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  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A ... ;QuestBridge" on the cover sheet if you are mailing it in. Q: Where do I send my ... . Q: Do I have to wait until I have all my materials in before

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  time right up until Registration Day in September (though I strongly ... coming to mind. But during my years in admissions, I've seen students take ... many of them would be paying for college. I'm not writing to say that all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  One would think that after seven years in this office I would not be ... will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest ... to would be in the Parent’s Hospitality Lounge. Grab a cup of coffee or

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  This past weekend I was somewhere between flying and drowning. Finals were...... Finals. On the other hand I was about to be able to go home and see my family, and there was nobody I wanted to see more after a

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

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  history of being a feared team in the NEWMAC. I’m sure the friends and ... it.  I learned that MIT was a jock school by living in it. I saw my ... pubbing their conference finals, and I saw the new shirts they would wear

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  of higher learning and crawled out of their rooms to stand in awe of the hack's serene majesty. Naturally, I was no exception. In spite of ... , hackers erected a giant statue of Athena, the patron goddess of wisdom, in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  ) is the value of time. In high school I thought I was learning this ... different. That's all that I've been up to in this blink-of-an-eye of time ... the time because frankly, that's the season that we're in. I go on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 4 U What you should do at CPW, assuming you like exactly the same things that I…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? MIT means "WITH" in German. CPW! CPW! Hey prefrosh, I ... , George, gets here in 6 hours, at 4:50 AM. Usually I offer to come out to ... some of my incredibly dedicated colleagues in blogging, but I have an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hi, My Name Is: (insert name here) name my newest pet and win BIG! prizes and fame included!

  

  what they were getting ready for) Now I've had pets in the past, but ... roam free for hours upon hours. When I lived in Florida, this pet was ... make 4 movies in total (I stopped after watching #2) Yes, ladies and

  • by Bryan
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  're not used in all exams, and actually, I think I use them more as an ... Today I am hijacking Laura's entry on tests, because a) it's something to write about on a very cold rainy day, and b) I have some really

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Technology (NIST). I never thought that I would find a place that loves ... Devices and I worked in the Manufacturing Engineering Lab. So, see that ... Yesterday, I officially completed the 12-week Summer Undergraduate

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Halls are Alive with the sound of mischief :)

  

  . Again, it’s not beautiful. But I would argue that it’s something better ... -100 piano![/caption] Juggling in Lobby 10 Many a night I’ve returned from a ... ="aligncenter" width="1000"] Spot spotted in Stata![/caption] Free Polaroids I was

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  places around and at mit godless and holy

  

  busiest and bustling cities in the world, Boston. During my time here, I ... years. In these past months, my friends and I have discovered our fair ... 's is, in fact, not it. But since I'm making this blogpost: It's godless

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  on my application, do you think that's enough? Do you think I'll get in because I expressed my number in scientific notation? Do I need more Sig ... that one, even though when I was in your spot I probably wouldn't have

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  awareness about the amphibian extinction crisis. When I was in high school I ... what you found in the comments for the rest of us to see). I hope you ... Doom? When I was in middle and high school, my parents and I used to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  i. basketball everything in this section is only approximately ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45nPGnp10iE   in this play, it might look like the defender is ... one of the things i find most interesting about defense in games is its

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  I looked my interviewer in the eye, blinking away sweat from my ... laugh upon the discovery of MIT greek life (but here I am, in a sorority ... my knowledge in general? Should I order coffee or tea? In the end

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  On June 1 (where my last post left off) I hopped on a plane and left Boston for the summer. One fistfight later*, I landed in DC, fully resolved ... seconds to waste. *Not my own. While I waited for my connecting flight in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cream Tea with the MIT Club of Great Britain Meeting MIT alumni in the UK

  

  that everyone would want to do, I was told at the event that many clubs ... comes another confession of cultural ignorance, I did not know what cream tea was when I went to this event. But the president of the club kindly

  • by Cambridge
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  , which guaranteed that I would play someone who was unable to score in ... into place. April 27 (I know because it's recorded in my journal ... ready to kick butt: I was able to score 3 engineering balls in the A bin

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006