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  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  on desktop (or tap, on mobile) to see a related annotation on the right ... attention to the class of 2028 and beyond, I want to take a moment —  alongside President Kornbluth — to reaffirm our commitment to diversity in a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  it to say, we may look just as favorably on the trajectory and distance ... analysis is a big part of trying to process the outcome of a journey that a ... the opportunity, but rather to fully capitalize on it. As much as I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  More reading going on here tonight, after a yummy Super Burrito and horchata (yummy Mexican drink). I wanted to tell you a little about the last ... lot of a student who used to work in our office, who we'll call "Pink

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  at sipb that's working on the new ... to plan out schedules when i have the time: student.mit.edu/catalog/index ... . there's just a couple things that make it confusing to use at the moment

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  one. one of my coworkers, john, lives on a boat. last sunday, father ... , to his boat for a sailing trip. in the hours before we set sail, we ate brunch at a packed dumpling place, as he explained the basics of sailing to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  like. It’s mostly a long strip: There’s west campus on the west, which ... campus is a group of buildings, not to be confused with the building that ...  Massachusetts Avenue is on west campus, everything to the east of Ames Street is on east

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  sexually explicit. I wanted to include such terms in an effort to present a ... physically abusive relationships. It is also, uhh, going to be a really long post ^^; This is a bit of an awkward topic for me to broach, but

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  talking. The next day a friend invited me to have lunch with his friends ... , and I'll be graduating. That's probably the closest I'll ever come to a ... drinking soda without the fizz. Yeah, I've talked to people. I have a pod, we

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  ’d like to take some time to shed a different light on the situation. That ... community came together to protest and put on a fight until permissions were ... of the people. And this very long never-ending day is a testimony to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  have fielded numerous calls and emails soliciting advice on how to ... . 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

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  lead to a lot more than an admissions decision. If you get in on ... school, to de-stress and distract you: A City on the Edge of Forever ... self-esteem drops to unprecedented lows. I applied early action, and on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  We made a website this is a filler post

  

  for feedback. Work on the website began in the middle of week 2. A ... that I need to buy a new laptop. I do hope that my laptop can last me at ... _modules. I am done working on this website and I never want to touch its hacky

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  off the TINIEST sliver at a time, in order to drag out the eating ... interests you - FOR A LIVING! You get to make connections with renowned ... have a penchant for running around, introducing myself to professors, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  caught on that there’s a little bit more to this picture (why would a ... test worse than science majors, and drug users to score worse on a memory ... on the basic properties of our human existence; a world that tries to

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  call them regularly. I am working on making it a weekly practice to have ... hardest decision I've had to make is to give up on a project. When I applied ... position to do their absolute best, and asking them to spend energy on a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  speak to students or their families, be it on travel or during a campus ... on a slant route over the middle. Terrifying? Yes. Required to be ... me from Raleigh, North Carolina to Atlanta, Georgia and a dozen places

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  [annotation note="i debated with myself for such a long time on whether or not i ... relate to a different thing from college admissions. but there are points ... would be, i felt sick to my stomach. a college's admission decision, for

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  and January. My desk is actually less than a foot from my bed. I sit on a yoga ball chair to reduce back pain. I read on an external monitor ... excruciating. I miss talking to my colleagues, and I’m a notorious waffler, often

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  wanted to be a doctor -- which, at the time, was no longer a settled matter ... health after lots of research, a stint in therapy to maintain my self ... to wear yourself out. After that post, I've gone on to disregard each

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  held on to the idea that they wanted to make a difference. They inspired ... program (where I wouldn't have to take the MCAT and would be guaranteed a ... have to take the I-never-want-to-ever-take-this-again exam a.k.a. the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012