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• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Reflections from the STARS@MIT Fly-In a 15-author guest blog, featuring the small town/rural students that visited us this october!

  

  nationwide STARS College Network, here. At the conclusion of the program, we ... going to college in an urban environment.” – Hawa, West Virginia   ... dorms. I have been to 4-H conferences held on a college campus, but it was

  • by Sara N. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  was both working in the Navy full-time and attending college full ... finished my education. But while studying at Kapi’olani Community College, Leeward Community College, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, I had

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  The college recruiting process can be a confusing world to maneuver ... for me, as I spent all four years of college playing D3 soccer on MIT ... student-athletes interested in MIT or in playing college soccer in general

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  the social aspects of college, first of all, chill. I have received so many questions about making friends in college that I even wrote a blog ... college. If you are like me, then you thought “greek life” had a bad

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing Workshop I just wrote an entire post and my browser crashed. dfsdfksdfojfoajwefoiajdwf.

  

  to his craft. This is how you write a fabulous college essay. "What ... substantial amount of college essays, but I have a couple things to say on the ... said "hey, I want to do this for my college application". Look for things

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  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 / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  angsty kid back then. I think the most common piece of college app ... drained. For the high school seniors out there who are applying to college, you likely know too well how overwhelming college applications are

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• 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 / Blog Projects

  24 Pumpkins a journey through the streets of Boston

  

  . The true spirit of college fall can only be captured in something far ... Client: The International Student Association, for its Inter-College ... stupid college shenaniganery)

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  out of the college experience, and not every environment is conducive to ... they sometimes forget that colleges have to prove they're worth all the ... too holds true for hundreds of other colleges/universities around the

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• 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