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• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  chance to see what different places have to offer can open your mind to new opportunities (and it plants the seed for study abroad)! 3. College Road Trip! - Summertime is a great time to visit colleges. You can go to information

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  ’ve tried in college. The number of MIT students I have met feels incredibly ... friends and hobbies as my “old” life while college is “new.” But it’s hitting me that this is the halfway point now, and some of these new college

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  seven questions with youtubers the mit side of youtube

  

  learn about their unexpected challenges, college advice, and wild moments ... orientation at MIT in my freshman year, who ended up pursuing a degree in STEM ... do you have for high school students? Sarah: College isn't all fun and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  ’ve made while in college...   1. Trying to go for the computer science ... graduate for my Mech. E degree. I probably would have had a better academic ... me, sounding like a college confidential parent) 5. Not going to class

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  college decisions being sent to their inboxes. Such a beautiful season. If ... in. And if you’re like most every regular action college applicant ... the absolute absurdity of the US college admissions process. But you

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Landing  Your Aircraft Has Arrived at Gate '21 

  

  their rings and received their diplomas. You can join our virtual

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 4, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  try again and bring the trophy (aka your happiness) home :) ¹ diploma

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Really, I don’t feel like thinking of a title right now Now there's a title cop-out you can only use once. Good thing I saved it…

  

  repeating our new mottos: "D is for diploma." "Mystery Hunt - Fun = Thesis

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 11, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  You can get a perfect GPA and lead every extracurricular activity on campus, but if you don’t pass a swim test and complete 8 Physical Education (P.E.) “points,” then you won’t receive an MIT diploma. Harsh, eh? That

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  me and dancing at graduation with a diploma in each hand!

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  Hey everybody. I must confess that if I were not a college admissions ... to college and they didn’t know what the MITES opportunity meant ... definitely wouldn’t let me go to college all the way across the country

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  powerhouse Bemidji State U, Boston-area business college Babson, and the City College of New York. Just curious wrote, "This has probably already been ... health are big issues on every college campus. If you are concerned about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  writing about a myriad of other things. I posted to College Confidential ... things until I got to college. Although you may not yet know what you ... ’m drawn to MIT’s unique writing department, which offers both creative and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  weekend in the White Mountains. The PE course offering at MIT is incredibly ... your Swim Test offered in the beginning of the year, and it basically ... intensely disliked in high school, would follow me to college. However

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  as I imagined for water a few degrees off freezing. We stay in the ... tea party! She offers us Chinese white tea, cucumber finger sandwiches

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  really goes above 80 degrees, and enjoy the infrequent summer drizzles. I ... , like, gajillion years. Two, I could (maybe, hopefully) get a return offer

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  offer. Of course, with P-Sets and all, it is easy to get caught up in your ... isn’t always 100% humid, 100 degrees, and left 100 mosquito bites around

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Events

  RecomMITted On Ring Delivery and the halfway mark

  

  75 degree weather year-round. Then I always come to the same ... years of the Institvte will offer. One thing's for certain: wherever I go

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  field anyway, so why not start early with a relevant degree? MIT did not ... offer courses cross-listed in both departments. Plus, although both

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  /recipe]]). Preheat your oven to 449.82 Kelvins (350 degrees Fahrenheit). In our case we ... offer people desserts), over the next month.    

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015