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SHASS Hack feminist hacktivism
criticizes MIT, it does so in a thoughtful, positive way, ending with an
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Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself
. Who the fuck does that? And you’re adamant about changing the world ... MIT in one of my philosophy classes. How does it go? “There is no ... alum? Does it feel like everything you wanted? What about everything I -
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wrestling with my ego it takes so much energy to drop a class
. I do it because I like the idea of being someone who does that. I like ... . She said that dropping from 8.022 to 8.02 does not make anyone more or less intelligent, that the content is nearly the same, and one does not -
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Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests
right to revoke or defer your offer of admission if your conduct does not -
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what work is bite-sized senior spring
the professor (Parag Pathak, who does some very cool work on school -
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Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.
bottom left fuse does not have a tab, it has a spring. It turns out the -
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“Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores
a stereotypical manly man who is tough, risk-taking, and does weight ... nurture,” it does add a tremendous structural asset to the growing mountain ... ’s performance in activities from chess to negotiation to driving. Nor does it -
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I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world
replied "Yay!! What does that mean?" because it's an odd term and people don -
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A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough
is a beautiful film, even if the physics does get artistically bent on -
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This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.
reluctance I returned it. Friend: ...does Professor Dumbledore know William -
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Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem
topic or an additional faux activity that frequently does more harm than -
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How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.
this really obscure interest in fish that MIT does not specialize in, I -
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The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?
finish with flying colors. Sound familiar? It does to me, because that -
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neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?
on his office's 3D printer (picture, which does not really do justice -
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How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.
give me some of yours. =) 3. Ask good questions. If you ask me “does MIT -
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An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any
farther (further? does anyone really know the difference?...Of course, now I -
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Mind and hand
it does. For some people, this is old hat. For me, it's really -
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How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in
his writing score, since I got a 790 on the writing SAT II. Me: "Does -
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There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…
’s passion. And yes, that stuff really does drip off the page in the best of -
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You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can
Wild West table top RPG with my roommates. Consider buying a cowboy hat