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  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  contacting my interviewer? A: You do not have to wait until the rest of your ... to have you applying to MIT through QuestBridge. Here are some FAQs ... not need to complete the Part 2 (essays, activities, awards) - we will

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  according to the concentration of those molecules. Right now, I'm trying to ... only way to move forward, the only way you break out of the loop. https ... exhausted and numb to deal with all of my responsibilities. Still, I've done

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  talking to people outside of the MIT bubble. Basia and I once had lunch at ... (going on three). There are a lot of advantages and disadvantages to ... in and out of downtown, but that’s it), so it was important to me to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  Course 18 (mathematics) you need two of these classes to graduate. I really ... last night: my mom was out of town and I needed to get to my math ... some semblance of adulthood starting to form before my eyes, and in these

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  purpose of me writing this blog post is to give you some ideas on how to spend your time instead of freaking out about upcoming admissions ... language. How else are you ever going to contribute to the conversation of

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  up. Then I remember I have a lot of idiots to prove wrong” (Stanley ... , it’s hard to wrap your head around all the sheer size of a lofty goal ... many of you, I’ve watched motivation jump off of a building, and with it

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  year left, as difficult as that is to believe. It's kind of scary to ... the same time was thrilled to have a change of scenery (finals period ... for the rest of the summer: Monday: Train to Charlottesville, VA

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  Believe it or not, admissions officers occasionally try to do things besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... education, I felt compelled to try. So Stephen, a few of us here at

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  be out of there. That means 10 minutes to come up with a plan. You plot ... quickly into the woods and out of sight. Time to take out a bunker.... At ... learning how to jump out of airplanes, the Army way. That means you go out

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  In my continuing quest to obtain a teaching certificate through MIT ... , 11.125 is more likely to talk about whether the tests you write for students are formative or summative, and 11.129 is more likely to talk about

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates A post about not having any news (yet).

  

  The Class of 2010 is beginning to take shape. We know some replies ... take off the waitlist. As of right now, it's too early to know anything ... . Regardless, if you are on the waitlist and hope to be taken off of the waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Cannon Hack The famous tale of the Caltech Cannon Hack.

  

  invites you to the official sendoff of the Caltech cannon. Our company has ... : Apparently CalTech flew out a crew of 20 to retrieve the cannon, and took it ... prepared to take back their cannon. Although we're sad to see it go, we were

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New MIT Viewbook Is a viewbook as useful to you as it might have been for my (pre-internet)…

  

  redesign/updating of the MIT viewbook, a process that will take almost a year from beginning to end. We'll choose a firm in the next few days, and the ... on the current viewbook I would love to hear them. What do you like or

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Expanding on Pass No Record It's not so much a time machine, as it is a dodgeball cannon!

  

  took a bunch of classes at a local college, you're going to have to get ... , in each of these topics to choose from, but that's for a later entry ... semester of freshman year 2) D's and F's don't show up at all 3) You have to

  • by Snively '11
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  close enough to the truth for the purposes of this entry.) 3. Applicants ... playing around with Matlab to see if that's true.) Of course, you can ... (and it's difficult to think of a school which would be a good control

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  feel a little creepy. On a graph of human likeness to attraction/repulsion, uncanny valley refers to the sharp dip. There are several theories about why ... diseased and dead while others think it implies the existence of a predator

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  how Chiron, the wisest of the centaurs, would have wanted his legacy to ... you inspired for a spoOOoky time at MIT! #1 – Pretend you go to a different tech school Tired of spelling "Massachusetts"? This is just the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Turkey Time MIT Admissions will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

  

  Thanksgiving holiday weekend (see below if you'd like to learn more about one of ... to answer questions in the comments of this blog entry in the meantime ... Happy Thanksgiving! The Office of Admissions will be closed from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! how to something something

  

  blogger committee - composed of communications staff and some senior bloggers - reviewed all of these applications. We laughed. We cried. We got ... the anatomically correct shape of a heart. We <3 her too

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2012
• Blog / Events

  V Storms the Senate One hack is not enough.

  

  , right? Not at MIT. Allow me first to set the scene. As some of you may already know, a little over a month ago, I decided to run for a seat in the ... these pictures - and, of course, inexpressible thanks to all the hackers

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2007