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• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  his school. That was certainly a turn-off, though really the school is a ... school by its interviewer. I did keep up with Mr. Neighbours for a few

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  admissions decisions, grad school admissions decisions, job application ... Mural. I wish I had done this more in high school. Watch a sporting event ... Boston. I watched and cheered for MIT and some high school friends this

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  was I, someone who struggled in high school science classes, going to survive socially and academically at a school of geniuses? When I was ... of being allowed anywhere near this school. In a sort of last attempt

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  grad school and a full-time job, and gave us suggestions for resources ... Mapping: The Case of Urban and Rural Secondary Schools in Rwanda." "Semi ... . One girl explained to me that she's not going to graduate school because

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  I was fifteen and intensely naïve when I graduated from high school ... . What can you gain from an entire year free from the bondage of school? Well, the obvious things…twelve months without school is fun, right

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  nine high school students with their materials science research projects ... success after my deferral would help with getting into my dream school. I ... finally showed up, and I actually got admitted to my dream school!!  I WAS

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  ~*~Thoughts Are Like Traces of Birds In Heaven~*~ (P.S. I finally added pictures to my last entry - sorry about the delay!)

  

  've spent about two weeks at the Salem International School and a week in Berlin, teaching at a Deutsche Bahn summer school program. It was just ... seriously considering schools in the U.S. for college; I have my fingers

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 19, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  let’s talk about financial aid a different kind of holiday miracle

  

  financial aid differed from what I got from similar schools and why that makes ... tuition aren't considered during the admissions process. In high school, I ... poor, if they went to an expensive private school, if their parents are

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 24, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  often submitted by a counselor or school official alongside the required Secondary School Report. We have always said that it is most important to get
• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

  to a beach day after graduating high school (complete with a sand ... middle school Google Drive purge, and will someday be a kind MIT stranger

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  myself to high school Shorna. It’s a very strange relationship I have with ... myself was just… better. High school Shorna knew what she wanted. She didn ... hours a day, day in, day out. She was passionate about school. She had

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  different tech school Tired of spelling "Massachusetts"? This is just the ... and math jargon really scream "MIT." Show off that school pride! Con

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  life. High school was a pretty difficult time for me. I had a lot of ... socially. My mom, knowing how difficult school was for me, started promising ... remember strongly in my junior year of high school right before finals week

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  In my freshman year of high school, my favorite teacher that year had ... schools to pursue different journeys, our eighth grade teachers gifted each ... going to go, I was more focused on the prospect of high school

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  school. Being surrounded by such STEM-oriented people, the very same people ... 'm reminded of why I'm at this school in the first place. Being an MIT student ... high school. Where I struggled with math and physics, I thrived with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  school, they would not match it to me. For the most part, I didn’t really ... high school, I felt a (self-inflicted) pressure to be introverted in ... control. Whether it be changing schools or time zones or getting into some

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  EA, RA, and Transfer Updates Including the status of MyMIT tracking and the latest for those impacted by Sandy.

  

  know some schools and homes are still out of power, and we don't want ... your school/teacher forms.  Best wishes for a quick recovery! RA

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  . It is perfectly fine if, through no fault of your own, your school forms (e.g. teacher recommendations, secondary school report, transcript ... and flexible with late documents from schools than with late documents

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  I was out meeting a friend and some of her friends that I didn't previously know last night, and the topic of school came up. (SIDE NOTE: that ... ". But I digress.) Anyway, we're talking about school and I mention that I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  Technology Initiatives) program called Highlights for High Schools . The five of us will be teaching at various schools all over Germany, using

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010