forgotten the joy of doing basic physics problems ... this article. [further update tomorrow, after we return from the College

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005