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By Julia Davis August 25, 2018 Your first year at MIT can seem like a whole lot of change happening at once. In the span of a few weeks ... the field, to talk to people who are affected by that problem, people -
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The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application
Over the last few weeks I've posted entries about diversity vs merit ... examples. Here's another comment from my diversity vs merit post about SAT scores: This pretty much sums it up: SAT Math 750-800 15% 700-740 10% 650 -
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In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine
system around "merit", defined, as it always seems to be, by test scores ... this: create an index by multiplying SAT score and GPA. Rank-order the list by the highest product of the two, admit the top 1,000 students -
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A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.
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getting in were, or who posted their very high SAT scores and then asked if they should retake to raise them by 30 points. I hope that it gives you ... who get in vs. the ones who don -
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dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters
theory”-esque challenges run by anonymous gamemasters and $749 in prizes ... by dropping sticky notes into a small box outside of my room, and that ... Money, a game show developed by Tom Scott. I was very excited and messaged -
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Some people call me the space cowgirl
file I read. Yes, she had a sub-1400 SAT score, but you should have seen ... . When she gave information sessions, she would tell people her SAT score ... scores?"). But there was no mistake in admitting her. She rocked one of MIT -
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finding place
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So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT
(when I submitted my AMCAS Primary) to right now. The MCAT scores and the ... minuses in GPA - grades are assigned strictly by letter grade for the ... slightly above the MIT Accepted Mean (36 vs. 35), and my GPA is slightly -
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How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.
ago about all of the machine shops on campus? That was done by request ... ?! For real. If there was a crystal ball you could look into that would ... 're just going to say we don't know anyway. 6. Do not insult my SAT score. I -
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Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions
'm always intrigued by the similarities and differences in our experiences ... , however, I caught up with my cousins and by default that means going to bed ... that thing where if someone I’m talking to is in a bad mood, I by default -
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An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)
applying to MIT. It’s so easy to become overwhelmed by hearing about the ever ... score number. Let me tell you how I ended up here. As a senior in high ... essays, applied, was accepted by a few, and went to one. No bells, no