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• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  work on the next big thing! 2. MIT is a creative community. MIT students ... that we all work as a community despite our differences in interests ... personalities can work together to make such a supportive community. 3. MIT

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  with a committee of community members, acquired a grant from the county ... community fun summer huh? Also, outside of the main task, both Tom and ... comments from the community, business owners, farmers, natives, etc. Some for

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may ... participate in the arts community at MIT, you may send in slides of your work ... of the MIT art community. Your artistic talents are something unique

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blended Learning at MIT benefits of technology in MIT classrooms

  

  in an Institute-wide effort to translate traditional course offerings ... by offering more course options online. For example, 8.S05 (Special Offering of Quantum Mechanics II), usually a fall course, can now also be

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  . Even more fortunately, MIT offers a wide variety of courses ... also offer classes on genre fiction and science fiction, taught by an MIT ... . Since we offered constructive criticism in a round-table format, every

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  's selection is pretty limited, but the classes are still great. (We only offer ... Italian is offered, and only over IAP.) The very first humanities course I ... whole selection of other materials in each of the languages offerred, can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  CollegeConfidential I don't know a single person who has gone to College ... experience CollegeConfidential is more a source of stress and nervousness and ... days leading up to Pi Day. Frantically checking CollegeConfidential is

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  started applying to college. I went into the whole process knowing that I wanted to go to college, and I had a few ideas of where I wanted to apply ... college applications and thought to myself that I wasn't going to get in

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  (adcoms from colleges and universities, GC's from high schools, independent ... year) and attend classes and networking sessions. There's a "college fair for guidance counselors" where all the colleges/universities set up

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  college crew. Seeing another academic system, one where much more emphasis ... at other colleges. The reason? The exchange program is really excellent ... students. The MIT program put me in a college just like any other Cambridge

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  disturbing article today. Reality-television-culture meets college admissions ... that "colleges are looking for." Absurd. And supposedly the girl is a ... terms of competitive college admissions and how we (meaning all colleges

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  offspring about the College Process. I must say that they have handed ... entry has been on my mind since this time last year. My college roommate ... less than 6 months your child will go off to college. Complicating

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  College Confidential thread about the pressure to load up on AP classes ... the majority) had no college classes. The most common AP's taken were in ... want to, or simply because you think it will get you into college

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  molecules do a perfect job: they rotate the light wave 90 degrees, so that all ... light is rotated a bit, but not the full 90 degrees required for all of it ... light the full 90 degrees.) G: 50% (all of the green subpixels are letting

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  working on your college applications instead. But since you’re already here ... relatives you totally didn’t forget about! a tenth of a college textbook! The ... essays before submitting. Enjoy your break. No, refreshing College

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Debunked I clear things up.

  

  't find much, decides to make things juicy by adding "CollegeConfidential" to the search* *Gags at the cesspool that is CollegeConfidential while wading through it* OMG guys! You made a CollegeConfidential thread about

  • by Snively '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  about this they'd send me packing. Now here I am in college in probably ... . You're in college now." Here's the catch. It's MIT, a place with as many ... . But that's what college is about. I'm still figuring it out myself, but

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  does it work? Don't I have to let other colleges know by May 1? Is it ethical? You do need to let other colleges know by May 1, and you should ... case you don't get in off the waitlist. Those colleges will likely

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  makes me part of the general campus community. I don't get every email ... 's safety, but it still hurt. It also showed me how much my college experience ... be part of my college experience. I'm taking a Leave of Absence for the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• 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