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  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  . When the questions began, I will admit to being a little perplexed by what seemed to be widespread confusion. When I was a kid, I recall ... have fielded numerous calls and emails soliciting advice on how to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
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  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  a lot to get down and little time to do it, I’ll write one long ... do you mean you’re waiting for your refund to hit?  What do you mean ... working person. It’s just hard to not feel disadvantaged when you’re

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
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  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  desire to get other celebrities to answer the question - "If your last ... were only two rules regarding the units of measure. Celebrities get to ... assigned to them by another member of Conner 2. I can't remember all of the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  ’ve already given your all, for almost two decades, to get where you are now. I ... that I was working to get into MIT. If I got into MIT, I’d be happy. And ... projects turn out, and not all grants get accepted. In order to succeed you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
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  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  ’s student government). After being selected by the committee, we each spoke to ... , Arts, and Social Sciences) Requirement the previous year. Getting to ... , including through UROPs, clubs, and just by being around new people. How can

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  : College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh This post was tough to edit! Both ... Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance I have wanted to advertise the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  , however, I caught up with my cousins and by default that means going to bed ... ;   Afeefah: 100% good health. I’ve been trying to get into a ... you’re struggling with right now?  Bryan: I struggle with how to be an

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  meetings that no longer apply to you. you add your permanent email address to ... to take away your @mit.edu email address eventually. you return all ... 'm running errands in california, like going to the bank and getting my mom

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  around in an oversized fish tank: ‘I can’t wait to get out here.’ When the ... Linn Hobbs. Though tempted by many to begin work at the State Department ... robes required to eat by candlelight), and on the right the Pepys Building

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
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  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  just get the library." Vincent Crabbe (Bella X. '25), to Neville: "Your ... props are fun. I was reluctant to get robes at first, but some generous donations from alums allowed us to all get robes for free. I played as Neville

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  virtually anyone trying to make sense of the college admissions process. In ... situation is probably not going to change. I can't speak to the situations ... unlikely to change is because the priority is enrolling the desired class

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
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  tell your friends you love them for we are but blips in a timeline

  

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 9, 2024
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  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  you don't get to take the HASS you want to take that semester. I ... only have a year left at MIT, and there's no way I'm going to get to take ... serve as the repository of courses that I likely won't get to fit into my

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
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  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  want to do when they get out. It means that the MISTI kids are precisely ... D students/post-docs so I’m again the youngin’. I’ve been able to get to know a ... Israel: http://benbellinisrael.wordpress.com/ I was trying to think of a

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
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  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  science and anthropology. I have learned new ways to look at the world and ... to the realization that I had undertaken more than just an ... arts ‘immersion’ program. As someone used to equations, numbers and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
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  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  know what builds character? Having to pack up all your crap on your own ... ), and it was amazing to be constantly surrounded by people who were driven ... , but we are all like that. "I can't wait to get out of here. I am willing

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
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  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  somewhat lightened up as I witnessed how many people stopped by to ask where ... nights when I didn’t even want to think about walking across campus to get ... hard to come by these days. So I decided to follow a religion, the

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
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  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  range from challenges to weaknesses to baseball, poets from your ethnicity ... As promised, an awesome guest entry - written by the wonderful ... mostly I go by stephlin, steph or “yoooo.” I’m currently finishing up my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
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  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  to spatial ability by nearly a full standard deviation, and in attempt ... ?). If you’re now wondering whether I’m about to throw some kind of ... counselors always liked to talk about how we should take care to get eight

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
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  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  My dorm, the 117-year-old Random Hall, is identical to the older ... Beaux-Arts style, characterized by large windows, large staircases, and ... to the lonely 3 am campus, soaking up the light reflecting off the snow

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012