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  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  I read Ben's entry about the thread on College Confidential (in the ... Ben's entry, I read the thread. I did not know about College Confidential when I was applying to colleges, and this is probably a good thing

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet My True Love: Notion a tool for stress-free college applications (and much more)

  

  Throughout high school and my first two years of college, I ... and tracking progress on your college apps. I'll also show you some examples of how I use Notion! College Application Tracking Example Back in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  moment I finally decide to roll out of bed? As a college student with a ... has truly hit me. Not yet, at least. I still feel like a college student ... . I have been a college student now for 4 years, but I didn’t always

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  Dear High School Senior Stalking College Admissions Blogs: The ... .) Learn how to adult (Wait, am I actually telling you to prepare for college ... laundry you’re welcome), in college, this is a necessary skill. Cleaning

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  college freshman boys, I joined it anyway, and it soon changed - even became ... . Students could not friend students at other colleges. In fact, most colleges ... Ruckus has given way to Billabong. Like a scruffy college graduate who has

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where are you going, where have you been? (Part I) Academics.

  

  other college in the country, right?".   A few months ago I was ... learn in college, anyhow?" By his account she is an intelligent girl with ... you feel like you've learned anything in college?" She was genuinely

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  to talk to you about college decisions and my own experience. When I applied to college, all I knew is that I was going to college, and hopefully ... on the weekend. With that said, I began applying to colleges where I

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  colleges as at MIT, but each year we do admit, after careful review, a number ... be a significant part of this community. While entering college/MIT at ... college is what makes the most sense. With these students' applications, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  William Penn (New Castle. Delaware) College, year, major: Norfolk State ... college/MIT: (Time for me to be serious) I have 3 points: 1. Put a lot of ... essay telling us what you want to do after college (E.g. I want to be a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  /teenage/youngadulthood years preparing for getting into a competitive Ivy League college. Let me ... about. It was the Johns Hopkins University Pre-College Summer Program, basically a program where you pay a lot of money to live on a college campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  sites like Quora, College Confidential, and /r/ApplyingToCollege.   ... the college application process, nevermind your classes, or work, or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  campus and college. The following is an unordered list of some of our top ... want you to know by Allan K. '17 The 'How to College' Masterpost by ... Self Help by Natasha B. '16 November 2015 What My College Essays Were

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Central Ohio Summer Send-Off Event celebrating the Infinite Connection

  

  college life. Would my sister Skype with me often? How could I stick all my ... about packing and sibling communication and college independence. I ... away from campus, 714,927.761 smoots away. One that outlasts the college

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  who’s just about to start the college application process, which might ... —the college application process in general—for a very, very long time. (A lot of ... of a college experience, and I was also intensely familiar with how to

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  applications, MIT wasn’t my first choice school. I had visited colleges the ... started College Applications Round 2. Reflecting back on my college tours, I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  schools and their particular needs. Right now, a small liberal arts college ... college applications and it’s my personal hope that MIT won’t be far behind ... states that Elmhurst College is committed to diversity and that if people

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  recommendation for college; b) which colleges you're applying to and why. I ... possible jump on the nerve-racking process of applying to college, as if they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  very lucky to find out that my high school sponsors college trips for ... colleges in the Northeast over three days. At the time, I was fairly undecided in which colleges I wanted to apply to. All I wanted to do was get

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  wherever you finally find yourself for college, whether that happens to be ... : being in college will be a wonderful experience, no matter what university ... run, college will only be as rewarding as you are prepared to let it be

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  them for the last couple of months, by the way. College application time ... COLLEGE" articles, as they will only lead to panic, and we just discussed ... than the "none of the fifteen colleges I applied to will take me because

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008