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  ‘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
• 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
• Blog / Uncategorized

  All 42 cheeses I tasted in college i am a cheese enjoyer

  

  the cheeses I ever had in college. my final cheese rankings Vintage

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • February 18, 2026
• Blog / How to MIT

  Best Free Software for College Students must haves for productivity, security, and more

  

  College students have to be productive. In trying to manage all my schoolwork, clubs, fraternity, and side projects, I'm constantly searching for ... you should download and test out in your first few weeks of college. I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  business at home to raise money for college. Choosing a laptop for college

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• 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 / Admissions

  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 / 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
• FAQ / Transfer

  How do I apply as a veteran?

  completed any college-level coursework, you may apply for first-year admission ... accredited college, university, technical institute, or community college you
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  least pass everything, and as we learned a few weeks ago, D is for Diploma

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• 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 ... amazingly nice college that has grass that you can actually walk on! And then

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

  21st Century Education? Food for thought.

  

  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

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  : Easing Stress of Getting In Looking at colleges with her daughter was often ... experience made her re-evaluate many of her assumptions about college ... : Getting into college taxes teens, parents The American Academy of Pediatrics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  We’ve been busy at the STARS College Network at MIT! This past year ... applying to college, I sometimes felt like I didn’t have people to turn to ... STARS@MIT and the STARS Ambassadors—current college students from small

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025