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  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  to publicize it. We talked to our data czars, our community working ... and all. Other colleges across the US run educational programs too ... staging, and getting ready to launch things on the day-of. The community

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  Journal communities. I get dressed in my MIT Cheer shirt with a really cheerleadery ... days. I am crossing my fingers that the water is at least 50 degrees C

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  that a college thousands of miles away would send me mail of this ... CollegeConfidential links to angst-filled posts covering the spectrum of ... find out the status of my application. In that time, I joined College

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  , like many of you, i was waiting on college admissions decisions. today i ... economics degrees done that i missed out on finding my true calling, which, of

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  For anybody too young to have seen my name at the top of the recent entries page before, I'm Mollie. I graduated in 2006 with degrees in biology ... college admissions and life at my internet home, which, contrary to popular

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  lives won’t be dragons that a college degree could help with, and I am ... so many wonderful universes around and within me, that college ... changed and split apart. College applications are tiny in comparison to the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  age—you, the readers maybe, the future classes of MIT or colleges ... is the top school in my district, and gives a lot of college credits ... there. College wear... Right now, I've got West Point and [annotation note

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  right to revoke or defer your offer of admission if your conduct does not ... them into college, but instead based on values and interests that are ... might impact their college applications. We do not expect or prefer any

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  most of April and May- Queens' College library Enough about classes ... beauty of Cambridge! St Johns Street Clare College Cam river ... College Chapel   King's College Bridge of Sighs, St John

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  . Yeah. We’ve all been there. Whether it’s a college application or a job ... hard can I work, and what am I working towards?” And college is the next ... you’ll find another college that steals your heart. If you got denied

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  brother's starting college in a month and that makes me feel even older - I ... . Moving into a college dorm is a new experience with new responsibilities ... different communities. You'll eventually find some wonderful people who will

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  , and have success in college and beyond. 1. Senior Year of High School: It's About the Match College is about much more than books and classes ... people you'll be friends with. Look for communities that you're excited to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  losing the very community we had just found. Renovations actually got ... responsibility when I mess up. I've found a community to lean on for support and ... creative community, decided to take me in. I'm excited for what's in store

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  community member. Here I'll take the perspective of a critic, or perhaps a ... puzzlehunt community, and what expectations I have for others, using a gift ... puzzlehunt signature, and the fact that this is something the community

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  Happy Friday! Yes, that is an Oberlin College-produced parody of Rebecca Black. And yes, that is our former Communications Director Ben Jones costarring in it! I've been working all week rewriting some web content for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  -foot vertical drop at a neat 90-degree incline, compared to the previous record of 85 degrees. 12 wheels grip plywood from three directions, binding car ... for print, my first time (at least since college apps) working under a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  quite 1,000 googol pages. All I can offer you by way of reconciliation is ... fifth-degree polynomial, because it's well-known that work varies as the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  attend Ivies and top state universities and small liberal arts colleges and ... college as part of a larger project of intellectual discovery and ... moment’s notice.” In retrospect, it’s a cynical take—in college, I’ve had

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  sky. And so my college application season began. My interview was at ... for those who were just curious as to what a decent college application ... minutes of fruitless discussion, I left the College Office, unsuccessful. I

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  Welcome to the scary world of College Shopping. Who knows what you ... . This is a pretty good list that I actually used when I was college ... with a $200 discount for being a college student, as well as a rebate on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007