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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  questions! I'm happy to do answer questions, and most of the bloggers are on ... questions, and be honest with your answers: What kind of a school do I want to attend for four years? Location, atmosphere? What kind of student body am I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  then, but I can't take advantage of any of their offers now because they ... a few times to me. One of these was when I was in high school and visiting colleges. A friend and I were part of an Honors Band that weekend

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  , being at an academic institution with over 800 years of tradition gives you a different sort of feeling. I hope that I will be able to use some ... is placed on long-term retention of learning, has been a good

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  peers, it seems like "post-college plans" are a dreaded can of worms that ... came after 6th, and of course, college after 12th. College. Something so ... on some kind of maturation pedestal - and it is worthy of the hype I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer, Summer, Summertime "...and this is how i spent my summer vacation."

  

  at the Institute. The pomp and circumstance of an MIT graduation was a ... So another school year came to a close, and so begins the season of sun and fun. The class of 2005 graduated, and it was really awesome to

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  attended high schools that offered dozens of these courses, and, yes, some of ... To my surprise, one of Marilee's quotes in my last entry about the role of Advanced Placement (AP) courses in college admissions turned out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  own 31 different teas, mostly decaf. I also currently own 6 flavors of seltzer and 2 flavors of kombucha. Wholesome. 8.02 (“Eight-oh-two”): the mostly-freshman GIR (General Institute Requirement) I can no longer

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  "Mankind has always had a yen to travel. Millions of years ago ... school year of studying. Luckily, MIT understands that its students ... in 34-401 (A room at MIT where a lot of EECS events take place) talking

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  12 years of public school education could do for me. I started applying to college. I kind of went about it in a semi-orderly fashion, but I ... I graduate. This is my promise. So similar to the list of parameters

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  far, it's pretty awesome. It's one of the few classes where I really ... lots of actual, concrete stuff in every lecture. So every Tuesday and ... ," and feeling all enlightened and such. Part of this is because the class

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  Disney Channel paints a perfect image of exactly what it's supposed to look like. Instagram feeds filled with beating rays of sunshine ... . Countless visits to the local diner to savor every last bite of your favorite

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  . I now know that the advanced technologies of the future are my future ... make up their DNA. I now know that the advanced technologies of the ... of code make up their DNA. I now know that the advanced technologies

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  , Italy through MISTI’s (MIT International Science and Technology Initiative ... : Ciao, Italy. Because of the snowstorm in the Northeast of the U ... of Boston were cancelled, so after arguing with the American Airlines

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  ... Once you were here, MIT offered a fine range of Courses (our numbered way ... backwards-looking of my own. Kim has a collection of old Techniques (the MIT ... interesting to see what has changed, and what remains the same. Many of you will

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. - Last night, my ... time was had by all. I invited a fellow who is actually an alumnus of my ... to dinner following a "signing of the forms" (see above). We've had a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  received other great offers of admissions from very good colleges. So you too ... As you probably know by now, MIT has completed the process of admitting the class of 2010. I am very proud of the Admissions professionals

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

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  the most general sort of advice I can offer. If you (mostly juniors, but ... in terms of general advice, let's see. There are no specific activities ... traditionally-thought-of-as-MIT-ish things like science fairs or math competitions

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  , they seemed to have trouble deciding which side of the hallway offered ... was at the far end of the infinite on the third floor of Building 8. So, along with Javier '08, I got to the far end of the infinite around 4:02 PM

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  finances? Me?? It's more likely than you'd think... I'm the treasurer of my ... finances is. There are a lot of contrived processes for things, so it's kind of a pain, but...what can you do? Thankfully, [annotation note

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  what every institution needs: a maintainer, one of the people who ... beloved member of our team, died unexpectedly yesterday.  If you ... school teacher who wrote asking for a poster of MIT to hang in your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020