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• 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 / 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 / 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
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  are reading this post. If you are in high school, you may be looking for ... . In high school, this generally means doing well in school and pursuing ... of your control. Back in high school, I spent my summers worrying about

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pilot The first video in a vlogging experiment

  

  To start out the new school year, I'm going to try including more fun multimedia stuff in these blogs. Not that I don't like writing or will stop writing text posts, but I just want to experiment more beyond comics and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 31, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  presented my research as a poster, was judged by various graduate school ... graduate schools, some of whom said "you applied to our graduate program ... , as a celebration of all the stress of senior fall: graduate school

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This is it. the last "what classes I'm taking" blog

  

  student in graduate school, but more on that in another post). In any case

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One More Look At Our Snow Globe Life with moving parts

  

  Hi guys, Here's another look at blizzard weekend on campus. Sadly (I mean...) school is open tomorrow, so it's back to a mostly snowballfight-less life. :P Nemo just getting started in Boston -- dedicated joggers

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  example with power outages or school closings, know that we will be flexible ... without it are at no disadvantage. We will accept your school's own forms, the NACAC forms, or the Common App forms. If your school sends its

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  more grateful. Because in high school, homework was boring. It was ... equations and formulas that I learned in high school, but by making me apply ... different from high school - I don't get jealous. (okay, maybe I get a little

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  One seemingly minor, yet important, change I've noticed between college life and high school life is that getting mail is incredibly exciting. Whether it's postcards from friends overseas, care packages from my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  high school counselors among others. I’ve learned from those at other schools about their experiences and tried to talk especially to those who run alumni programs within their offices like I do. Not all schools use

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  be in New York with high school friends for the weekend; more on this ... MIT's "nerd school" reputation, while appealing for those of us with ... me as a high school senior, when I followed them voraciously

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  summer programs called the "Governor's Schools," and there's one for each ... school, we were only allowed to send one applicant to each of the programs. My high school puts out a newsletter to the parents with all kinds of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  3rd week of school, but you can usually get something ridable for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dewey Love Libraries? Yes we dew!

  

  library for Course 14: Economics, Course 15: Sloan School of Management

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 10, 2006