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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  ideal college, and now I get to grow here. The speed of the transition ... thus breaks the rules of nature. Like π. It’s college application season ... perfect finish to the college essay. I can almost feel the shivers of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  Journal about whether or not colleges should consider legacy in the ... your parents, and perhaps grandparents, went to a particular college ... advantages of learning, who had the means to go to college in an era before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  As a freshman in college, one of the most important things I do is ... to be different than everyone else to get into a good college. You ... is one of the best things you can do to prepare for college. Not only

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  from my alma mater Morehouse College. FYI - That is my shoe on the ... preperations, and on top of ALL of THAT, you are applying to college. Whewww ... accepted to colleges and have the opportunity to select which school you

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  reply date for other colleges? You should accept the offer of admission from another college before May 1. After May 1, when all students have sent their replies, colleges will determine if they need to go to their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  , most people from my high school decided to stay in Texas for college for ... 't believe in allowances. I got money when I needed it. In college, I have a ... in the garage and I use it to get to A to B. My car at college rests in

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  Facebook and other internet profiles can affect college admissions. After ... internet can hurt them with college admissions? (Not necessarily at MIT but ... when applying to college since many schools are believed to be checking

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  Two weeks ago, while visiting my family in State College, I got to ... white-out game, titled, “The Greatest Show In College Football.” I used to ... from State College, the town surrounding Penn State’s main campus, or

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Stomp the Yard, MIT style The Divine 9 and NALFO organizations on campus

  

  , NPHC & NALFO college chapters are intercollegiate meaning; the ... African-American college-trained women. The small group of women who organized the Sorority was conscious of a privileged position as college

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • January 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  stocks up and hibernates when the weather goes a degree below 60F, so I don

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  Science degree. Please love me. I'm single. I'm ready to mingle. Please

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Is it a video? two assignments from two classes

  

  about exploring [annotation note="and to some degree sonic space, we just

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  summer lovin’ 🎶 🎶 had me a blast

  

  As of one week ago, it is officially[annotation note="and oh boy does the weather know it... i swear it jumped like 5 degrees celsius as soon as the solstice came around"]summer!!![/annotation]Here's what I'm up

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 2, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  biology-flex degree that allows me to explore other subject areas), I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Saw a Sea Turtle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  she made a complete 180 degree turn to face the shore. And as soon as

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  Two weeks of class have already flown by. Problem sets are perpetual, clubs and UROPs are underway, and the realization that I have officially begun working towards my degree has settled in. This semester, I took 54

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  Samsung Gear 360 degree camera to mess around with, along with 24/7 access

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  degrees F. Mix the sugars, vanilla, eggs, and applesauce in a big bowl

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  spring. The temperatures keep dropping twenty degrees every two weeks, and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  degrees (I know you winter-lovers are laughing at me but just remember I

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016