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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  professor put up a transparency with a "script" for a college-age heterosexual ... researchers who surveyed college students and were trying to figure out what ... , because before college, I had no idea what was going on around me in terms

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  Hollywood fantasy. NEWSFLASH... NO ONE MAKES IT AT MIT/COLLEGE (OR IN LIFE ... student who will take an advanced course at the local community college ... of "B" in the college course instead of the "A" that many of her peers

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  Cheney," "The Al Franken") and Boston area colleges ("The Crimson," "The ... like the traditional standard college essay I'd always heard about ... blank spaces on this thing? And why wasn't there some magical College

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  , academic or not, and you leave for college in the fall, on a plane, train ... invigorating energy of new college students captivate even the most hardened ... new land of college, just as you think nobody understands you and you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 3 Helping the Class of 2010 with their decisions.

  

  1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as ... part of my transition to college. Second, [2] my colleague Mikey '05 ... college education isn't just about the classes - it's about educating the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  yet. College is supposed to be about freedom. Discovering yourself is ... things in red cups just like the rest of the nation's college students. The ... . "Oh my gosh! I'm in college now! I can do whatever I want! Heehee, my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  college interviews. Nearly three years ago now...believe it or not, guys ... senior (in your final pre-college year), you probably want to take the SAT ... TOEFL as well. When you start applying to colleges, you'll get the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  Campus dorms can be considered more traditional in terms of college ... , in fact, "more traditional in terms of college atmosphere". I doubt you ... typical college party. *grin* There are other cultural differences. West

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  -to-know-you questions ended with college apps? Nope! “Tell us about who you are, your ... are" question, whether in college apps or desktop backgrounds or Discord ... another college application, Allison. They just want a way for you to

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  your college applications (or whatever else you choose to do) this year

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  college. It was easy to feel more “ahead” in middle school simply because I ... grew older. Once the initial euphoria of getting into college wore off ... happen in college. At the same time, though, I have to keep reminding

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  before leaving for college, and some of my art-related hobbies slipped to ... wouldn't bring them with me to college, but I started painting again this ... incredibly optimistic. To be clear, I'm still ~very scared~ of college, classes

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  last time I wrote for a significant period of time was for college ... into different states and colleges. I traveled to West Virginia for a ... college :) [carousel image1="95929" image2="95925" /] Some other things I

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  hadn’t truly lived until I came to college.   doing stuff So what ... lunchtime, and a goal to work towards (college), but I didn’t feel like I was ... at their expense.[/caption] I was froshy, because college made me feel

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  to now and forever

  

  , what we all missed in this past year: college, dating, travel, work ... ended up going to the same college, including Kenneth. So inevitably we ... friend from college. It was like one big mishmash of people each from a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 15, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Be a Blogger 2022!

  

  students or students at other colleges). This application is open to all MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  you mean?" "Well," he said, "in college, I always thought of hours and ... next 24 hours doing mostly nothing. "In college, everything has an end ... has an end. The semester has an end. College has an end. Work isn't like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  would sacrifice my time now to get into a good college and then pursue my interests in college because I would have more time since I wouldn’t be in ... worth pursuing' has been really difficult. i feel like the college

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  [annotation note="And I came anyway. I figured college is for personal growth as ... that I was truly headed to college. Panic. Decide that the best way ... after leaving for college? Even an overly generous estimate of seeing my

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  the first person in their families to go to college, their university

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020