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• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  of your college choices. The deadline to complete the form is April 18, 2012. Next, be sure to enroll in a college/university by May 1. You ... choose another college to attend by May 1. What should I do about the May

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  in remembrance of my sticker collections for stickers are vessels for stories

  

  the fake phone numbers on Google have already been used by people with

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 5, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year; New Me! (Two Months Late Oops) I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do in my last semester…

  

  . I spent so much time in that fake reality, that I forgot to spend the

  • by ana~
  • March 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  , everything felt fake. Days, hours, classes, and psets blended into a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  true late-game stagnant territory, so i'll be removing all the fake names

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  because there was a fake statue of David like 100 feet away. There is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  , emotionally speaking. Sure, maybe exciting new college experiences(!!) would ... everyone worries about before college, but I think I was especially anxious because a lot of the “college experience” media that I consumed skewed

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  different. When I graduated from college, it actually didn’t even occur to me ... college applications were selected or who did the selecting, so naturally ... of college, I searched for opportunities at nonprofit organizations

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  CollegeConfidential I don't know a single person who has gone to College ... experience CollegeConfidential is more a source of stress and nervousness and ... days leading up to Pi Day. Frantically checking CollegeConfidential is

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  pushy. Be sketchy. Let your grades drop. Not choose another college to ... colleges? You should accept the offer of admission from another college ... students have sent their replies, colleges will determine if they need to go

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  sought after by top colleges -- a remarkable achievement for any teen, and particularly one who will be the first in his family to attend college full time. Zinser will graduate tonight having aced every college-level Advanced

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  grades drop. Not choose another college to attend by May 1. What should I do about the May 1 reply date for other colleges? You should accept the offer of admission from another college before May 1, even if it means

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  another college to attend by May 1. What should I do about the May 1 reply date for other colleges? You should accept the offer of admission from another college before May 1, even if it means making a deposit. After May 1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  assistance You meet the criteria set by the College Board as requirements for ... consulting your Guidance Counselor, the College Board website, or other adults ... that you visit the College Board site for general information and overall

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  started applying to college. I went into the whole process knowing that I wanted to go to college, and I had a few ideas of where I wanted to apply ... college applications and thought to myself that I wasn't going to get in

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  (adcoms from colleges and universities, GC's from high schools, independent ... year) and attend classes and networking sessions. There's a "college fair for guidance counselors" where all the colleges/universities set up

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  college crew. Seeing another academic system, one where much more emphasis ... at other colleges. The reason? The exchange program is really excellent ... students. The MIT program put me in a college just like any other Cambridge

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

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  disturbing article today. Reality-television-culture meets college admissions ... that "colleges are looking for." Absurd. And supposedly the girl is a ... terms of competitive college admissions and how we (meaning all colleges

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  molecules do a perfect job: they rotate the light wave 90 degrees, so that all ... light is rotated a bit, but not the full 90 degrees required for all of it ... light the full 90 degrees.) G: 50% (all of the green subpixels are letting

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  recorded when I was talking to my parents about college decisions. To spare ... . Hopefully some of these help take your mind off of college, even if just for a ... : Ever since college started, I haven't been able to keep up with bullet

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023