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  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  ’re excited to have you applying to MIT through QuestBridge. Here are some ... completed your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT ... December 1st, we will simply email you instructions with how to roll over

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  super worried about adjusting to classes and being able to keep up with the pace of the content that was being fed to me. Turns out, (for me,) that understanding the material isn't the hardest part of coming to MIT

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  I'm going to confess something. A bit more than two years ago,  I remember asking my parents to bless my application. I'm pretty sure that I would have sprinkled holy water on it if I had access to some. If someone

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  to make my way through the hustle and bustle of suited up MIT students in the Z-Center... I tried to orient myself to the layout of the booths and acclimatize myself to the craziness. Career fair is always an

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  telling people that I'm a blogger. (Which I then question due to my recent ... reason I'm writing this right now is because Snively '11 sent an email to ... me to be an MIT blogger is because THERE ARE SO MANY AWESOME THINGS

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  .  Still, I love it here.  This weekend, I played with cats, took a trip to Costco, made pizzas, dressed like a princess, went to the incredible ... work gets to be overwhelming at times, and it's important to know that we

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  physicists worldwide just won $3 million each for outstanding contributions to ... . Classic Big Bang theory, this professor likes to say, “says nothing about what banged, what happened before it banged, or what caused it to bang

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  ) some advice for how to quickly finish his art notebook cover project ... goofing on collages. “Ok, whatever, I was just trying to help.” Because I ... how I don’t understand him and this is usually my cue to calmly stop

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

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

  

  . As I write this, it is one month to the day since I took my 7 ... it got to the point that, by reading the first sentence of a practice ... Boston. There’s a list of “101 things to do before you graduate” that

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  in the sun for the last two days, and when I got on it to ride to work this morning the grip literally melted to my bike gloves. 2) Vacations ... ) Blogger Application 2010 All current MIT undergraduates are welcome to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  Hey prefrosh! Welcome to campus! If you're not here yet, hurry up ... you aren't sure what to do yet with your CPW, here are some tips from my ... this cool one MIT student and get to know them and blah blah blah

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  ’t have prom or if you decided not to go, then you probably aren’t missing much. Prom is a nice excuse to dress-up, see what your friends look like ... , you’re dancing awfully close to Jimmy...”) Have no fear, for if you come

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  absolutely no excuse aside from the fact that I don't really know what to write ... to talk to you about college decisions and my own experience. When I applied to college, all I knew is that I was going to college, and hopefully

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  time-management skills, which is why it took so long for me to finally ... 's what led me to see life the way I do: The world isn't just something you should get around to seeing once or twice when you get a vacation. It's a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Some Time in New York City I'm not much of a man by the light of day, but by night I'm…

  

  grandparents, but they're a little too touristy for a future Boston resident to pay $26 for a ride--after all, you can just get upperclassmen to to tell ... to be a half-mile walk out of your room and across the Harvard Bridge

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  This entry is meant to complement the one I wrote prior about being ... , when other people found out that I'd been accepted to MIT, their reactions weren't so positive. A lot of people told me to my face, "Bryan, you

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  on what I was up to this weekend: Thursday night: At the opening ceremonies, the Bloggers listed the Top 10ish Reasons to come to MIT. I had follow Nance's "Beaver" act, but managed to draw a few laughs. I was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  Although I do make active attempts to avoid goopiness and ... a woman who cries at telephone commercials, and I'm actively trying to ... my last Registration Day, when all MIT students visit their advisors to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It was the blurst of times? I'm a stupid monkey.

  

  get a piece of e-mail that's accidentally been replied-to-all, I say to ... to give them 19 years on the chain gang just for adding another letter to my already unmanageable inbox. Now, I also have this not

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  to network and ask questions. There are keynote speakers at the ... hysterical). I got up at 4:30AM on Thursday to make it to the airport in time for my early flight and didn't get to sleep until after 2AM, so that was

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005