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  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  I still remember when I first stepped into the arrivals hall at Tel ... unremarkable Monday morning. I had just come off a pair of flights totalling ... felt on my first night in Baker; if I recall correctly, neither of my

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  the dilemma of racial identification on college application forms, with great interest. In my role as the Director of Minority Recruitment, I ... complete the race and ethnicity section of the MIT admission application

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  see the beauty and practical importance in the art of technical ... student, I fell into the common trap of memorizing reactions without fully ... summary of those results and a full list of the classes submitted! All the

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

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  that. How do hall cultures fit into all of this? The ten halls of East ... per floor were converted into lounges: this was part of then-Dean of ... to grow and proliferate in a way it could not have before. The bulk of

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  when I first moved here, the density of people and place was new and ... , however, and one of those can be access to nutritious, affordable food. For ... , and affordable groceries within a reasonable distance of their home

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  yourself what you've gotten yourself into, let me assure you of another truth ... on I think it's important to identify roughly two types of people here ... first set of thoughts about coming here. Following CPW, you're positively

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  our decisions, articulate the importance of responsible citizenship, and ... right to revoke or defer your offer of admission if your conduct does not remain consistent with the high levels of integrity that you have shown in

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  following quote:   One of the most important things about college is its ... the importance of the idea of "holistic admissions." We have a holistic ... community. It can only produce a bunch of test scores and GPAs crammed into

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  written I moved into the same dorm, the same floor in fact, as Sam - Conner 2, English House. Units of measure were alive and well within the culture of Conner 2 during my stay there. To the best of my knowledge there

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  darkness of the hallway into the sunlit stairwell. Your companion, hissing ... , blacks, and grays of 38-600 are starting to blur and blend into each other ... dissolving into his own tears of sadness, mumbling “Goddamn you Steve” every so

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  the importance of hard work, persistence, and good friends. You will ... As a recent college admit, you’re about to make a lot of big decisions and a lot of big changes. You can follow whatever career path you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  As someone whose idea of Friday night fun in high school involved (a) spending three hours with a bunch of other nerds and a stack of pizza boxes ... elbow grease, carcinogenic automotive lubricant, and a home-brewed mesh of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  both useful advice and some insight into the values of MIT's academic ... extracurriculars or major awards, and asks what their chances are of getting into MIT ... definition will get you into MIT" and "Yes". MIT doesn't have a checklist of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  . Too many other factors come into play. And that’s important to recognize ... that’s the most important ingredient. Good luck, future class of 2020 ... rejection by heading the Continental Army, driving the British out of their

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  the human component out of it, which is perhaps the most important part. Reading through this thread doesn’t make me think of SAT scores or grades ... This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  important, some greater, grand life lesson that I hope to carry with me into ... explained in one of my earliest blogs, freshman Cami learned the importance of drop date. I came into MIT with a lot of hopes and ideas of what I was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  of the case that was important for me to remember. Also, Jordan (from ... lot of a student who used to work in our office, who we'll call "Pink ... , which would make some in the audience gasp ("She got into MIT with those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  social experience of bumping into old friends in different dining halls ... the importance of cultural fit. You will find that humans, especially in ... This post is the second in a series of Guide to MIT posts. Check out

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  think it's important to know that your college's way of doing things isn ... At the CPW Women's Leadership Lunch, one of the prefrosh at my table ... from Day 1 that most of my professors didn't waltz unobstructed from

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  minutes into his lecturing, so everyone in my recitation was well aware of ... year of section-hopping, and is one of my most important and exhausting ... important to other people; it's just a matter of what matters to you and how

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007