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  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  complete the MIT application Part 1 (biographical form), and if you are ... not need to complete the Part 2 (essays, activities, awards) - we will use your QuestBridge application for that. In the Part 1, when you come

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

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  complete the MIT application Part 1 (biographical form), and if you are ... not need to complete the Part 2 (essays, activities, awards) - we will use your QuestBridge application for that. In the Part 1, when you come

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  , but rather it's part of being a gracious host: making time for your ... part because research is going on all the time. We will offer UROP tours ... time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a ... to what extent you're looking to explore on your own. Like online ... Machine": One part of CPW mythology is the "Weather Machine" -- that somehow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  not have a definitive date and time when letters will be mailed, but it will be around the same time as the decisions are posted online. Because ... .mit.edu on Saturday, March 18 at 12 noon, Eastern Standard Time. There's not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  activities. Well, of course I felt at the time that those student jobs were ... perfectly good jobs in mechanical engineering everyone, even if they don ... the communities I’m now a part of are beloved to me, but I definitely

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  part of the interview process, I was told to (1) Learn about the Twitter ... sense to me. I found some code online that made the Twitter API really easy to use (it's a library called Tweepy) and I spent some time reading

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  ! By this time my standards were pretty high. Let’s face it, I’d gotten a ... from this experience: MIT values different parts of its mail depending on ... you. You can load your ID with TechCash either online or on the bottom

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  I have SMASHING news!

  

  ; “People of Beaveria!” said Schmillius, “It is time for us to cease this ... !” proclaimed the old man. “On Pi Day, at Tau Time, our peoples will join together ... wisdom. And thereafter they honored Pi Day – 3/14 – at Tau Time – 6:28 PM

  • by Sir Nigel Blogberry
  • March 7, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  memories and the sense of loss that i (and others) felt during that time ... ’ll all look back on this period in time. How the pain, the anger, the fear ... , particularly in the last few days, is unfinished. Part of it is an issue of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  I have a real-ish job I can spend more time out in the mountains that ... people are excited by that, because the cold, bleak winter is a tough time ... would be the year we had no winter. And for a long time, it looked like I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  dancing a lot. I enrolled in an online class taught by one of my favorite ... even have time to chill last IAP? I'm not entirely sure...I feel like I spent most of my time running around juggling dance and other

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  astute readers might remember from last year), and it takes a lot more time ... order to isolate the more notable parts of my MIT experience for the past ... 're wondering how I discriminated any part from anything else with these cruddy

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  them in plenty of time for regular action decision making. EA Deferee ... asks, "Also, I'm applying next year but I was wondering when a good time ... attaching anything through the online application, I was wondering if it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  the work i was learning about. i had time to appreciate the sheer ... to that cause or job or person for the rest of your life, and sometimes ... look back on it and smile. for now and hopefully for a long time, for me

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  online (Part 2), my name doesn't appear on the two signature lines which ... in?" This is a bug in our online application, all is good, don't worry ... you to take this summer to decompress from high school, spend time with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  amazing program and a huge part of my life. However, it’s hard to understand ... , so that they can commission at the same time as their graduation ... -October. I’m happy to say that each time I’ve taken the PFA I’ve gotten a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  else Whose spirit seems dead There was a time, last year, when I really ... ’t help but feel a small bit of envy. At the time, it seemed to be ... Without a sense of purpose I’ve spent all this time For no reason MIT has an

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

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  spot of all time, but I did lift the title of an obscure yet underrated ... the country, it's about time I was allowed to blog. Read on to learn of ... Service jobs available to MIT students. It's probably the best paying

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  's just one of the many things you do with your time, almost like a job, but ... a PhD wouldn't commit me to [annotation note="though another part of ... 's not as though anyone forced me to love it. At the same time, with the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022