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• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  't need to pack your schedule with APs to get into a good school. You know ... , and my school was too and didn't do it, but if you have an otherwise ... ). I took a lot of AP classes in high school. In fact, I took 14 of them

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  ; who will pursue their own dreams.” Graduating college--or high school, or grad school, or whatever it is that might allow you to enter "the ... niche tech school à la [annotation note="To be clear, I say this with

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  to other schools that are spewing their judgments at you all of this ... , especially since so many MIT applicants also apply to the slew of top schools ... fact that you applied to these great schools says a lot about your

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  final month of school! Somehow, I can't believe this year is coming to an ... opportunities for high school and middle school students through the programs that ... program perhaps is Splash! - two days during the fall when high school

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  -years-more-or-less-when-we-feel-like-it gathering of admissions folks from the "IvyPlus" schools, defined, for the ... from at other schools. And it turns out that, though all of our offices ... volunteers do tours, information sessions, talks at high schools, etc. There is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  morning I went to Philly schools, then drove to Delaware... Went to one school there. Wilmington central meeting took place Monday night. Back in Philly on Tuesday for more school visits. Then Northern Jersey. School

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  very busy one here at MIT Admissions! This week, The Tech, MIT's ... applications comes even as the number of graduating high school seniors held ... school graduates in this country has leveled off." [read more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  snowboarding with a couple of my friends from high school, and if you’ve ever ... closet at my old grade school, which was headquarters for some secret spy ... sitting on this deck in the woods, minding my own business, right, when

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  portal itself (Naviance, fax, mail, etc.) require at least three business ... business days to process materials at the busy Early Action and Regular
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  like CMS/STS are rarely offered at high schools. So this list can help ... Every year the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) publishes a list of introductory subjects offered across its departments. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  and today, MIT hosted hundreds of middle and high school students for a ... interesting offerings in this year's Spalsh course catalogue. Well, a couple of ... invite local high school students to MIT for special educational programs

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  ; It is perfectly fine if, through no fault of your own, your school forms (e.g. teacher recommendations, secondary school report, transcript ... busy. We are less flexible with applicants because we assume you're

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  that I found a little odd: "Yearbook from high school as a conversation ... ! ME: You too! (awkward silence) ME: ...hey, you wanna see my high school ... .) Unfortunately, I went to a big public high school of about 2000+, so my high

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  it could turn 360 degrees continuously. However, there was too much ... pygame.mixer.music.get_busy(): pygame

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  graduate from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering and, frankly, I ... ] “Americans want more Canadian Oil, Survey says.” Houston Business Journal

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  highest out of all my offers, plus it was in the Cambridge, MA area so I ... school year's tuition looming over my head, so I had to make financially ... didn't quite stir up the spark of wonder that MIT offers. Much thanks to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  (to my knowledge) even offered at my high school, at least while I was ... (IOI) is the world's preeminent programming competition for high school ... than 170 countries that offers accurate, comprehensive, and current

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  & Grad School)' section; check it out for further reading on this topic ... . Careers AND Grad School. Thursday: Wake up at 5:05 AM. Board taxi to Logan ... completing 2 essays, the math section, and a verbal section, I am offered to do

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  offers something interesting for the entire family. (I know my parents loved getting to visit me here.) MIT offers information sessions followed ... location. Visit other schools while you're here. Boston really is a great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  school crew program at the Detroit Boat Club (I was on the varsity crew ... Olympics). We entered every event offered. We won most of them, but I think ... debate team or at a science fair, a test in school, or, yes, a college

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005