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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  E founders! wow :D  I really had no idea how I got there. Just two years ago ... to rely on them no matter what condition I’m in, sick or stressed or ... undergraduates are in a greek organization. And no matter where you go to school, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  Vincent. These are the small subtleties that no one but a black person can ... to me. However….. That meant nothing right now. “NO! WHERE IS YOUR ... ’t apologize, and apparently he was no longer angry about whoever might have

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  - 1900 AD), and finally the United States (~1900 AD - present). No one ... other academic centers competed with each other. Academic Freedom: no ... 10% but no professors stand at the gates to decide your fate. Students

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  . Now, I will start off by saying: I am by no metrics, a musician. I don ... that music at ear-splintering levels like there’s no tomorrow (and when ... desk. Knock on the door? Won’t hear it! Party happening next door? No way

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  will get no points for it. Uh oh. My mind goes into panic mode, but I ... ever happens, and move up to first. I have no reception at the ice rink, and there’s no wifi either. I can’t call an Uber. I can’t get back to my

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  . Here are some essay tips to consider (in no particular order): Don ... the students, because no one has access to all admitted applicants ... is by no means complete or comprehensive. Read advice from other

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  #scretious and bunnies!

  

  online but to no avail. This is shocking, as it is practically impossible ... . They are the best part of late night snack runs. It is no surprise then ... ” lifestyle, in which I work for money and bring no assignments home. For now

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  Pest 4. I imagine many MIT students see no distinction. Make new friends ... . -_- -___- No comment. Resolutions for 2015 2014 was a charged year for the ... simply this: feel happy, feel fulfilled. Certain? No. Likely? Who knows

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  , trying again and again to master the tire swing (which, mind you, is no ... had literally no idea where to begin. As I'm writing this, the results ... understand why Pass/No Record exists for first semester. Transitioning is hard

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  that is no longer accessible. When I think of this place in space and ... fail spectacularly (bless you, Pass/No Record), and take it as a learning ... reminder that every single person you meet, no matter how you may

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  new essays? No. You do not need to "improve" your ... no fault of your own, your school forms (e.g. teacher recommendations ... interviews have been waived are at no disadvantage). You are welcome to request

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  , coursework details, research experience details (there's no "common app", so ... Research fellowship...of the ring? No. Cornell has a nice description: "A ... LIFE!" or "NO MORE COOKIES, EVER!") but this semester I've developed a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  my house keys, hugged my housemates goodbye - and suddenly I was no ... glanced over. "What did you forget?" "Guess." "No idea - what?" "My bike ... . Where am I going to be next year? I have no idea. Oh. My. Goodness. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  charcoal from; I had no answer. Turns out that the UA was delivering a bit of ... returned, there was no more left to carry in; some volunteers didn't actually ... ) security was so tight no one was allowed to walk around without an MIT ID

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  famed statistician Nate Silver is one of them. Nate Silver needs no ... only a median and a mode; because no number would be mean to Nate Silver ... in what happens if you have no long term consistency at all in your

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  to fix it and then bam — you're out of time. No good.   It is perfectly fine if, through no fault of your own, your school ... interviews have been waived are at no disadvantage). You are welcome to request

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  For Newtown

  

  of the compassion that connects friends and strangers alike. No amount ... distressingly small in quantity, but glowingly large in quality. And no greater tribute can be paid to you as parents, and no greater epitaph can come to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  's accurate, maybe not broad." And with that, he disappeared (I actually have no ... "no time" thing was increasingly stressful. Very quickly, it was Tuesday night, I had well over 2000 words written, and still no coherent

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  away in the back; he very wearily said no. Maybe he gets that question a ... to perform various kinds of statistical analyses on our data. No fun ... baking bread in every variety. I have no objections to this WHATsoever

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  , no matter how smoothly you try to form your sentences, they invariably ... been made more clearly. While (hopefully) no lives are riding on your ... -congratulation that it should be no surprise the essays themselves stink like bad

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012