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  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
• 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

  Debunked I clear things up.

  

  't find much, decides to make things juicy by adding "CollegeConfidential" to the search* *Gags at the cesspool that is CollegeConfidential while wading through it* OMG guys! You made a CollegeConfidential thread about

  • by Snively '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  about this they'd send me packing. Now here I am in college in probably ... . You're in college now." Here's the catch. It's MIT, a place with as many ... . But that's what college is about. I'm still figuring it out myself, but

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  does it work? Don't I have to let other colleges know by May 1? Is it ethical? You do need to let other colleges know by May 1, and you should ... case you don't get in off the waitlist. Those colleges will likely

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  —WELCOME PREFROSH!!! The sections of this post are: 1. Degree Requirements ... . Scheduling and Registration DEGREE REQUIREMENTS (for a formal overview, go to catalog.mit.edu) The degree program currently consists of: 6

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Events

  [Joint Post] Avoiding Sunstroke Solar Cars, Solar Stories, Solar Blogs

  

   chases it. I am driving the solar car. It’s 90 degrees outside, which means I ... Illini solar car when she was in college. He seemed a bit wary of us at

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  gently down the stream whitewater rafting might be easier than driving on mass ave

  

  "]fifty-five degree weather[/annotation], I felt the consequences of my actions ... , illuminating rain coming down furiously at a forty-five degree angle. I got the

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • October 16, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  … Day One Hello! I am currently typing this in 14 degree weather, snuggled ... slack). Also, side note, it was -2 degrees this morning and my nostrils

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  ="for those of you with Celsius mind- that’s about -1 degrees, so freezing"]30 degree[/annotation] weather. 15. Kill the batteries of your equipment

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why the title of this post is really important I got to present my UROP work looking at the titles of graphs at the…

  

  thought better approximated the graph they saw. One trendline was 5 degrees shallower than the original noisy line and one was 5 degrees steeper. An

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  from 40-60 degrees on average, with rain on Thursday. If you just wear a ... 40-60 degrees on average, with rain on Thursday. If you just wear a t

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  outside to grab some lunch. It was a whopping 77 degrees. In comparison, it ... hours for some help. Once I headed out, it started snowing. 77 degrees to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  degrees Fahrenheit. For perspective, I saw a chart on the internet that claimed just 30 minutes in -22 degree weather would be sufficient for

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  the Sailing Pavilion Earn your degree. Um. The first thing you should ... did #101: they earned their degrees and graduated. Congratulations, you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  degrees clockwise to face the Harvard bridge, before Kate’s lack of three ... degrees counterclockwise to face Boston. And repeat. After a while of this

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  reflecting off a surface at an angle of around 50-60 degrees from the normal ... , and tilt your head 90 degrees or until sufficiently uncomfortable. See

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010