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• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  process of internship app season feels like a rehash of college admissions ... absolutely no idea what college would be like. the whole concept of getting to ... . rather than college admissions, it might be more apt to compare the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s Your Future, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown, Friendsgiving, and the Erosion of Deep Literacy

  

  television as a whole. I was on the flight back from Boston, after college ... ="93896" image2="93894" image3="93895" /] Imagine pulling up to the college halloween party dressed as Joe Cool, classic college student (explained more

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 20, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  In high school I always wanted to know what you learned in college ... of college coursework. So that's what I'm providing here: rough ... something to look forward to after high school, either at MIT or the college

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  available on the internet, whereas in college, sometimes what we’re studying ... school. In fact, (a brief tangent) I’ve always disliked it when college ... (which was the most college-like high school class I ever took, take it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  season, I (mistakenly, in hindsight) applied to 15 colleges. Out of the myriad of colleges that I applied to, I received eight interview notices ... gleaned some tips about college interviews, and I'm going to share some of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  they don't care about all the time just to put it on their college ... club. Enter a science fair. Take a class at a community college. Learn ... something important to digest before you go to college, MIT or not. Ashley

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  MIT or the college process, you are in the wrong post. SCRAM! This is an ... child survive the process of choosing the right college for him/her. As ... philosophical issues and solutions for surviving the college decision process. In

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  Counselor), at our high school's annual college forum, where a bunch of counselors from top tier schools gave a panel discussion about the college ...  standing) at the college forum, wearing our high school shirts and MIT caps for

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  To the rising seniors beginning to think about their college essays - hello, fellow kids. Are you as stuck on what to write your college essays ... college essays, and maybe you’re right, but I really like writing! College

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  what is and isn’t me (rush, part 1) and the somewhat methodical unraveling of self

  

  first came to [insert college here], I didn’t think frat/sorority life was ... qualified our experiences prior to college. That is, of course, until Noah ... , coming to college, I was immediately faced with another world of “groups of

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • October 7, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time ... us to know what is GMO and what is not. He added that many college ... college would be pretty boring if people weren't really pushed academically

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  . For most students, college will be their first experience largely ... stereotypical broke-college-student way. Curious to find how others think of ... pain of college prices. More thoughts: "i have a spending tracking

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  ’s right. Field trips. In 2025. In College. Yep.  [caption id ... . Now I think I value a lot less what I accomplish while in college and more the person that I become while in college. I was so obsessed with

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  It’s been a long road… ...gettin from there to here

  

  Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome myself, which is something I didn’t know in college ... from college, this is something that has become an integral part of my ... would have been helpful, in college, to have known that I was autistic

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Travel

  spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen

  

  The media portrays spring break in college is super-fun, adventure ... ✨first college spring break✨. Like many MIT students, I decided to travel ... Quarter of the city are much too expensive, and we're college students

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  the morning, I was applying to college. I lived in New York, I spent ... person hunched over a coffee and her college essays. Almost like I have ... year, but not exactly; with the fact that my entire college experience

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  real reason - college Jeopardy auditions. College Jeopardy requires a ... things that I prided myself in the most before coming to college. Maybe it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  A Running Journey ft. running 13 miles in the middle of nowhere with petey

  

  do a single sport until college, where I started fencing in freshman year. I've tried to pick up running a couple of times in college, most ... college, but it's honestly hard to see that progress sometimes, as I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 19, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  in college, and my younger daughter is a high school senior who is ... time to be concerned about building your college admissions resume, or ... affect your college application. Your specific activities were never what

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  writing about a myriad of other things. I posted to College Confidential ... things until I got to college. Although you may not yet know what you ... 't regret it. If you're applying to college this year, my best advice is to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019