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  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  next? A: First, you should create a MyMIT account. Then you should ... to follow up by mailing a fee waiver to us. Q: I am taking my tests ... happens? Should I unrank MIT or withdraw my application? A: If your

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

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  remarked on my bright red hair. It’s noticeable. Not in Davis Square though ... wearing shorts, a t-shirt, and shoes that cost less combined. My hair fades ... big and loud when… … I go to CVS with my partner and hand my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  next? A: First, you should create a MyMIT account. Then you should ... to follow up by mailing a fee waiver to us. Q: I am taking my tests ... happens? Should I unrank MIT or withdraw my application? A: If your

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  There's a story my mother likes to tell about the time, soon after I began first grade, she received a polite but concerned note from my teacher. Evidently, when my time to show-and-tell had arrived, I read aloud

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  my CPW as an admitted pre-frosh, and I had a conversation with myself at my hotel before checking in at CPW. Did I really want to go to MIT? Was it the place that I understood it to be? My 1st choice? A place that

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

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  Chicago, you see, and I was still wearing my uniform--polo shirt and plaid ... "yay" around my house after I had opened the web page notifying me that I ... , and it has nothing to do with the fact that the word contains my name, I

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  'm hunched over on the airport floor. My eyes are glazed with the exhausting combination of spending quality time with my family/staying up late talking to ... entirely tuned out my surroundings when a thirty-something-ish man steps over

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• 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…

  

  got an e-mail from my labmate Jacqueline '07, who's working at NIST this ... from my house to my office, and although the Rhein river is a little ... Anna's Taqueria at all. 3. My turkeys. My work with Bayer Crop

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  I know I just wrote an entry about grad school interviews, but my ... a little more about the process that is consuming my life. Grad ... so many great people on my interview trips, and some of them have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  I've gotten a few questions lately about my activities -- why I do what I'm doing and such -- so I thought I'd clue you all in on my raison ... , a theatre/band/choir star in high school. I was the only person in my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  January 2002, which was before I was here... but my sophomore year I ... similar amounts of laziness but fewer of my friends on campus), tons of fun stuff is going on, and all my friends at other schools are going to class

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  term, my body can't normally sleep more than 8.5 hours in a night even if ... prefers 9 or 9.5. Ah, the mysteries of life. Also, during term, my body is ... : - Played with my eight year-old brother - Watched most of the complete series

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  One. In October 2017, I left home and lived on my own for several months. It was my first time living alone, actually alone, without anyone ... driving a flathead screwdriver between my eyebrows. I didn't get up. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  love in the time of unlimited data against kindness as utility

  

  foresight to grind a Duolingo course on the flight there, my half ... intimidating-looking cafe I saw in the neighborhood of my hotel, asked for a ... item. I was determined not to use Google Translate, in part because my

  • by Kai V. '25
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  with the hubbub of CP✱, this year's iteration of CPW, and my general ... of proof-of-concept for both my planning methods and the distance ... go. Sunday, April 18th, 2021, 8:15 AM, Next House I fill up my water

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  back to sleep, and after checking my phone for five minutes, I get out of ... 't even know why I'm awake this early. My earliest class today is 2:30 PM ... on the dining table. I check my email, and then Messenger, then Discord

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  It's official: my first semester at MIT is over. After finishing four finals in three days, I packed my bags and headed back home to South Bend ... that weren't enough, my parents, who have always been incredibly

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  here in Kuwait. It is vital for me to receive my admissions decision ... wrote: "I was wondering whether phone interviews are accepted, since my ... my school's programming and quiz team at certain competitions called

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  kind of fiddling with my spring semester schedule here and there. It ... document my thoughts of each class as this week goes on because I usually ... , therefore doing the bare minimum and using PNR to my full ability. Now, I don

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  the first time I’ve ever been in the UK. My journey involved three ... could’ve taken the bus, but I didn’t want to drag my luggage all over the ... leading up to my flight to London were hectic. I was graduating, so along

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025