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  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  is on that single spectrum. Houses would be painted black and white ... scientist discusses a theory on why tetrachromats (people with four color ... that, on a much less international level, here in the United States, many

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  sense of mysticism. Sudden rains on a sunny day happen when may kasal ng ... . Getting rained on, naulanan, causes sickness, often colds. Lots of songs ... from Signal Number 1 to Signal Number 5, which are based on the maximum

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  So quite recently I made a post on Facebook about a few things I had ... a little bit deeper on what I meant by a few of these things, and what ... on my list are just a matter of the small size of the black population

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

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  engineers in my life, but he was my favorite; his influence on my life, the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  Sam, because that is not his name. As we sat on a bench in Lobby 7, Sam told me that he had a problem. On Pi Day, he had been admitted to MIT ... , Facebooked, Slacked, or spoken on the phone with many members of the Class of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23:59 tomorrow. If you're on the fence, I have one small bid to make you fall in love. I came to MIT for the people here. I've had wonderful experiences

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  ) explicitly on a silver platter. The most compelling essays I feel are those that sufficiently paint the picture for the reader, and then leave him on ... resounding "yes!" - congrats! "But- how do you do that?" Read on ;) (btw

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  notifying student subscribers about free food available on campus. That night ... production in some way, but I was so focused on solving the problem that I didn

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  render judgment on you? You know what you have to offer. It’s not worth ... ’t hand you a perfect life on a glittering platter. And if you’re ambitious

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  for all the children in the world, but I will give you my take on the ... each one of these admissions offices, and not one of them is MIT. On the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  trying to pin it on anything else – race, gender, whatever – is just ... reflection on you. At all. Accepted, deferred, or otherwise – you are all

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  on since my sophomore year. I worked to design and build a longer ... typhus/typhoid infection The AfriDev pump is, on the one hand, simply ... springs (and, importantly, not on a hill) so that any interference with the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  i've been thinking about pi day and decisions lately and the song [annotation note="i debated with myself for such a long time on whether or not i should post just the audio or the full music video, and decided the video

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

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

  

  parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  it is.) More than just being around here though, he has served on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  tactical vest and be very nice to everyone on campus). But what really sets

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  subway. No matter where in the world we went, on the subway, people would stare at us. When I was six years old, we were on the subway in Shanghai

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  , check out the annual questions thread on College Confidential. Congratulations on your acceptance(s). Best of luck choosing. :)

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  after turning on the Admissions Machine the day after applications are due ... produced. This is why, incidentally, David put so much emphasis on making the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  friends on hall. The next day I had dinner with some friends in the area ... think of not on its own, but in contrast. If you're in your room, that ... sit on your hand for a few minutes and then pull your hand out, you get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021