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• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Do I have to submit a math/science recommendation with my QB application?

  MIT strongly recommends a letter of recommendation from both a math/science teacher and a humanities/social science/language teacher. We accept Quest ... Bridge Finalist, you will be able to add the recommender information to your MIT
• Blog / MISTI

  COPENHELL a giant metal fest in Denmark 🤘🏽

  

  feminism’s been doing for the last thirty years is working. People are chill ... day, Opeth, and, a personal favorite, Jinjer.  Jinjer is a Ukranian ... engineering student whose favorite metal is not copper described in a sleep

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 28, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  Uncanny valley is a phenomenon where an eerie and unsettling feeling arises when looking at something human-like. This is why humanoid robots ... ="aligncenter" width="600"] a graphical representation[/caption] What I’ve noticed is

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  one with nothing making peace with unproductivity

  

  seven. in magic the gathering, a player's hand size is seven cards. this is the starting hand size, subject to mulligans, and the maximum ... 's fine. well, depending on what your view is of "much", this isn't true. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 5, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  As we hurtle towards Pi Day… A post of posts.

  

  out. Lydia's is one such post that is worth a read. I've collected a few ... is by no means an exhaustive list): Me, March 16, 2011: Bleary-eyed David duKor-Jackson, March 13, 2012: To whom much is given... Lydia K

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie Part II My schedule

  

  freebie entry, an entry in which all we have to do is share with you our ... are Wednesdays with that gap in the middle, but the rest is pretty full ... ourselves in differential equations. This, at this point, is looking like my

  • by Snively '11
  • February 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  everyone else sings Sunday and at least one other day. A good choir is a ... have some informal pictures that I will post very soon.** Everything is ... day but to different music. In fact, most of our job is constantly

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  I FINALLY PASSED THE SWIM TEST!!!! 3.5 years late hehe

  

  right before battle with my cheering squad + diabolical swim cap goggles combo the moment of truth. let’s see if i can swim 100 continuous meters… I CAN!! I PASSED…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Too busy to write a blog, check out my playlist instead stuff I listen to when I code

  

  (not by me) Explicit lyrics. Don’t play this in front of your church pastor.

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 14, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  18.600 poetry compute the probability i overuse the ampersand

  

  dedicated to 18.600, a.k.a. Probability and Random Variables, which I took this past semester. special thanks to: Brice H. ‘19, for your endless patience and generosity, & Ivy L. ‘20,…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A UROP or Two In which I ramble about how lucky I am to have such awesome UROPs

  

  Quite a few people have blogged about their UROPs (aka MIT's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program), so I decided to add my voice to the mix! I currently have two UROPs, one in Biology and one in CMS. It takes

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Emergency Morale Booster Night! One of my favorite e-mails of all time

  

  About a week ago, on one particularly high-stress night (it was one of Those Times of the semester) the French House social chair, Emma ’14, sent out an e-mail to…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Class of 2012 guestbook and an update on The Tubes.

  

  As of yesterday, all 522 admitted students can log into MyMIT for the Class of 2012 guestbook directory (post your picture!). Also, all of the decision letters -- including the famed "tubes" -- were mailed yesterday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.

  

  ; sophomores, 2-3pm, Thursday MIT Abroad Panel, 4:00-5:10pm, Thursday ... MIT Abroad Panel, 4:00-5:10pm, Friday Dorm Life @ MIT, 5-6:30pm ... Cappella Concert, 5:30pm, Saturday mitBEEF Beef-Off (I'm a Guest Judge!), 7

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions & Coca-Cola Check-in Last-minute questions, and Coca-Cola Scholars check-in.

  

  the Coca-Cola Scholars weekend in Atlanta (I hope that MIT '10s who are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring Break! A little guessing game.

  

  At approximately 9.30 pm on Thursday night, Spring Break will begin. I leave for (blank) on Saturday. Anyone want to guess where I'm going? Hint #1: It's not the Pappalardo Lab. (although if I were staying at MIT

  • by Bryan
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I AM SO BUSY

  

  But I still went downtown to fetch a fresh fruit eclair. (Sorry for shouting.) Someone asked what I’m doing for spring break. I’m going to Iceland, Sweden, and Denmark with…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ides of March Among other things, I now have the power to kill Macbeth.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Chicken Tikka Masala was actually invented in Great Britain. I know you’re all probably still recovering from your raucous Pi Day celebrations, but I’d like you to…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving!

  

  So I’m about to cook a turkey for the first time in my life, but before I foray out into the world of basting and boiling, I wanted to wish…

  • by Bryan
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Leaves, Strawberries, Doors Pictures of campus, faculty dinner, another door. (7 pictures)

  

  Peak fall foliage has finally hit MIT. Some trees on campus started to turn as early a September, but only recently has most of the campus ... (small) collection of photos of doors at MIT, this from a room

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 5, 2005