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• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  important reasons. 1. MIT classes are harder than high school classes, and ... or AP Chem in high school. Everything was new and challenging, and the ... high school, because I could just do all my homework during study hall

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  three schools (and quite possibly all three schools) involved had students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  choice is yours -- which school is the best fit for you? We knew coming in ... another school that's a better fit for you: thank you for your letters

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

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  accurate. She tells me that I took extra long to walk home from school that ... school, so I didn't realize that anything was really out of the ordinary

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  has not been received, we will personally contact your school to get it ... committee. ------------------------------------- What if my school is on a

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  the Sloan School of Management to discuss major choices going forward ... school or on your own? Do you hope to pursue any global interests when you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  school, take a few steps back and ask yourself why. If you're thinking ... successful wherever you go. It is you that makes you, not your school. :-)

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  some of the nation's most successful magnet schools -- but I am glad that ... of Iowa charges American schools with impeding the development of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  . This semester, we started school on September 7, have days off on ... Beirut, worked on graduate school applications, gone out to dinner at CPK

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 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

  

  Name:Jenny Rifken Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois High school: Larkin High School College: University of Michigan, 1995, English Language and

  • 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"...

  

  team challenge (school spirit??) seemed to be straight out of "The ... schooled counterparts are with community and communal activities

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

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  choose to come, you will likely forfeit your deposit at the other school. Schools understand that this scenario is a part of the process, and it is

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The waiting is the hardest part

  

  : I got fed up with racing home from school everyday to check on the ... from school, I can see the SIZE of the envelope! It's still dark here in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  high school. Just occasionally hearing the name being thrown around or ... good school based on how everyone spoke of it, but that was, for the most part, the depth of my knowledge. It was a school where people probably

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  co-workers may not believe it). Before in school, she would always be ... that really hammered in this "angry" kind of attitude. In high school, I was a part of my school's Advanced Science and Engineering program

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  old places I used to frequent a lot back when I was in high school. The ... high school career, I clung onto my romantic relationship because I felt very isolated at school. It was there for me and grounded me in some of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  ! Sophomore fall has been busy for my friends & I, which has meant no more

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint liveblog] finding the BALANCE with 2.009 watching the 2.009 annual showcase (with Kayode D. '27)

  

  "bro was stood on business" – kayode the chorollaries make a return SEA

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  always too busy distracting myself from being bored by work or the lack of

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  commitments over IAP that still kept us busy—classes, clubs, UROPs, jobs—but it

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024