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  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  .[/annotation] As my colleague Chris wrote about the amicus brief MIT submitted in ... to the extent —  and only for the reason —  that it is “narrowly ... legally prohibited for decades. As the law stands now, the only reason we

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

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  another, except for maybe Course 8. Fuck physics. Recently, I've been reflecting a lot on what it means for me to be a computer science major and ... Internship For those of you that haven't read previous blogposts, I'm currently

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  , the legend, has taught for Splash. And this will be yet another post ...  I experienced Splash this year. For reasons I’ll talk about later in this post ... ’s some contents: Part 1: Hi, are you interested in teaching for Splash

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  . I came to experience several things for the first time. These are some ... Donalds, they were relegated to Hollywood cinema for me. We washed our clothes by ... ’d never stayed up for more than twenty four hours, not to my recollection

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  .   Learning About D9s D9 is a shorthand for “Divine Nine'', a casual ... reality for her at least during her undergraduate career. But, when she ... . However, during [annotation note=" Rush is 'a chance for new freshmen guys

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  ’ve changed. Then, I need to account for my own “MIT-tinted googles”: for the ... leaving home for the first time, growing older, or just generally maturing ... ’ll never know the counterfactuals. There’s no alternate-universe-self for me

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  most other places. In fact, I'm wearing the 2014 Rush shirt for my dorm, East Campus. (The dorm goes by EC for short, or East Campus Alumni Memorial Housing for long.) You'll find that my dorm's been making head

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  Admissions office. Hmmmmm, I write for a website that prospective students read ... baseball players ask for autographs from the people they're playing against ... UROP and would rather build toys than wind farms was not chosen for a

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  my advisor placement at first, since i had only applied for advising ... “hardest things available”. looking for challenge, i definitely got what i asked for. i talked to the professor about whether or not i should drop to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  if extracting my physical energy as a tax for my sin. the entire month ... ’s vaguely about linguistics, even though my actual job is designing a website ... with machine learning. i am also a counselor for promys. it’s a math

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  On Thursday, I sat in front of a camera for an hour (along with ... for MIT?" My mind went blank. Qualified? What a strange word. I thought of job applications. "Explain how you are qualified for this position

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• 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…

  

  We were asked to write an entry for the anniversary of the blogs, a ... from MIT. First things first: I have now actually been out of college for ... . The audience that I used to write for has now graduated from college

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  nervousness, looking for distractions, forcing yourself to pretend like there ... here is my deep life advice, for application day and forevermore ... TV show or film that ALWAYS makes you feel better. You are so brave for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
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  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  campus for their first year. But, maybe you're thinking about it anyway, or just curious to see what it's like. And lucky for you, I've got the scoop ... living [annotation note="for the record, whenever i refer to off

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  are, so we drew something for you!         ... majority of attendees will be looking for friends, just like you! 3. Visit ... community for everyone! K: If you're thinking about going to MIT (which I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  a class. It's been a hard few weeks for my friends too, with the long ... 's also been a rough few weeks for the MIT community overall, with the losses of Matthew Nehring and Christina Tournant. And for you, dear

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  recently and more frequently than I’d like to admit. For the most part ... . Sidequest 9: Build a thing. I built (with a LOT of help) a shelf for my loft ... . (Warning: I’m about to wax philosophical for what will probably be several

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  summary of those results and a full list of the classes submitted! All the ... emails for more pretty graphs"]Waly![/annotation]  Top X Classes by ... . For the rest, I included the class/classes with the highest frequency

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  like for you. You might have gotten recently added to the Discord or ... means easy. The hard part is over (for now). A lot of adMITs will throw themselves into a panic because they think they need to prepare for MIT, when

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  applying to MIT. I thought I'd post it again (recycling is good for the ... excited for MIT, but I am having some second thoughts. Concerning my peers ... as the others. For example, almost all the people I've talked to have

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008