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• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Do I have to submit a math/science recommendation with my QB application?

  letter of recommendation, we strongly recommend asking one of your math or ... Bridge Finalist, you will be able to add the recommender information to your MIT QuestBridge Supplement, and they will receive directions on how to submit
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I list standardized test results?

  . Instead, you will be asked to report exams you have taken or plan to take, and we ... . We will also accept English language proficiency scores for RA
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  to go to a museum. It was in BGC, which was maybe twelve or so ... traveled MIT’s tunnels, not knowing where I was going, or where anything ... where each path will go, even if you don’t actually take it, because you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Chose To Spend My First Weekend Away From MIT 132 miles north to be exact

  

  really am not the type of person that would willingly spend the first ... north of MIT, and here's why: 1. I Kind Of Had To The morning of retreat ... something about themselves or their lives. And so it goes on, until everyone

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  's) courtyard. Free will, paradoxes, probability, and the Infinite were the topics ... volume 1 can be separated into two spheres of the same volume. Today we ... course once involved quantizing the decision to study or party before a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  tend to get much more done for yourself. Some people spend IAP home, or go abroad, or work, and there are a few unfortunate frosh who devote it ... search engine, not the energy drink), located just 1.5 furlongs east of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  - with a pounding heart and a throbbing, fractured and/or badly-sprained foot. It was pouring, and I 1) didn't own a raincoat, and 2) was too ... ask if I needed help, or if I was lost. When I was looking for the MITSO

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  , someone stopped by to see me, or worse yet...it rained and why on earth would I willingly slog around the campus in a large group in the pouring ... and now I see her every day in the house, on campus, or as I cross the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  and its more unpleasant side. This was no Good Will Hunting or 21 ... stand has delicious cookies for only $1 each :) The show was followed by a ... 's education as a high-level mathematician affected her playwriting or acting, to

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  the most random number because people will pick 17 most often when they choose a random number between 1 and 20. Random Hall's funniest activity ... would say hello, whether it was 8:30 AM in the student center or 8 PM at

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  living at Next House will tell you horror stories about our terrible ... with ten or so others the minute they get wet, and think it's okay to ... means fill in the blanks. Total Shutdowns (Hot, cold, or both): May 13

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  getting really old. Or they could have said "becoming an adult" – as a ... they’re willing to share. Even the most independent of people sometimes ... week. If anyone has any burning unresolved questions (or any not

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  perspective throughout the entire process. Hopefully everything will work out and you'll get into MIT or another top-tier school that you love. But if ... or something in USNWR), I have a wonderful wife, two wonderful children

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  "Name any topic and I'll tell you why I hate it." -Laura "I will kill you ... information: Under most conditions, you will love MIT. You will think, "I Have Truly Found Paradise." You will love the living groups and the fact that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  mailing list of the Sloan Undergraduate Management Association, or (SUMA). I ... @mit.edu   ~ For you first-time or novice traders, come try it out! See the ... unique facility will not only give Sloan students first-hand experience in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  last night, in the hallway ANGELA MONSTER: Allin and I are going to Economy Hardware tomorrow morning. ME: Oh, can I come? I need to buy blinds ... Hardware ANGELA: Oh, are you buying 37"? That was the kind I was returning. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  hey hey HAYMARKET slicing and dicing all over the place.

  

  tourists. Our original mission was to buy enough fruit to make fruit salad ... also has some fish shops, so Diana thought it'd be a good idea to buy

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  ’m trying to magically will myself to change, like somehow I’ll wake up ... could think of, just like that. [annotation note="or maybe I felt, back ... , [annotation note="or rather, I want to WANT to work for it"]I want to work for

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  all be friends with each other or three of them will all be strangers. A ... reflectional symmetries of a regular polygon, or of a Platonic solid.   ... cubic polynomials, you can either cyclically permute the three roots, or

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  have changed their mindsets or perspectives and not entire lives. But I ... taking some of these classes in the future, whether on OCW or at MIT ... of time on it though." "Personal answer is definitely 11.011 or 6

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019