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  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  . However, during [annotation note=" Rush is 'a chance for new freshmen guys ... of these events was a [annotation note="A probate is a new member ... right) and her line sisters (people in the same new members class) cutting

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  more. There's also a separate website they have that has local listings ... , you take a quick glance inside the sprawling space, a wide room with low ... quick about it. There are two people in line in front of you, and you

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  embarking on that new chapter quickly passed sometime early the following day ... new friends from the past year are – brace yourself – British, but this ... ). New York is a great city, and there has long been a Battle of the Titans

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  a dozen According to the MIT website: “Seventy-one present and former ... dismiss quickly. 5. You have freedom to choose your classes It is so cool

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  . Moving into a college dorm is a new experience with new responsibilities ... 'll be happy to hear from you. 2) The first people you meet in a new place ... while, even if it sounds scary. You'll have a new story to tell, or maybe

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  , and decide to make quick pasta for dinner with Phyo, another TA and '10 ... Seminar, a required 6-unit class for all new ESG TAs. Discuss different ... finished. Head home to crash immediately. 3:34 AM: Quick email check. No

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  not belong on the MIT admissions website” post. At least, that's what I ... House, New House, MIT Admissions, 24.900, MTG, Course 8, and so on. Some

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  amazing happened. The website crashed. ZOMG THE SITE CRASHED If I recall ... the new essay, and MIT gave me admission. For those beginning their

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  . Starting in August, I studied prompts and scoured websites. September saw me ... WOW IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. I quickly texted the entire planet, went back

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  . Go to a website like firehose.guide and look at your choices. Schedule ... . There's also OfCourse, a website that uses algorithms™ to recommend which ... then add new ones instead, but you can still definitely shop for classes

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  this: create an index by multiplying SAT score and GPA. Rank-order the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  Charlotte Blonsky a patent: In case reading the crumbly Times New Roman is ... official website, and here's the Wikipedia page. This year, the Ig Nobel ... new Dutch friend is a fabulous singer, and my Italian friend is a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  cat, I ran quickly to the office and seconds later, was tearing off DHL ... Penn. I checked out the university’s website and Wikipedia page. I found ... -principal while he logged onto Penn’s website. Drums banged in my chest and throat

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  thought about life. I thought about space, politics, and the new vegan place ... the premises quickly, chuckling lightly to ourselves, and my voice was ... my queue equally quickly. No overflow. No stress. But anomalous work

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  ’m building new tools to study the interaction between tuberculosis and its host ... !!!) When I was applying to MIT, I got something in the mail. The website was ... on about, say, a sandwich I ate at the student center, or a new haircut

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  stomach. Your eyes are two inches from the new door. You did not move ... new state, you instinctively roll into a ball. This fills you with dread ... . The website contains only a clock counting down. 2 minutes remain. Liz S

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  do this very efficiently with intrinsics movelist.push(new Move(from_index ... wanted to preface this post real quick by jumping in and giving a little ... website. I am incredibly proud of Raymond and have been so excited for this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  much logistics. If you can put the thing on a website, [annotation note="Assuming you're not putting anything weird on your website. If you read my 2021 ... Artist, that because nothing new under the sun, all art is made of stolen

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  new Council. Hearing some commotion in the background, she says, “It ... architect for Novartis' new campus. 12:30am: It's around this time I don ... we feature articles from The New York Times about national and global

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  like a whale lunge feeding']missed them,[/annotation] here’s an index of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025