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• 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 / 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
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  senior year of high school. I’d tell myself not to worry about college ... unknown. And not getting into the “right” college meant that the future was ... , but three years ago, I wouldn’t think MIT was the “right” college to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  superior culture for learning. These three branches are the colleges, which ... the end of the year. The university is made up of some 30 colleges which ... their college of choice. Admissions are tough and Cambridge engineers are

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  supposed to be college-level classes, if you'll remember waay back to going ... creaking bones as I continue my tale.) "AP classes ARE college classes," my ... transition into the world of COLLEGE!" Generally speaking, though, this claim

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  College Confidential thread about the pressure to load up on AP classes ... the majority) had no college classes. The most common AP's taken were in ... want to, or simply because you think it will get you into college

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  college admissions process is spooky and mystical, presided over by ... conference of the Overseas Association of College Admissions Counseling (OACAC ... international admissions officers and college guidance counselors from schools

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  going through college: I can tell you what would have been good advice for ... interactions with high school and college students these days — whether talking ... ,[/annotation] prospective college students, underclassmen I meet through random things, posts

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  working on your college applications instead. But since you’re already here ... relatives you totally didn’t forget about! a tenth of a college textbook! The ... essays before submitting. Enjoy your break. No, refreshing College

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  where you’ll be attending college. In reality, that is such a small part ... college apps. Mentally, I had long since left high school behind and my ... college. I focused on my academics and used my free time productively

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Our Essay Questions i am havink qvestion

  

  today, effectively inaugurating another college admissions cycle. Now ... ? Now, I'm on record as saying that the college essay is often one of ... . '11's excellent post Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women Rock All sorts of folk, and folk songs too.

  

  students are the first generation of their family to go to college. We also ... disporportionately male when compared to the college-going population as a whole (in 2005 57% of college students were female), we've come pretty close to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  changes from home to college ... what to bring, how you’ll spend those last ... and what not to eat... well, whatever the reason, college is a way to ... college? And besides, what else would you do to prepare for that promising

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  changes from home to college ... what to bring, how you’ll spend those last ... and what not to eat... well, whatever the reason, college is a way to ... college? And besides, what else would you do to prepare for that promising

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008