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  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  why I was accepted." Of the 80-ish responses to the poll question "How ... . Student journalists and bloggers like Lydia are working to make us more aware of the ... The new MIT Class of 2018 Facebook group is a warm, fuzzy place

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  integrity on its face. The purpose of this blog post is to communicate that ... passion to work wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of ... across the country to join them in protests, including several school

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
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  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  If you're the kind of person who remembers to look up once in a ... parking lot. Since it was said to be too much of an eyesore, however, the ... of one or more of the people in this photo: Why those people

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
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  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  wanting to create words and stories. So I imagine that for the both of us ... got to watch every cultural stereotype of the city come to life. Yes ... warm. To the left of me, a small bickering dialogue between a scowling

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
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  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  many of my friends to sign up as I could. The pandemic's been rough for ... ready at the same time. Everyone has a spell hand of around 3 to 4, and ... : patronus", and you need to find and beat a certain number of these to do the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
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  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  to summarize my senior year. Some of the figures present "real" data ... maintenance on the text. My agenda created plenty of opportunities for me to ... many "failures" served as catalysts for personal growth. In the wake of

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
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  Life is Improv say yes

  

  . To negate in improv is to break the flow of absurdity and belief that ... was also one of the toughest for me to master, when I did improv at ... the trends. The end product got a lot of press, and I was asked to join

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  This post is the second in a series of Guide to MIT posts. Check out ... of upperclassmen to help you, but you can also avoid the learning ... year” a lot, usually referring to the presence of dining, “niceness” of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
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  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  individuals to belong to. They're the kind of awesome people who'll be up with ... pretty much like the Chuck Norris of all floors. If we were on Heroes, we ... course - there is no substitute to visiting MIT and checking out the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
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  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  to help”. I called Milton, the head of the volunteer department and he ... trying to grasp, to understand the situation. Why? The question of why this ... to a video of students who celebrated the capture in the streets of

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
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  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  of being on MTV." (Thanks!) The film, contrary to the web bios I ... magazine, Technology Review. (I'm trying to track down a copy of the cover) When you go to see the movie, you should stay through the end of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  writing. The process of writing is what creates the ideas. Sure, it’s ok to ... suggestion of setting or theme, but the one rule is to create something with a ... you don’t create a masterpiece you wish to read aloud, but most of the

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
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  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  percent of the class in the chat! This makes sense to me; the easier the ... . However, the proportion of positive to negative reacts didn't reflect how I ... At the start of each semester, I typically join Facebook Messenger

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  would also say to me, in Amharic (the national language of Ethiopia), “we are Habesha”. “Habesha” is a term that refers to the ethnic group of ... the Jiangsu province area. I remember being able to speak Shanghainese

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
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  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  physician but also wanted to study the humanities side of medicine before ... , including the endorsement, was shipped off to one of 16 Districts in early ... parts of the process - because it forced me to think critically about my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
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  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  's like and to represent our dorm. By the end of February, we've submitted the list of events we plan on running, and we're beginning to plan to ... "]REX[/annotation]committee. Under some amount of wishful thinking, I apply to be co-chair of the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  to take part. In addition to the confinement of hours like Gloria noted ... : If we have to nitpick, the gym doesn’t have mirrors in front of the ... . While it has several good machines, the lack of space makes it hard to do

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  ; Without further ado:   16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW ... are late at night. You have the rest of high school to sleep. K: Truth ... of the choices you'll have to make pretty soon, and it'll be filled

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
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  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  of other college students. I also valued the chance to try living off ... table, it was convention for the cook team to gather at the base of the ... of the MIT community (but my fellow MIT students were also a delight to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
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  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  . The TV show in fact is older than many of you applying to MIT right now ... said goodbye to possibly one of the most amazing decades of my life. A ... pint of ice cream, and then went up to the reading room to study for the

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014