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• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  on more college admissions decisions (and/or maybe happen to like ... senior. Applying to college! Well, she’s waiting to hear back from colleges ... sure about it. But she is actually growing up in a college town, fair

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• 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 write another uncomfortably personal essay [annotation note="unless you become a blogger, of course"]ever again[/annotation]! But, now comes the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 10, 2020
• 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…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  college (or even admissions application) essay, to say nothing of broader ... .I.-assisted writing. CMS/W is where I did my grad degree, and also occasionally teach ... critical thought to constitute almost all of a typical college essay. Our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  science classes during her college years. She was a math major. Engineering ... stand at roughly 70 degrees. I’d drawn up the designs earlier that week ... building things with wood,” I said, sounding very much like a college kid

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for November Reflect, rewrite, repeat

  

  in your college app process: good job! You're doing really good, keep

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  course of my life make me who I am. College will just lead me to another ... , and traits had I decided to attend any other university or college, even my local community college. If you've got your heart set on a specific

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Ethics, AI, and the College of Computing some student voices in a campus controversy

  

  outside Kresge that was the venue of the College of Computing celebrations ... announced the founding of the new Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing ... and artificial intelligence on a broader scale. In the college's FAQ

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Will I receive AP/IB college credit?

  MIT doesn’t require applicants to take advanced courses beyond what is commonly available in high school. However, many of our students, either through their schools or on their own, have…
• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  companies and products that are directly relevant to the college search ... with Michael about his vision for the next generation of college campus ... have for them? Imagine you could have amazingly good interactive college

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  when reviewing my app? When scores are sent from the college board to MIT ... of the students pretty much go to state schools if they go to college ... , "In Romania when one applies for college one knows the lowest grade

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  M. ‘18 and I went to the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) College ... You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957,” a collection of art from “a ... Mountain College art:       In the Transcending Material: ICA Collection

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 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

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  During my college application season, the adults around me (in ... applying to college now, you probably know what I mean. I remember being ... of College Confidential). Also, and this really goes without saying: if

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  ) about the... DUN DUN DUN... COLLEGE ESSAY. Before I start, I'd like to ... on College Confidential (if you don't know what I'm talking about, don ... THAT issue out of the way, let's address the college essay. If you want

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a college student’s life My life consists of library visits and pizza delivery, because I'm totally original and stuff.

  

  So the other day, I was totally out of food. Like, completely. I hadn’t been grocery shopping for weeks, and after making a meal out of crackers one night, it…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  College students do eat real food! ...sometimes. I now present: the culinary adventures of Laura and April.

  

  I may not have alluded to this before, but my roommate, April, is really domestic. The other day, our GRT, Chris, took her to Target. When she got back, she…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  ’d already chosen for college. Then MIT destroyed those misconceptions, for ... discovered so much from my friends. College changes things, but the biggest ... school, but visiting from college, I was enchanted by it. I wanted the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• 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 ... the resources to find out for themselves! When I think back to pre-college ... . And then I went to college and learned that research is where the skills

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

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

  

  is very interesting to see the American (and MIT) college social life ... made friends that will last through college. All without the help of so ... alcohol poisoning weeks after arriving at college. Schools in America have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008