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• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  that. I’d probably go to a local state school and maybe apply for ... school did not prepare you for a basic survival skill. Your group was the ... Composition. The school's cultural phenomenon. A class all seniors expected and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  walking around campus had done what so many high school students strived for ... like 2 sec. I have visited schools that were physically more beautiful ... have interest in this school, you are in this group of “coolest people

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  to me: When I was searching for and applying to schools six years ago ... at a rural but well-resourced public high school in New Hampshire. I ... school. I still keep in touch with a few friends from there. They did well

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  With the school year coming back around, it only feels necessary to ... accomplish by the end of the school year knowing that 90% of the items on this ... accomplish by the end of the school year.

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  went to this Well Known School of Three Letters. That's like another life ... each part of my life since I left this school. Too bad for you if you are ... Known School of Three Letters 🎓 What I miss Do you know what I really

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  happy lunar new year the year of the tiger

  

  , Gossip Girl was on television, I went to a nerd school where people were ... decade-plus: I graduated from middle and high school, I got into MIT, and ... school and honestly, maybe Nicki Minaj will still be on the radio. The

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  /carbon/other gases. Review your deadlines. Not every school has the same January 1st deadline. Most schools will take letters of recommendation and other ... possibilities are endless. Proofread, proofread, proofread. Look, schools aren

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  since middle school, and now that I’m here I practically have to pinch ... ’m at this school. That, and I have trouble waking up to alarms. So this blog is for those of you who love this school already and for those of

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  , where every school in the entire county has been closed. San Diego County has 646 public schools, with nearly 500,000 students. A thousand homes ... remember volunteering at my high school, which served as an evacuation center

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Introduction To ROTC At MIT A new guest-author blog in response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC programs at…

  

  , though there is an application process whether you are in high school or ... laboratory, infantry officer school followed by command of an Army or Marine Corps platoon, flight school for the Navy or Air Force, or the nuclear

  • by ROTC
  • August 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  else from my high school applied. Took N + 2 AP classes, got X + 10 on ... graduate school applications. I was worried and was like "OMG my GPA is NOT PERFECT" but then I realized that graduate school is not just about GPA. For

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pervnert This entry is not suitable for children under 7 or finite-volume, compressible vapors.

  

  " and a high school bully's demonstration of the Pauli Exclusion Principle ... , no matter how hard you try." Hey, this was intended for high school ... taste of Coca-Cola Classic, I fear that generations of high school

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Baby Steps It made tonight's newswire. The grass is still green in Boston Common.

  

  , sometimes to my detriment. My high school math teacher once likened my mind to ... . I began searching for answers toward the end of last semester. School ... only removed me further. I had been accustomed to keeping school firmly

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  remember one relevant story from high school. Erin Moroney, who was two years ahead of me in school, was working on her college essay on the bus to a ... at my high school that only varsity athletes could join. I remember

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 2

  

  . One of the things my school's college counselor said was big this year ... office(s) at your school(s) of choice with emails, letters, and phone calls ... process?" I have heard about some schools, often schools more concerned

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

  

  feels like we’re presenting a small town middle school science fair

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 20, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  happy, and enjoy the small distractions of life. Graduating high school is

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  our sophomore year of high school. we were here for a biology camp in ... is from california, and as someone who went to high school in minnesota ... had like, one gentrified boba shop (sencha) by my high school that

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  forty on my list, including this one obscure school in Antarctica but it ... deaths A few state schools, two or three smaller colleges, maybe MIT ... school to apply to early when’s Halloween? I’m too old for trick

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  has differed from my experience doing math in high school. Basics ... college math classes require a lot more mental legwork than my high school ... , and it has been difficult! But worth it!! Differences from high school

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017