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  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  for when they're reviewing college applications, how the pandemic has ... -friendly application. What does MIT look for when you're reviewing college applications ... college admissions decision of any given applicant is overdetermined by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Community School of Naples, what are the chances of two tying as ... college, we weren't deciding together. We each made our own decision, but it ... and economics. Great minds think alike: Twins at Community School share

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  ) and Math (Course XVIII), but ultimately I graduated with a degree in ... applicant would thrive at MIT and contribute to the community"]??" sad ... read this [description of MIT admissions process] in a college discussion

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  to say no one would hire me, because by August I had two job offers ... was, me and my degrees, pouring coffee for the elderly and [annotation ... yelled to her friends, “HEY! This guy has a master’s degree and he

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  Neurobiology, one of three lab courses offered by the Brain and Cognitive ... undergraduate degree in the subject of your choice. You don't have to be a biology ... D program. Master's degrees don't mean much in biology or other sciences

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  write this post before AP exams hit, but I just checked the College ... ’t do that by yourself, look around your school or local community for ... because it offered four proctored SAT practice exams that were as close to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  requirement. I'm scared that I won't get into a good college because I don ... to ask it anyway. My school offers a class called Intel Science and ... experiments and things. Since the Intel class is offered to freshmans and I wasn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  finished my education. But while studying at Kapi’olani Community College, Leeward Community College, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, I had ... -time, military veterans, my fellow public university and community college students

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Take Me *Home* to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

  

  Of all the things to happen in college, I never expected baseball to ... I grew up in. But it actually wasn’t until I left Missouri for college ... something about college felt different. [caption id="attachment_117282" align

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  to talk about more than just The Process. Every college is different ... offer, and if it is right for you. I can think of at least one excellent ... , and all of them are awesome. They're also excellent communities, from

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 4 the finale

  

  a few PE classes offered in person this fall, which I was NOT aware of ... /breaks during college though, so it's not like I was just stuck in Boston all the ... winter coat – 0% complete. I'll literally be cold if it's like 30 degrees

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  with family. I finally got that damn diploma that I shed so many tears ... that we won't end up like the dumb college kid in a horror movie who

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  '21s got their own celebration, where they could receive "diplomas" in ... . these past several days have been some of the best of my college

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  actually sure what the J "stands for," but it means that a course is offered ... count towards your degree in any of a number of majors. Courses designated ... and dread. 2.009 is sort of the be-all and end-all of a Course 2 degree

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  reading. In order to graduate with a degree in course 9, there is a rather ... offered] from the neuroscience list and 24.900 from the cognitive science ... things you can do with a course 9 degree. So that's that. Any other

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  the important details, such as the living space, community, distance ... , classes, and program offerings. I actually learned about MIT's Washington DC ... , which is what I'm doing this summer!   Alsooo, go to community

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Where We’ve Been And Where We’re Going A brief history of the blogs and MyMIT.

  

  students to join the MIT community. Using only their web browsers, students ... MIT community; they wanted a community of their own. How did I know all ... portal has allowed prospective students to actually join the MIT community

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  After my rejection from MIT in my prior post, I attended Cornell for my next degree and had a sensational time. Now, many years later, we ... , Andrew J. '10 and I placed offers on a number of houses, all losing to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cue the montage music

  

  offered me a blog and the task of writing about my life at MIT and the ... me assure you that I graduated with a MechE/BME degree in 2008. I have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  didn’t enjoy my other classes (I’ve been known to offer to take on other ... required class for the undergraduate Course 1 degree and most people don

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012