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  QuestBridge 2013 FAQs

  

  tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A ... to get them to you in time? A: I previously answered this incorrectly ... cover sheet. Q: Where do I send my high school transcript or updates? A

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  usual author is at home in H-burg, I get to tell you about my recent ... night almost ended in a sketchy, sketchy way, except that I am ... can be summarized with one observation: = In other words: dating = mom

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  , I applied for an undergraduate research position in the Media Lab. As ... it to make a program that did things on the Internet. In fact, I ... it being. After all, it's just a ball with holes in it, right? I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  begin. I started with my bookshelf, since that seems to be where clutter ... . What if I need those vector calculus equation sheets in six years?! Anna ... of lack of education have we come!” I read Gorgias in 11th grade, in a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  about 80 to go. And then, I have to manipulate the data in Excel so I can ... computer in grad school. I suppose I should mention, in case it wasn ... Like Laura, I also read up a storm in the summer. I (re-)read Robert

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  one of the best places to do it. I think you can see this theme in many ... Regular readers may recall that I've been teaching a bit in ... bits should route where, when, and why. In this class we'll discuss

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way) Everything you ever wanted to know about ROTC at MIT (and then some)

  

  Rachel, who I lived with in Simmons during freshman year, are in the ROTC ... detachment, you can still participate in ROTC at another school in the area ... in the program. You can find a lot more information about that at

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  apps? OK, well I can’t see you if you’re raising your hand, but I bet ... Application Advice, where I dispensed...application advice. It’s probably worth a read, because I give an in-depth account of how I managed to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  islands located off the harbor. You can kayak between them, as students in ... so you can get a spot on the middle deck for the best views. (I arrived ... boyfriend: "I don't know, but I wish I could ride in a boat that's being towed

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the classes I took freshman year feeling scholarly, part 1/2

  

  mindset, where I did all work alone"]material.[/annotation] In retrospect ... .03. I left the class in a bit of a haze. I still can’t really remember ... my level. I struggled a lot in the class, but looking back, I can

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 18, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  .006. Classes Where I Need To Choose 2 of These and 2 of These Only or Maybe I Can ... the semester at around 5 or 6 and in those next two weeks or so I drop what I can't handle / don't think I prioritize as much. This time, I am

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  found at my high school - it put me in a place where I was utterly ... chipped in $35 and rented cars and a cabin (apparently, MIT students can ... that focus on science and math? Can I make a baking soda volcano and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  trips and transit i'm spending obscene amounts of money on uber god dang it

  

  realize how badly i need one, and cities like boston - where you can walk or ... i mentioned this in my previous blog post about LA, but let me ... sleep in till 7:45"]i usually leave at 7:33 to catch the 7:51 bus

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  …it can get pretty overwhelming. I’ve found myself having less and less free time because I’ve become involved in a lot of activities that are a huge ... …and these expectations can drive you insane!) The same principle applies in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  I called my mother. "Mom," I said, panicking. "There are bugs in our ... . Turns out it was my toaster! I just had no idea it was there in the first ... way. I think Selena was in a sorority recruitment event.) So, like, don

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  event. One other thing that you can see in Berlin is two ... , Kendall '07, and I got a picture in front of the very popular United States ... prelude, here where one burns books, will one in the end burn people

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  ) How did you start dancing?  I honestly can’t remember a time in my life ... two amazing dance teams in Shanghai where I learned about how different ... member in their own dance journey. I love my MissBehavior fam and can

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  ! I am currently majoring in [annotation note="Computation & ... ; cognitive science. (I love telling people that 'i major in 6-9' for shits and ... lot of what I was looking forward to in college.   freshman year  As a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  specifically, what fascinated me about MIT. So, I came to MIT in April 2007 for ... at my hotel before checking in at CPW. Did I really want to go to MIT ... advisor (my thesis goes over my projects in more depth, and can be found

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  for Atlanta (where I'll connect to my Boston flight), the fact that I ... years to prepare for that. But I suppose you could say that in all of the ... sentimental and nostalgic. I was leaving behind the place where I first learned

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005