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  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  —  alongside President Kornbluth — to reaffirm our commitment to diversity in a ... our goal of a diverse MIT, with [annotation note='In addition to our ... Proposition 209 in 1996 led to a decline in Black enrollment at its most

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
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  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  in any case, I was far too busy to contemplate what it meant. I met up with my dad in New York. He had traveled to the US for a program called ... ’s common in Nigeria for novels to be officially shown to the public in a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  creatures. They’ve nearly perfectly adapted to an urban environment, with a sturdy carapace, unparalleled scavenging prowess, and ability to fly. In other words, in a world that humans have built for themselves, the roach

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
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  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  it would take to get from a T stop in Boston back to Next House. Out of ... maps in a specific order to give us clues. He did this so many times ... so glad I got to take part in an MIT tradition that I’ll get for the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
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  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  Nisha around campus a grand total of three times in all these months here ... desperately wanted to distinguish myself in some way, but I always felt that she ... I got in, I was accosted by a lurking suspicion that it was because of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  to wear velcro." I have never, ever been one to get anything done ... will probably be my downfall one day when I'm ninety-two in a backless ... myself that if I get it done now I won't have to worry about it later, and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  they might get in. I said I'd of course tell them to take a shot and see ... , like a misunderstanding about whether MIT students have to live in a dorm ... that was good advice and I ought to follow it myself. In March, a week

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  club to get off the ground, but maybe in the future... So I am a ... to get a bladesmithing club together. They wanted to use a blacksmith ... is Latin for "Mind and hand". Now, in most cases, a school motto isn

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  realize a grievous error. He had forgotten to get any macaroni! Ultimately ... from the supermarket to a dormitory at MIT. It has lived there ever since ... ago, a fairly lactose-intolerant resident of Random Hall decided to make

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  I knew there was going to be a problem when I was one of only two girls sitting at the table. Sarah R., '14, and I sat next to each other in ... like wings, I do not like spicy. A one-pound plate of wings was placed in

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  -to-in-ages-because-you've-both-been-super-busy give you a call, or send ... two of you set up a time to Skype. Mushiness also comes in cake form ... lay in wait. After a chorus of "joyeux anniversaire", which ended on a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  that this is probably going to be the last time I’ll be in Alabama for a ... efforts exist. It hits a little different to meet someone here in Boston ... much I can say before it gets drowned out in a pile of words. These are

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
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  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  off the effortlessly forget to turn in an assignment thing. so i had ... idea of positive work—even if you feel like you aren't making a stitch in ... last semester to not be about me, the more i was able to do. so in no

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
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  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  we needed to do to get a second floor unit in place. In recent memory ... primary bottleneck with build because it requires a lot of hands to get the ... fort structure. It took about a week to get the components of the second

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
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  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  A few hours ago, I was on my way to my room in the[annotation note ... such a small thing to notice, but it triggered a cascade of thoughts in ... already in the room. She was getting help with a 6.036 lab. As I finished up

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
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  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  job offer in Auckland and took a year off to work instead of coming back ... in my math class—how to compute a probability density function, for ... boba, etched the space in muted gold light. A woman in a crisp suit

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  Text transcript: Many times this semester, I felt disappointed in myself. It's not a new sensation. But after all these years, I still don't have any advice, just a feeling. A long, cold plummet into guilt and

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  . Getting an email and it’s a comment on a blog post. Writing alone in a ... summer. The morning after I got here, I woke up to a pile of stuffed ... realized that though I don’t think I’ve felt rooted to a place before, Boston

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  finding place

  

  . I haven't posted in a while. Too long. It's been one of the semesters. MIT has taught me a lot of things about community. I was in a small high ... . Here are some pics, looking back (omitting a lot because I don't want to

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Move Fast And Break Things just make sure you have a net positive of unbreaks

  

  something useful to your profile in the near future, I experimented with an ... last week, and it was a chance for each engineer to surface this idea and spend a night cranking away on it." In other words, organized, unpaid

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 25, 2011