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  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... taking my tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the ... you in time? A: If you did not select your scores to be directly sent

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Set Theory and other Shenanigans *Literal* Set theory

  

  Find a Set: Set is a visual card game. "Sets" in Set consist of 3 ... symbols There is exactly one set in that board of 20 cards. Find it before ... ’t a single set in the whole board - though I hope you had a merry chase

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  , but the project has been limping along in the summer haze. It’s looking ... pride that I had a fantastic time devouring four enormous cups of boba in ... apartment that she was to live in for the next three months. It’s nothing like

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  I'm currently in Missoula, Montana: hometown of ze boyfriend. When I ... summer. I hopped on the bike with the following points in mind: The last ... comfortable riding a bike, I was nine years old, and In the past decade I have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  18.02 exams. Sitting in front of my desk at 4:57pm, I realized that ... up in the bottom of my gut, not this strange sensation that was disconcerting in its unfamiliarity. Upon closer introspection, I concluded, with

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  AMA Ask Me Anything.

  

  semester senior at MIT, majoring in computer science and molecular biology (6-7) and math (18) and minoring in writing (21W). This fall I will be starting my MEng in computer science and molecular biology and TAing 6

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 20, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  kicked around, or watching Up in the Air too many times. Anyways, every once in a while I get questions about what you should pack before heading ... working to optimize what I carry, so this is a work-in-progress and (2) that

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  This weekend, in some order, I: 1. slept for twelve hours straight in one night 2. watched experienced the Rocky Horror Picture Show, live ... weekend. Because that's how it is in my head, let's go through these in a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  aspects of MIT. Then I noticed something that I had missed in my post ... you zoomed-in pictures and let you guess.   Picture #1 Wrong ... Career Fair! Yes! My first Career Fair!. All of my favorite companies in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  Let's face it: none of us are getting younger. In fact, I'm getting ... in a few centuries I might even be dead.  Dead. I was reminded of this ... on the block." In fact, I'll be a full-fledged crusty sophomore as soon

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  I'm what you'd call a product of prime time television. In my ... levels in WoW, FlyFF, Maplestory, or whatever other free to play MMORPG I ... second episode my brother would wake up and take his throne in front of the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  their application package in the snow while chanting, "Accept me, oh ... time, I took those words and put them in the shelf of "things I've already heard" in my mind. But it wasn't until this semester that I realized

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  saltines for a meal, hoping to recreate Chicken in a Biskit to slowly ... hours of bliss in Photoshop, above. Shameless plug: I'll be selling prints ... effects is so paramount in my life that it surprises others and myself when

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  in Stockholm, Sweden will begin to award this year's Nobel Prizes ... a reasonable predictor of winners). Here they are, in alphabetical ... in Courage" Cast your vote now on the MIT Admissions Facebook page!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  been released! A little bit of background, in case you missed the ... "punt" is to put work aside in favor of doing something fun - or more ... (like all MIT freshmen are) to be super hardk0re. In fact, he's SO

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  finally An Old Person, relatively speaking. Work As mentioned in my ... data scientists (although we are ~50 people in total) based in Kendall ... weeks in, we released the first iteration of the software as a tool to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  Camp. The footage has now been edited together in an engaging way and will be released throughout the fall in episode format. You should sign ... for updates here and you should also read this post in Inside Higher Ed

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Walter Lewin ESG Lecture Oh, you know, only one of the most famous Physics Professors of all time

  

  lucky enough to video tape. Covering topics from why he majored in physics ... further ado I present to you "Walter Lewin ESG Lecture" in all its 68 ... wonderful, down to earth, person. Tune in next time for a life update! My

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  and all sorts of different games, rummaging for raw materials in the junk yard and the trash and in school recycling bins. But he never got ... interested in seeing what Caine can do with an engineering degree.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  more valuable than ever. In the MIT dorms,  you have your friends ... -speak for RAs and they are the "grown up" figures in the house. (We ... aspects of MIT you'd like to learn more about, let me know in the comments

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012