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• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  'm serious. Get a tan. Read a book. Stop thinking about college applications so

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been dominating College Confidential and the blog comments makes me sad. I understand that people want answers and explanations, but… alas. Trying to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  channel, where Ceri R. was offering to give away her old laptop that she

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  knew what MacGuffins were and were also looking for them. I offered to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  need help but the kind of help they can offer is not exactly the help I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  offering a new dining plan, in which you are paid money in exchange for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  communities and groups I'm leaving behind. I hope that you one day leave the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  ="86610" image6="86611" /] Aims to promote community and empower all students at

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  I retrained Robo-CJ to write haiku. This is coincidentally very timely, because as Shuli J. ’22 pointed out, today is International Haiku Poetry Day! It’s not very much of a…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  and in short, they were my first family at college. We had an incredible ... was applying to college, the single most important thing was for me to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  . I now realize that I am probably going to go a lame local college and ... crushed by my first semester of college. I need to ask you, has anyone ever

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  I normally won't is explore the bowels of College Confidential (if I had my way, College Confidential would be wiped off the face of the

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  stopped worrying about my agenda (and school) during my college application

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  : College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh This post was tough to edit! Both

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  Shooting for Top Gun: Aiming to Arm Students with Life Skills for College and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  when it came time to apply to college, MIT was naturally on the list, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  between having an average college experience and an amazing one, and that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  way related to differences in math ability, given that college ... only got X score,” and “I’m never going to college, I’m so stupid.” It ... of Stereotype Threat on the Standardized Test Performance of College

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  wrestling with my ego it takes so much energy to drop a class

  

  sitting down to do the next physics pset. She offered to pset together, but

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  friends have called me, and messaged me, unprompted, offering me support

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020