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• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  If you’re a QuestBridge Finalist that didn’t rank MIT, you are welcome to apply. Please email us at questbridgeinfo@mit.edu stating that you are a QuestBridge Finalist who wishes to apply to MIT Regular Action
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  I try to think of how I'm feeling, all I get is static in response ... don't know what I want in life. And really I think that ironically is ... 's a greater part of me that is terrified. To not know what these next 6

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 30, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  e3 2k19 at long last, i got to go to gamer christmas

  

   (THE gaming convention of the year). you might also know that e3 is in ... closed, and i would have to purchase a gamer pass, which is a whopping $350 ... playstation is part of) wasn't attending e3 this year, i probably wouldn't be

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 14, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  less. It's nice that this school has a [annotation note="the MIT Outing ... quickly like rain, but as if it's taking its sweet time. It is beautiful. Walking through soft ice is quite different from walking on normal ground

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  What up, squad!! It’s been quite the week for MIT Women’s soccer. The season is flying by, and we’ve played a whopping total of 18 games ... because of my fractured and sprained foot, which is such a bummer because I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  discography whatsoever. When I got to MIT, my music taste evolved to include ... MIT: Regressions, where I saw footage of Timothy Leary, the father of ... I ended up rearranging my schedule so I could take it. The class is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  ="The NEET Program (New Engineering Education Transformation) at MIT is an ... a test is harder -> instructor lowers grade cutoffs ... Disordered Cosmos] - This is an advising seminar I participated in as an

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  There are a lot of phrases in the english language that can be used to describe me- "athletically inclined" is not one of them. I can ... is, you can climb it too. )

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  forgetting what day it is eating because you want to keep your mouth busy, not because you’re hungry but because you want to keep moving ... passive, detached manner the point after which it is too late to ask for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: Cologne by Haux       The last few weeks of every semester is chaotic, nerve-wracking, and stressful ... yourself into a panicked, hyper-focused cramming mindset (okay, maybe this is

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  opportunities MIT churns out every year to send my friends everywhere from DC ... Lab, is small, demanding and moves incredibly quickly. Each semester the ... was away) and my temporary Istanbul work life. While our work is still

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Total immersion An MIT-Italy student finds her way around Rome

  

  Rachel Foley Junior MIT-Italy Program Internship: ENEL Th ... ’ve come into a fuller realization of how interconnected Rome is. The first ... needed. It forces us to adapt, and that is an invaluable skill that we all

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  your chair. He spent four years waking me up at 5 AM for school, which is ... ." So far, the voice is compelling enough for me to immediately get up

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  is a lecture about achieving childhood dreams. I don't know you may ... life is something everyone can relate to, and listening to one man look

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  's the way life is. The real world is so much bigger than what you know now ... anywhere but MIT right now. I understand that completely, because I felt the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  in the recipient, cut the donor until all that's left is a square piece ... is a bit better -- just dealing with a lot of long waiting times ... people around me has saved me. the culture at my lab is what keeps me

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  Near the start of the pandemic, I decided not to come back to MIT ... anymore. Sunk cost fallacy is a fallacy, after all. The first week of school ... person for three years. There is a difference between leaving something

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  , dropping my A to a C. The sad part is that I still cared, even though it was ... were some exceptional circumstances that put MIT on Pass ... [annotation note="OX is a grade that you can get at the end of the semester if

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  us would eat it. We eat out rarely, and Indian and Asian food is ... think the key, for me, is to trick myself. I can’t think of sushi and then ... my apartment is toasty even though it’s only me at home right now, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  present tense “you've got to let go of the fear”

  

  've taken so far, it is swim class that has made me feel the worse about ... be because of the sertraline. or both, or neither, and the thing is ... , and that the theme is of having my trust being broken. that all of them

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2020