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  data justice for senior house

  

  freshmen from living in senior house; and second, to institute a "turnaround ... based on these data alone,” the senior officers added in their letter ... significant concerns about issues of illegal drug use in Senior House.” the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  in a very long time. So I heave the pretty incredible stash of lined ... to sleep. For those playing along at home, here is Pset 8 in all its ... inductance in 8.02 better than 8.03. The lovely thing about physics is that as

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  This post includes an in-depth and personal discussion of the ... schoolers, prefrosh, and people in general. And in case at any point it feels a bit vague, let me be perfectly clear: do not break the November Rule

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  scarves arriving in a box that literally said “CHEMICAL TEXTILE” in big bold ... little arguing I could do to change her mind. Clearly, I needed a ... [/annotation]. I couldn’t possibly do that! Damaging the scarves in any way was out

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  because of the academic environment i was raised in - other people doing ... of events are often blessings in disguise. friends joining new groups ... realizing this is rarely the case this became really clear to me around a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  summer lovin’ 🎶 🎶 had me a blast

  

  to :D In like November/December (which seems so long ago now), the ... in my place. So I applied to some fancy-dancy computer science ... , or the *clears throat* Documents of Early England Data Set. [caption

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 2, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Beaver Nation An intro to athletics at MIT

  

  appearances. Clearly we aren’t in this for the fame- have you ever flipped on ... comes to mind when think of MIT... I don’t blame you. In some ways, it ... be honest, from the outside looking in, it may appear strange that MIT

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • November 12, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  'estaloam', which can be stretched to mean 'this soil' in Spanish. As in 'Mira ... substitution, or u-substitution, in that monthly amounts are probably good for ... excited that you have been selected to join us in the inaugural FYE

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  our tireless devotion to describing, in unnecessarily sordid detail, the ... through our scientifically rigorous work, for the sole purpose of clearing ... are, in fact, fake people made up by MIT? A lot of bloggers are fresh

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  melted, the ice had mostly thawed away. The streets were clear and the air ... to avoid doing this in the future. For a while, I've been trying to ... rarely find in "real" life, except maybe in start-ups. And in a sense, I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  low, so the two professors in the course thought clearly what was needed ... Mondays and Wednesdays for recitation (my recitation is at 11am in 24-402 in ... 't even show up in my other pictures :( Recitation sections generally

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  splinters in 10-250 next year, you know the reason. Back when I was in high ... cavorting days as a young'n, and not like how I half think I'll be back in ... wasn't true at your high school, but in all ten classes I took there was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  solving problems in new ways, across many disciplines. Innovation means ... theme: the United States’ 2016 election, police brutality, progress in the ... clear that the most pressing, truly important problems we face are

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  twenty in four days.  I always cry on my birthday. I think this is a ... maladaptive coping mechanisms, but my inability to cry in front of other people ... . For the first time in a long time, I let a friend see me cry - not

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  lopsided houses in school and haphazardly scribbled drawings to proudly ... the "reading kid." I read books with friends in [annotation note ... anyone except my family, it was clear that I loved to read. English became

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  Recently, one of my friends relayed that she grew up in an ... . I switched to a math major (from a humanities major) in fall 2019 ... confidence in the area. Some cool opportunities came my way: I was invited to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  In middle school, I repeatedly listened to Lupe Fiasco's hit singles ... various ridiculous schemes to get in, since we were sure it would be ... , referencing Wenjun's only current internship offer in Tempe, which he

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  .”- Anonymous Reviewer aka Jeremy in my last post. Some (including my own mom) may ... education. But in truth, I can talk to anyone. Well, mostly. Some people want to purely engage in small talk– and that’s okay! If I introduce myself

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  later, in an ironic (and quite sad) twist of fate, I broke the November Rule. in a pretty egregious way, at that⁠—it was a [annotation note ... freshman year[/annotation] and with a senior in my direct social circle

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  hope you all are safe and well! Here’s what I’ve been up to in ... was so in love with this series as a kid. we are going to pretend this movie does not exist"] stressing over fall semester plans lying in bed

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020