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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  undergrad and graduate students alike receive their diplomas in Killian Court ... identify their school and degree (red means PhD, or doctorate of philosophy

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  captains of our own destinies, but transitioning into college is a test you ... -epic REX disaster, I’ve decided to offer you people some advice for when your ... ^3 offers all kinds of help for pretty much any kind of problem an MIT

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. As a matter ... assistance You meet the criteria set by the College Board as requirements for ... consulting your Guidance Counselor, the College Board website, or other adults

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  choosing where to go to college. Like many skills, there's a gap between ... college was easier than choosing where to go for college. But only a little ... spend another year or two in MIT and get another degree, or should I leave

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  are concerned, MIT was in the 1980s, as it is now, a school that offers ... decisions from colleges, but I don't think a few months is too much to ask for ... 'll hear back from US colleges over the next couple of months. kate writes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  who are leaving for college a year from now. Your parents might be ... pretty much in your shoes. I've identified a college that I was very ... a 45 degree angle to the left side of the paper, so it's basically

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  a list of 14 colleges that I was planning on applying to, but I had ... discovered CollegeConfidential.com and began showing me people’s ridiculous ... offer even if I did get in (clearly this was just an ill-planned coping

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  night, I took a Zipcar up to a college fair in New Hampshire. I'd say the ... ) degree, including some who enter a 6 year accelerated combined BSAD ... college fairs (one each day through Friday), spend Mothers Day with my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  restaurants around offer good vegetarian options. For example, on my list of restaurants, the following offer great veggie (and often vegan) options: Cafe ... to college admissions officers. There is no "right" package of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  "[In many ways, picking a college is a lot like marriage: the ... League school, a college with easy access to a beach, or one with a top ... , I fell in love with the city with 135,000 college students and just an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  Grad Student”. I start my second year of a dual degree program in ... and urban planning degrees. As I learned more about the field and ... time off might be before college, during college, or before grad school

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  T and talking trash about northern California weather. (65 degrees ... knowledge of what it entailed prior to MIT. And to some degree, you're never ... getting into UROP as soon as I get on a college campus and definetely this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  extended essay in order to get the IB diploma. I remember thinking (as many ... (join our army), the course administrators offered the option to complete

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I already have a degree?

  MIT doesn’t award second bachelor’s degrees, regardless of the course of study. We encourage you to apply to MIT as a graduate student.
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  CTY also offer distance learning courses during the school year, which ... 's Talent Identification Program offers the option of either taking classes for college credit or doing field studies (in marine biology or medicine

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  gender imbalance in STEM fields, Women’s and Gender Studies offered up a ... : What better cathartic release of your pre-college frustrations than a ... options are far from limited. STICKERS!: Are you really a college student

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  as early as sophomore year of college! This year, WMBR is exploring new ... collection of short classroom labs offered in MIT introductory mechanical ... discussion. And at the Expo booth, he offered me to try three of the labs! I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I apply for first-year admission if I already have a degree?

  MIT doesn't accept applications for first-year admission if you currently hold an undergraduate degree. Students who have already completed a bachelor's degree may not apply to MIT for a second degree in a new field
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  Congratulations! You have finally been accepted to college! 4 ... is really like. You’ll get to stay in a college dorm, go to college classes, and (best of all?) go to college parties! You will roam the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  college and probably my best friend from MIT to this day. We got our picture ... --that's impressive. So, yo, I'm talking to you, Greater Boston college student ... degrees outside, and since I had sent an e-mail for my floor asking for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006