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• Blog / MIT Life

  Engineer, Blogger… Rhodes Scholar (!) Melis wins the Rhodes Scholarship!

  

  College Women Competition. At Oxford, Melis will do the M.Sc. in integrated ... when she was among 32 college students from across the country, including

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  's been a student there. College admissions is all about the "match" and ... from your classmates (common advice you might hear from college

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  The Ultimate Showdown The Laptop vs. The Desktop So you're about to head off to college, and you're thinking to yourself, do I need a ... college with both a laptop and a desktop, but my first laptop was a tad old

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  , it's more than a job. It's hard not to get attached. This college ... in your life. In the end, wherever you ended up for college, you were

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  diversity is to 'relax the standards'. I can't speak for other Colleges ... received other great offers of admissions from very good colleges. So you too

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  topics: Advice on the college interview (Mitra) Advice on the application ... college, so be proud of who you are and what you have done. No matter what

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays and Good Luck As regular action deadlines approach, try to relax a little

  

  decision deadlines for many colleges, including MIT, are fast approaching, so college apps are likely still an irksome item on your mind. I'm in Southern

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  for college. I talk to my future classmates daily, and it seems like something of a college preparatory nature occurs multiple times per week. For

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of color getting into college because of their race? The ... is not enough to get you into any college or university, let alone MIT

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  School College: University of Michigan, 1995, English Language and ... : Calvin and Hobbes Advice about applying to college/MIT: There's no one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  neediness in terms of paying for college, are from middle class families. I really do think universities need to do more to make college affordable for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  as a local college fair last evening. At the college fair

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  . Scholarships are nice. They provide you money for college (offsetting your Self ... points are Sallie Mae's College Answer and FastWeb. Unfortunately, many

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  If you’re applying to MIT through QuestBridge College Match, simply complete and submit the QuestBridge Match application. If you’re named a ... to the College Match Scholarship.
• Blog / Admissions

  Pie Day at the Massachusetts Institute of Tasteology the Institute Has The Finest Pastries on 3/14 at 1:59 PM ET in the year…

  

  ] Today, Course 20 offers degrees in Biological Engineering only. [caption ... explanation of, and degree requirements for, a Bachelor’s of Science in Food

  • by Ratatou-Ellie F. '28
  • March 6, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay

  

  degree specializing in Islamic architecture, research labs in experimental ... , because not all programs count. For example, MIT's undergrad degree is

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  reviewing MIT’s Intro To Deep Learning the highs and lows of the beloved IAP class

  

  's degrees who took off work to take this for fun. Ngl though, having to listen ... counts towards my degree and my future or whatever"]that's definitely above

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 12, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  to look at the solutions for help on all problems to varying degrees ... equations to memorize. C's get degrees - It's really not that serious. Yes

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  -30 degrees Fahrenheit with wind chill on the first few nights. To reiterate, it was m-i-n-u-s t-h-i-r-t-y d-e-g-r-e-e-s F

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.

  

  Scholarships to cover students who enroll in Chinese universities for degree or non-degree programs. I'll be enrolling at Peking University, and as the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 14, 2014