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  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT from your rank list because if you do not match with any school on November 30 ... to be considered for Early Action. Q: Where do I send my high school

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  As a freshman in college, one of the most important things I do is reflect on my experiences here at MIT. How am I doing in my classes here? What could I be doing differently? Am I asking for help when I need help

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  .t. To determine after analytical deliberation not to do something, said of something often academic in nature. (2) v.i. To be in the process of not doing ... challenge here is deciding what to do with it. I learned during my first year

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  in that. Thankfully, you do have a wonderful resource available to you ... them about ways to do things. Advisors come in many different flavors ... -or-less agreeing to let you do whatever it is you want, there's a style for every

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tips from Me to You 15% is standard most places, but my tips are 100%! (awesome that is)

  

  nothing else you can do about your Early Action application. But you know what you have to do now? Chill out. Seriously, pat yourselves on the ... DO stuff. Whatever it is you like to do, get out there and get it done

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  get to do this every day. You get to do one double-pset and a lab each ... /astro major, you also get to do this: It has lightning bolts on the side and ... maximizing the height of trajectory. You may do anything to the bottle except

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  't one of those)" Carmel and Dan, you do not need to do it now, since you can always do it later, but every year there are applicants who forget ... . Alvin wrote, "I am doing my SATs in june 3,2006, how can also do SAT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  hard, or do students in the program encourage each other to work hard? Is ... students, and is it destructive competition? What do students here do for ... generally do one thing? Are there cliques? How prevalent is partying, and are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  am i boring or just overstimulated?

  

  [annotation note="While I do think MIT has its unique pressures, I don't think ... my ability to be interesting, to do interesting things at this interesting place? Or to how much I do compared to those around me? I feel that

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  I still retain something from my contest math days and can totally do ... my MEng next semester, and I do not want to be taking 102 units, and I somehow don't have any better options than what I'm currently doing. I

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  this post and moving on to the 5000 other topics on my to-do list, but I ... pervasive struggles during the fall had to do with finding motivation. It wasn't like I didn't have the motivation to do assignments and go to lectures

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  will push you but not break you. They do this by administering a math ... continued through IAP in January, something I didn't want to do. The first ... 't able to do any of the problems. People all around me were blazing through

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  application, under the question "why do you want to be a blogger": i want to be ... sunday. i didn't do anything else, other than staff office hours for the ... theater! or, yannick likes doing logic puzzles! and it's just another

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  portrayed. "MIT student?" But Anthony is so much more than that. So how do I ... people do find this balance and get comfortable. But I guess you can ... segments of my life that have nothing to do with MIT. Really, much of my life

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  students and even [annotation note="it wasn't creepy do not worry ... 'm the one telling freshmen what they should do and what they shouldn't waste their time on! how the hell did i get here? why do i have any

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  8,726,400 SOS: The Conscious Subconscious guest post by a fellow '21

  

  Subconscious Lab coat goggles gloves, lab coat goggles gloves, What will I do ... call, why do I do this I have to workout, for the team, for me Hang clean, squat repeat Practice, wow I can’t do anything well today? Am I getting

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 13, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  current bloggers do a Q&A session with the incoming class. We just sort ... you change your major, how is cooking for yourself, do we hate Harvard ... humanities, do you really have to learn major numbers” (answers: a zillion

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  requests: At this time, do not send a second copy of something that you ... will not be penalized in any way. At this time, please do not call or ... do is tell you that MyMIT is up-to-date and to be patient as we process

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.

  

  perhaps a couple juniors and seniors (we do not plan to hire a sophomore ... the single most important part of your application.While you do not need ... preference for folks who do have active blogs. If you do not currently keep a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Governor's schools Governor's schools directory I do not recommend these summer programs as a thing to do "to look good on a college application." This should be for personal development. We do not expect that students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008