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  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  There's something I've been mulling over in my head for a long time ... and bad) that I've had with people on CollegeConfidential and elsewhere. When I'm on the road, or in an information session, or online in various

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  As someone who is notably not a millionaire, I started working in high school once I turned 16. And while a lot of students at other ... I used to. The good news is you don't have to be an OnlyFans model

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  similarly barely-open-up-able door. "I should've re-taken the SAT like Sam ... feels awful. Instead, tell yourself: "In my circumstances, I tried my ... , whatever works). Let's do it together: In my circumstances, I tried my best

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gangnam Style Yes...........this exists.

  

  came into my room who had never seen it, and I had to educate her. For ... an MIT Gangnam Style. At the beginning of October, I started seeing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  nothing to do with you. I’m making this point because getting rejected from ... context of “I wasn’t good enough to get in.” That’s not the right way to ... . That’s why I love Washington’s “It’s not me, it’s you” attitude towards

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  situation is probably not going to change. I can't speak to the situations for all the children in the world, but I will give you my take on the ... candidates are considered. These are not hypothetical places. I have worked in

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  I've had all kinds of feelings about returning to MIT as staff a decade after I was a student here, but one of them is ✨delight✨ at seeing ... , driven by passion, and a feat made possible by community. In fact, when I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  and second semesters. See also: Cami's post. I have no clue and I need ... . Something like "I'll take one science GIR per semester" and "I'll finish my PE ... , Classes I Won't Be Able to Take and Exploring Classes. My two cents is that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  's fascinating research on early Chinese students at MIT). I worked on the project ... early international students. I'm an immigrant from Ukraine, so it was ... diversity efforts and policies, I wanted to tell stories. I wanted to show the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  Hey guys! I know it's been a little while since I have blogged. The ... lives of MIT students. BUT, right now even though I have both pictures and ... Fall). That's because most of the things I'm doing now as an MIT student

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  SHASS Hack feminist hacktivism

  

  "] SHASS.[/annotation] I, for one, think this hack was extremely well done and the end result is beautiful. I will let it speak for itself, with a ... , well, I think this message from the hackers says it best: We recognize

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Move Fast And Break Things just make sure you have a net positive of unbreaks

  

  . You'll understand what I mean if you ever become course 6. In the ... ' unix names, although I'm not sure if this is going to fly with upper ... guys i was totally standing right next to zuck After generally giggling

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  costarring in it! I've been working all week rewriting some web content for ... Genentech Refined oil iWalk bioprosthetics Big Dog HP, cofounded ... graduate from MIT iRobot, founded by MIT alumni Helen Greneir and Colin

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  facing the street. I am sharing it with you because 1. There is a store on ... stores). 2. I absolutely hate doorknobs. Here is the Longfellow Bridge

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  I asked people around me for advice, tips, tricks, and things to know. I added some of my own advice. Then I organized everything into the ... people you do see every day too. So I guess just make friends

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  from those communities, I've put together this blog that details a non ... start the new year.  But I also want to note that while it might be ... [♥ - Hearts denote resources that I personally love] Free Online Educational

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  . Ultimately, the faculty members on CUP chose the four of us! Rona: I chose to ... wonderful experience, and I wanted to continue in a broader capacity. Paolo: I’ve spent a long time at MIT thinking about education, both through

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  I've been doing a lot of reflecting lately, maybe because: - I feel old and unprepared heading into senior year - I just underwent adult ... brother's starting college in a month and that makes me feel even older - I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  firehose.” The earliest reference I could find is from the 1972 How to Get ... on How to Get Around MIT. And now that I’ve cited How to Get Around MIT twice, I’m obligated to mention that it stopped getting published 2011

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  Three years ago I was in the room I’m still in now, and just like ... stacked on each other, full of stuff my dad and I had bought my last week ... -up truck. I spent the next week missing my family like crazy, and I spent it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013