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First-year eligibility
[annotation note="Note that we do not formally require you to have graduated or earned a GED, though you may well choose to!"]concluded[/annotation] their secondary education and wish to pursue a bachelor's degree as a full -
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Our mission
's longstanding commitment to the public interest, a theory we put into practice ... enroll add to a vibrant campus community and will become the leaders and innovators of our global society. We uphold a commitment to meritocracy and -
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throwing cream pies in each other's faces to announce when decisions would be released, and making a video to announce Pi Day became an unexpected ... comforting character for those of us old enough to remember videotapes -
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Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks
stealthily execute campus pranks according to an informal code of ethics. These ethics, loosely stated, assert that hacks must do no damage to property or any person, must be safe, and must provide joy or amusement to those who -
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For home educators
less constrained educational environment to take on exciting projects, go ... Stanford OHS. Transcripts of these courses, in addition to an evaluation of the ... Interlochen, among many others) are a great opportunity to work with other students -
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Basic facts
[intro]MIT's primary purposes are teaching and research with relevance to the practical world and transforming society for the better. To ... ) who will contribute to MIT and the world.[/intro] These basic facts are -
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First-year class profile
citizens and excluded from all other categories). All percentages rounded to ... http://iso.mit.edu/about/statistics.shtml. Socioeconomic Status First generation in their family to attend college 20 -
Blog / Academics & Research
6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit
up the stairs to get a higher seat since sitting in the front scares me ... struggled with actually getting my code to work. By the time lab was over, I ... to loud continous sounds Your system shoudl NOT respond to continuous -
Blog / Advice
You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things
't get close to guessing how long the website would last. Consider another ... tend to stick around longer than anyone expects. Consider the ESP website ... whether to create the website in Perl or Python. There's a bit of discussion -
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Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students
sheets and study guides that get sent to your email when you sign up at ... website is an amazing way to get free, on-demand tutoring services from like ... .com/ Description: Great website for getting access to free Photos, Videos, Music -
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Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.
sitting on your desktop that refuses to get shorter? Is it a person that you ... thing to get under control when you are feeling overwhelmed and/or anxious ... . If you are not in a safe space, try to find one. Whether it is your -
Blog / About Decisions
Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it
area and asked if I wanted to get dinner. Rejoicing that once again ... refers to the observed phenomenon that making decisions depletes your ... during committee, buy low-glycemic index snacks to avoid spikes and crashes -
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An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!
Christine Walley to get my HASS concentration form filled out. You're supposed ... smack Adam and ask when he wants me to get him up (he can't get up by ... am trying to get Adam to stop studying for his 16.06 test and start -
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Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS
college apps, you would be sadly mistaken. Once you get to college, you ... consumes your life during your senior fall of high school, applying to ... your resume is time-consuming. You have to make sure that literally every -
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The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...
gets in the way of your work or school, you have to deal with it and ... there were steps I was taking, that we were going to get somewhere ... . Being happy, to a degree, is part of your health--in particular your -
Blog / Athletics
Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.
a nice way to get outside, get some exercise, and get to places, but I ... or get a flat, I can speed past all of them on my bike. Needless to ... . There are great regional bike maps - not to mention Google Maps Biking