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• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  criteria that will be used to make the decision. Fortunately, everything that ... admitted to the class. Even though they are certainly right, I am quick to ... of people who make up the admission staff. It is the collective wisdom

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  disciplinary or other action that occurs after your admission to MIT. We have the right to revoke or defer your offer of admission if your conduct does not ... Institute affairs, make policy recommendations to serve social goals, and, yes

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  your life. So to a lot of people the n word is just another word because ... at MIT. If you want to date someone in your race (or you just like that ... growing it out and find someone to do your line). If you are looking for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  makes you feel whole again; one where you are learning and growing all the time; one where you try new things and expand your sense of what is ... , diffuse, waiting to be molded into reality.

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  going to contribute something to campus. The point I am trying to make is ... principle from which to derive a conclusion: Oh, [that student] did / did not ... , even though they are *unqualified* Let's cut to the core of the matter

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

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  Instruments Company and diagonally across from the "old dormitories ... built just to the west. In February of 1931, the buildings would be ... hoses, whereupon the serenaders deemed it more advisable to move to drier

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  baconstrips (and baconstrips and baconstrips) for you to shove down your food ... :47 Your Wibbly Wobbly Guide to Time Travel What happens in your future if ... make everyone's favorite impossible-to-eat food, ice planets! 20

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  to Opening Day at Fenway Park. If you’re a baseball enthusiast like me ... area, which means you’re bound to find people your age interested in the ... don’t have to choose between the two. You don’t have to discard your

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  extra screen space really helps when you're trying to make sense of a ... night/weekend work is expected from October to April. In return, your job ... also a professional strategy to help me make better decisions. Boring is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  to tap into the knowledge/expertise/enthusiasm of MIT students and make ... ) to make the best project iterations possible. Some major takeaways ... , scriptwriting, editing, etc. If you're going to tell a compelling story, you have

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  not to you.      You may give them your love but not your thoughts ... , which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.      You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. Family and friends say

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  it is really like to spend your days here. Linked below are a few ... them) so I guess I was trying to appease them. This all makes me a little ... was it like to have Junot Diaz as your creative writing professor at MIT

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  If you've never seen "Hackers" then you're depriving yourself and should make a point of getting on that train.* I get asked about hacking at ... . There are times when I get asked, out of the blue, what made me decide to

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  is "Don't stress out too much about numbers; you're not going to go to ... to the cemetery where Jim Morrison is buried because we had an hour to ... ironic now. This is why I'm going to be cremated when I die and have my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  's indescribable to lose someone you've lived your entire life alongside, who knew ... when it comes to losing the most important person in your life, there is ... . Thank you for allowing me to be a part of this space and of your lives.

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  first-floor hallway, to make a linear, multicolored, psychedelic display ... -counting-crew had counted to ten-thousand, and sent word to the cookie-making team ... I knew there was going to be a problem when I was one of only two

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  the turns we should have taken to make present-us the person that we ... possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give ... victories and your shortcomings, to an admissions committee. The person who

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  essays on end, you need to stand out. Ideally, your essay should pack ... person reading your essay will be bored too. Make it vivid - let your story ... stand on the sidelines - I want to make a difference. To this end, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  students. I want to make it clear that this myth is false, and we reject it ... to draw your attention again to our amicus brief, filed jointly with ... that we can continue to use our processes and practices to make an MIT

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  class) will go faster than you're comfortable with and you'll just hope to ... a little beyond the standard "it's okay to make mistakes") it is not okay to keep making the same mistakes. You can't just tell yourself "Oh

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008