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• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  'd offer a bit of unsolicited advice (but puh-leeze, you know you want it) about the... DUN DUN DUN... COLLEGE ESSAY. Before I start, I'd like to offer a statistic for those of you obsessing over the "chance me" threads

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  that aren't offered by MIT--we offer only French, Spanish, German ... possible to get degrees in two courses at MIT in just your undergrad years ... indiscretion, I'm actually only three classes away from a degree in chemistry

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  've wanted to do in college/MIT/Boston that I just haven't gotten around to ... -time favorites. When I accepted my offer to come to MIT, one of the first thoughts ... varying degrees of notice (1 day-5 minutes). Left: Well, these guys kept

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist who ranked MIT but was not matched still apply for EA and/or RA?

  Bridge Match, you’ll receive the College Match Scholarship. If you’re admitted ... offer made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of your ... to the College Match Scholarship.
• Blog / About Decisions

  Your Early Action Deadline Questions The deadline is this Monday, November 1.

  

  courses won't count for college credit, all my psets and exams are ... scholarships other schools are offering? @Max: I say go ahead and write it in ... documents to colleges. Yesterday, he said that he sent all my recommendation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  the Show-Me State, Columbia is a lively college town, except for the ... , college kiddos, and old folks who really like our retirement communities ... (it was 67 degrees when I left home today), but last Thursday we had a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  am no longer going to be a college athlete, I think I'd better start ... course catalog that some departments (like 10 and 22) offer a joint BS and ... want a masters degree in your subject pretty much by the end of sophomore

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  come to a section about a student coming in for a mock college interview ... were unable to offer admission were also really great students and people ... applies. The inability to offer admission can leave you thinking that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  know that different high schools have different course offerings, and ... your high school maybe at a local college. Also, you may want to talk a ... /or ask your college counselor to note it in his/her recommendation to us. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  Masters that is offered only to MIT undergrads. You apply in your junior ... degree since I would have a PhD as well? Right now, I think the answer is

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  : Easing Stress of Getting In Looking at colleges with her daughter was often ... here. They tried so hard to present their university as offering ... experience made her re-evaluate many of her assumptions about college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  graduated, this is the type of post-college wisdom I might share from time to ... that much. By sophomore year of college, I had to declare my major. I ... sense” Typically, when you go to college and want to study robotics, it is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  decision. Out of the 437 students on our wait list, 26 were offered admission ... who was wait listed at my first choice college in high school (but didn ... and great college experiences, and wish you all the very best at

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  each program has to offer." This is correct. Approximately 50% of ... enrolled at another university in a degree-seeking program, you can only ... freshman admission). You will need to provide your college transcript, and

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  quotes below for comment. Many college admissions officers support the idea ... year" between high school and college isn't for everyone -- and that just ... financial aid at Connecticut College. We at MIT are among those college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  quotes below for comment. Many college admissions officers support the idea ... year" between high school and college isn't for everyone -- and that just ... financial aid at Connecticut College. We at MIT are among those college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  M. ‘18 and I went to the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) College ... You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957,” a collection of art from “a ... Mountain College art:       In the Transcending Material: ICA Collection

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  Pounds, 17. "I'm so ecstatic to get into college life." What drove her to ... , said she knows her daughter is ready for college. "She's more mature than ... is like; he graduated from MIT in 1979 with a degree in electrical

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  As some of you know, I got my master's degree from the Comparative ... I was going to graduate in any reasonable time, and in which degree ... arts colleges. The biggest difference you'll find is after graduating

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  students on the waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We offered a spot on the waitlist to just under 400 people, and most of those ... off the waitlist, and wishing them the best of luck at the college they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006