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• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action this year I'm so impressed with our applicants

  

  to offer admission this year, please believe that you are also ... their college admission process. Again, congratulations to the newest

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  New kid on the block

  

  exciting study-abroad/ international opportunities that MIT has to offer. I ... reading about my college journey, at MIT and abroad. Hopefully I will be

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  colleges in terms of waitlist size, usually keeping one of the proportionally ... waitlist, to 739 students. We do not know how many will accept their offer of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  to me as I filled out my college applications, making sure to include ... , to getting internship offers, my ROTC experience has given me an edge

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yo quiero… A Spanish themed entry?Ok, not really.

  

  today alone! Who says college students don't sleep??? OK, don't be too ... only fair. Plus, John '08 came by just as I was about to eat. I offered

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  the runaround a star-studded event twenty years in the making.

  

  Symphony Hall, so if you were to use your free College Card courtesy of Arts ... deal before you offer your intelligence :) for those who want to join

  • by Bryan
  • August 18, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  financial aid offer made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of ... will be similar to the College Match Scholarship.
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  college in less than four years—ask me why I’ve been around MIT for so long ... ’m sticking around next year for a master’s degree. This choice has undeniable ... college, I chose a future where I would be someone with New

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  Prudential Center, and even though it was 40 degrees out, it was really fun ... real college student. A friend recently asked me for book ... , I'm vibing, but thinking about how I experience life as a college

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  ? This summer I was looking over my degree requirements and realized I was ... haunt me every year since I've been in college) and apologized to the ... in college. I mean, this is a normal experience, right? People building

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  degrees, in every career field, with the obvious exception of the five or ... the people I've met at MIT. What if I'd gone to another college with an ... hundreds of tech startups and fifty other colleges or whatever the statistic

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  -generation college student, yay! But I feel like many of my friends have doctors ... 's degree, and others seem to consider MIT the best (#1) Planning school in ... (you'll see what I mean once you get to college).   I am just

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  college. But, I’ve found it much more difficult to limit the number of ... it is true to a certain degree. Life is full of opportunity costs ... years of college, I would go to these buffets (true story! Ask anyone who

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  officers at many colleges and universities will travel across the country to ... institutions, while also answering questions you may have about the college ... told they are only admitted to colleges because of their race, gender, or

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  joshua angrist shares the nobel prize! and the research is *so* cool

  

  . What if the people who choose to go to college might have been better at ... higher wages even if they didn’t go to college? If this is the case, we ... ways beyond having a diploma or not. We don’t have a good “control” group

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  : Inspiring Concern for Others and the Common Good through College Admissions,” which talks about ways the college admissions process might “promote ... 100 of my admissions colleagues at colleges around the country. I think

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  where you’ll be attending college. In reality, that is such a small part ... college apps. Mentally, I had long since left high school behind and my ... college. I focused on my academics and used my free time productively

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  memories, as you normally do in the hubbub of real college life, you ... faded into the background of my college experience. A Monday night when my ... myself to achieve over the course of college, and if you've been keeping up

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is subsidized and offers financial aid ... Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics (HCSSiM) Honors Summer Math ... summer programs as a thing to do "to look good on a college application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  school award for a piece I wrote. Then came time for college. Adults ... undergraduate students who choose to major in writing (MIT offers creative writing ... an undergrad degree, doing something technical and high paying in a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017