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  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  .. but it all depends on how i perform next weekend." Good luck with the ... the spring semester, right? Also, how ... likely is it that someone who ... how "likely" it is that someone not admitted in the freshman process

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  how i decided what to do after graduation. this is a condensed version ... finance is particularly good for the world (i don’t think it’s bad either; i think it’s very neutral) and i also don’t think QR work is that

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  .  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I do not miss Winter Break, 2022.  It took me so long to write my ... –oh the potential. So much of it. So many dreams, so many possibilities, and ... essays. I miss exploring myself, and seeing how I really grew during the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  . It was my introduction to writing that wasn’t the five paragraph ... thought to (digital) paper. Before this semester, I was finding it very difficult to find the time to write though. This isn’t an anomaly, it’s hard

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  , and how hard I worked to get an A in it, coming in every lunch to work ... from [10th grade, 12th grade], but [it was 2 years ago, they will only ...  when they should have taught you. It is indeed very common for letters to come from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.

  

  to take a toll on my ability to think outside the box. How I see it, is ... because I know how many problems an idea might face when it comes to ... respective fields for so long, that many of us have forgotten what it is like

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 24, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  st, we will simply email you instructions with how to roll over into ... consider you for Regular Action as well, as long as your application is ... mail it to MIT Undergraduate Admissions Processing Center, P.O. Box 404

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  st, we will simply email you instructions with how to roll over into ... consider you for Regular Action as well, as long as your application is ... unofficial score report faxed or mailed in the meantime. You can mail it to MIT

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  another leaf, on the foot, two days ago. It wasn't a gentle smack, but it actually stuck to my foot since it was damp out (seriously, you can't make ... matters worse, I was wearing open heels, and had recently showered (it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  liked the title and couldn't bring myself to change it. Actually, this ... things about MIT that you still can't replicate, no matter how many MIT ... along the river, and how the scenery changes from the Esplanade to MIT to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  sounded so different from how it did on Youtube. I still managed to come in ... Of Brain: "You got your fix during IAP, in Hack Punt Tool! AND it was a ... decent part in Hack Punt Tool because it was about MIT students and you are

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i used a selfie stick for good and other things i did in 6.811

  

  technology (PPAT)! it's a higher level interdisciplinary course 6 class that ... , clear photos. it sounded simple enough—there are plenty of existing i ... injury with limited fine motor skills and it turned out to be a very

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  with institutions to make it available to their community members ... collaboratively, and thoughtfully, over a long period of time to make this happen ... is a thing, I asked Christina to write up a brief history of how this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  how he banned the last one from attending his funeral. I didn’t know ... week goes a little bit like this: It all started when I checked my grade ... mapping cycloids and finding the trajectory of a ball after it flies off of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  it took a full embarrassingly long minute for him to relent and do so ... underestimate how difficult it can be to travel as a black person, because as I ... it’s good, it’s really good.”  Though, I can’t describe how amazing my

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  Thanksgiving afternoon, got home, and was frankly bowled over by how low the ... compare my soul to a shopping center, then it's fair to say that MIT bought ... . Admittedly, it's a relief to step away from college for a few days and taste

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  . So basically there's no way to tell where anybody is and how long it ... graduate school admissions as long as your score's decent, but I felt like it ... that I didn't get to see during term. (It's not that I have no time to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men

  

  have passed since freshman orientation, turning it into this blur of free ... Mindsets Orientation was followed by Rush, a week-long event in which ... several years ago, and there was no arguing with it. If I wanted to have a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  it, but now that I've seen how impactful it is, I'm hooked. When I ... find out how it grows from here!   Update: Someone started ... of MIT in the game Minecraft. And given how dedicated, ambitious, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  enrolled moments before finishing this very blog entry and am proud of it ... wonder how many people actually get what I mean by palm :-p). After a two ... , while waiting for my MIT decision and even after it, the chatroom provided

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008