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• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  the grocery guide posted in May. This time, she writes about college ... why? To get into MIT? The truth is that the algorithm for college ... derivatives and conjugate French verbs. College admissions has become a

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

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  -based college math competition held on the first Saturday of December. The ... college than in high school, in part because college students are often the ... the primary math competition for college students, and contestants don

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Turn around and pretend it wasn’t you Words of Wisdom

  

  weekend I attended "CollegeFest 2009" at the Hynes Convention Center, just ... out tons of free stuff and market to the college crowd. Alas, I didn't attend as a college student, I was there for Livescribe, demoing and

  • by Snively '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow snow snow. I'm wearing bright colors so if I get caught in a snow drift someone will…

  

  . Seriously, now. EDIT2, 9:09am: http://wbztv.com/schoolclosings#College Really?

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 2, 2009
• 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 / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  . (Sorry Yankees fans.) More blogging advice from me about the college ... see the college process from the point of view of a dad and not just that of an admissions officer. In fact, we made our first college visit

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat It, Bump It, Spike It MIT + NCAA: Two acronyms people don't normally expect in the same sentence.

  

  I always wondered what it would be like to go to one of those really hardcore sports universities, then I had the chance to get it at MIT. Last night, the MIT women's volleyball team defeated Bridgewater State College

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  recent gathering of college admissions professionals in Boston. She means ... and physical toll of the competition for slots in selective colleges ... -building, they say, are draining the fun out of life for their students. College

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

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

  

  pick up some other college essentials... " Enjoy the last week of summer!

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking + Evie Pix Some quick updates.

  

  financial aid tracking. Daniel just posted an update in College Confidential

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  students searching for colleges. Should there be rankings? ABSOLUTELY! If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the ... on your criteria of what's important in a college. This whole process

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  section. In March, Les Perelman attended a national college writing ... the panel from the College Board disagreed. "He told me I was jumping to ... . [...] In an interview, five top College Board officials strongly defended the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2009!

  

  attention to them. Short entry today, since I must run to a College Fair

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  movie derail me from that. I was thinking about how no colleges ever visited my high school, not even the state/local colleges. I do remember ... very small number of schools, and that some colleges spend most of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  MIT hacking is legendary among college pranks. MIT culture distinguishes itself not only for its seriousness of purpose but also for its unique sense of humor, as expressed in the arena of hacking. Hacks at the
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  I knew was that I didn’t know anything. I didn’t know what college

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  communities, travel cheaply, and chillax. HelpX is the best way I know of to ... . Internship There are a lot of internships out there, and if you're a college

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a walk down memory lane in the form of albums

  

  presence in the One Direction Tumblr community (~2k followers) and I was ... awe every time I listen to it. Freshman year of college to Now: I don

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  about why colleges care about Makers and read an interview with me about ... College from Maker Faire on FORA.tv   Happy Making!

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Study Abroad

  From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute

  

  got a list of what colleges we'll be living in and I'm going to be spending my year at Trinity Hall (not to be mistaken with Trinity College

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013