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

  

  ability to check multiple boxes should make it easier to identify one's race ... have fielded numerous calls and emails soliciting advice on how to ... . When the questions began, I will admit to being a little perplexed by

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
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  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  something to put on my resume. A: Why do you need something to put on your ... do you want to live well? B: Because living well would make me happy. A ... topic is interesting to me. A: Why does that make you want the UROP? B

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
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  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  's hard to even tell if you're making progress because, at the micro ... we keep doing these things, not because they're guaranteed to make us feel good But because failing to do them is guaranteed to make us feel

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
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  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  to a tune, upside down gnomes from Wisconsin sneaking into your classes ... blessed to have friends like these, to be surrounded by people who make me ... sequel (or what I thought would be a sequel) to 6.046, design and analysis

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
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  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  will have to complete an add-drop form if you want to make any changes ... people just submit one or two classes to make the deadline while they ... ="NASA pls hire me to do experiments on your astronauts"]16.423/HST.515/IDS.337

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
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  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  preparation and decoration that needed to be done to make sure the PNMs felt ... process. PRCs are meant to be an unbiased sounding board, and we are your ... . Don’t be afraid to voice concerns. Ask your PRC or the chapter members

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
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  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  have prompted me to learn how to make this dish in incrementally more ... . I didn’t even have to announce that I was making the dish: the aroma ... how to make it. As I did, they jotted down notes and prodded with

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 9, 2023
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  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  are truly lucky to have Grimson as your chancellor, and I, like everyone ... member. He loves MIT, which is no small thing to say considering he knows what it's like to be a student here (he got his PhD in Mathematics here

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
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  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  your SAT scores (fun fact: the variable that correlates most strongly to ... statement could just as well apply to your entire post: But none of this has ... how to study on your own in the absence of a teacher or curriculum

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  Friends that sang "If you're voting and you know it, clap your hands" to the tune of "If you're happy and you know it" after a full day of talking to ... their ascent, to make sure that I didn't stay down.  #peopleoverpsets

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
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  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  ; usually you don’t get old men saying things like this to your face. Usually ... be exceptional—because if you’re accepted to MIT, you are exceptional ... as a Tech Caller, which means I call alumni, talk to them, and ask them

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
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  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  , experiences, and stories that make me feel comfortable and safe. It’s nice to go ... means it is customary to make wishes and toasts. I toast the adventures ... Cook barley in a pot on the stove. Make according to store directions. As

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  Picture this. You’re trying to shuffle past a gaggle of camera ... problem your friend figured out in the time it took him to pee. You sit in ... pretty enough to make me wish I could swim. Well, one of my friends Daniel

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  of his finals. If you would like to spread happiness with your every ... , bring a giant stuffed animal to your exams. Everyone’s week was way better ... didn’t make it. Holding hands on the way to class. Falling in and out of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
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  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  making it harder to analyze. Maybe the problem with framing this as ... joy, maybe connection. It's a feeling that makes you want to experience ... wanting to get up. Of looking at your to-do list, seeing only three items in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
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  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  load and commitments to make themselves feel that they are not lagging ... willing to make time to listen, and to support them as much as I can. Since ... making me uneasy. I dedicated time for myself to sit down and think through

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  read, and read, and try to make notes of my thoughts, and try to assemble ... I decided I wanted to make a Twitter bot for my final project in CMS ... than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  people from your high school know about MIT? What made you decide to come ... makes you a candidate to attend MIT. Just find things you love to do, and ... , writing search algorithms to help fictional cows find salt licks in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
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  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  point, though, it's pointless to be too hard on yourself, if you know you're ... difficult concepts and brutal tests. It represented the final hurdle to being med school ready, the last outstanding class I had to take if I ever

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
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  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  these months, work is hard enough to make me feel like I should be able to ... like that every week. Maybe it’d make more sense to plot it on the ... . On those days, I get a lot done. I find myself able to work for like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020