FAQ / Academics and research
What is EECS?
, nanotechnology and more. Part of both the Schwarzman College of Computing and the
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FAQ / Transfer
What does MIT consider for transfer admission?
preparation includes—at the very least—one year each of college-level calculus -
Blog / Challenges
Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process
I saw going to college as a rebirth. I really disliked high school. College was a chance to both remake myself in a friendlier mold and to build ... frustration made me aloof. I didn't want college to be a repeat of high school -
Blog / Academics & Research
Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major
college math classes require a lot more mental legwork than my high school ... : I think I came into college with the expectation that my classes would ... , please do keep an open mind about college math classes! My math classes in -
Blog / Events
A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…
University for 7 years before going up to Boston for college but this was my ... in some suite in Branford College (a residential college of Yale). The ... majors from NYU, Sarah Lawrence, Yale, Connecticut College at my table. A -
Blog / Advice
We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you
We are in our senior year of college [annotation note ... , but it is actually uncanny how déjà vu senior year of college feels. It ... after finishing all our college apps. But here we are, filling out -
Blog / Athletics
Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience
, also the first days of college, were intense. The East Campus Head of ... and since—that start-of-college-90-mph energy has reduced substantially ... Boston activity I've done in college. Sure, I go to Faneuil Hall, but only -
Blog / Admissions
Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*
college admissions essay was supposed to present all the best sides of me ... very far removed from the circus that was college applications for me and ... as resilient as them. There's this weird trend in the college -
Blog / About Decisions
Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial
pamphlets, hand-outs, and websites, all expounding on their respective college’s ... without experiencing the college firsthand, there was no way for me to know ... us to work together as we will when we leave the shelter of a college -
Blog / About Decisions
The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.
college choice. She starts things off with the following from golfer Kelli Keuhne: "[In many ways, picking a college is a lot like marriage: the ... helpful before deciding which college to attend. Ask yourself the important -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.
apparently represent the largest college applicant pool ever nationwide. As I ... college, a lack of additional colleges having been built, students taking ... colleges nationwide to accommodate this aberration. I entitled this post -
Blog / How to Food
42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)
with? Good. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a tray ... thinner than I chop the beets. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. 450 degrees is also okay. Add a generous amount of salt and pepper and -
Blog / Admissions
Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too
reserved for college decisions (I still remember it well). Good news: next ... ;Why College Rankings Are a Joke," the external proof that you can do ... on the way to getting what you want out of college. Not because of -
Blog / Admissions
2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More
my experience, the best college admissions website. It’s well ... reassuring and helpful for all of my college applications. Some posts I found ... junior year of college and blush (for reference, my third ever blog post is -
Blog / Miscellaneous
You Can Save the World a post on Kanye West
your college loans, stop worrying about what job they got waiting for you in Silicon Valley. MIT, you can save the world. Kids in college, you ... then takes it a step further, urging people, college kids especially, to -
Blog / Uncategorized
Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP
admissions officers and college counselors were discussing how we can support transgender students in the college application process. One of the biggest ... identity and applying to college. Why do we ask? When we are -
Blog / Life after MIT
ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time
college, you can write whatever the heck you want." -The same wise person ... + times growing up and in college, and lots of kitchen experimentation post-college ... manage the situation? Since I'm not actually applying to college, I -
Blog / Challenges
My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye
post comparing applying to college to applying to jobs. It's job ... received rejection letters from some subset of the colleges that you applied to. The 'perfect applicant' doesn't exist, and the college application -
Blog / MIT Life
on being seen ...and why that might be important
more closely with students as a college counselor in a high school ... both an admission officer and as a college counselor, I have spoken -
Blog / Miscellaneous
deep talks , strange person
to capture is ~the deep talk~. Most college students have experienced ... getting into MIT. So...timely reminder that getting into college isn't the