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  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  people having strong feelings about how ‘easy’ it was for me to get into ... . Affirmative action is just a way for black people to get in college easier ... ). This in turn leads to things like casual use of the n word by non

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  a lot to get down and little time to do it, I’ll write one long ... full sentences. If I really need to think about it, I’ll write in Spanish ... entered Kindergarten with. There isn’t a lot to do in a small town, so

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
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  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  to write this post at 5:38 AM. In front of me is an empty Pringles can ... stressed I am, or how much work MIT is, or how to handle it, because I ... 3, my floor, seems to like movies. It’s how we relax. Our floor lounge

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  "Spoonsassins", in which one is given a spoon and a victim and told to "kill ... across it in red. I am lucky to still be alive, having brought my spoon ... changed to toothbrush, if you happen upon me anywhere in the greater Boston

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  campus to maintain a certain capacity. To give you an idea of how up in the ... discretion to include in the video. How do you connect individuals and keep ... . It also was scheduled to be taken offline in June 2020 for renovations

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  supposed to, and there are even some people that already *know* how to ski or snowboard and don't even need to take lessons and in the ice skating PE class ... you'll fall as soon as you try to get up and it'll hurt, and other times

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  ) Get your 7 hours of sleep. You're not going to get more done in that ... to get me into medical schools, but also means that I always get a ... degrees). * To my credit, I was fluent in Python prior to entering MIT, so

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  Camille was very nervous when she applied for EA to MIT in 2018. "What if I don't get in?" "Am I good enough?" (That is a question we all ... thoughts in these cute little hover sections because I want my mom to have

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  told him how grateful I was. In response, he sent the following meme to ... pernicious myth."]connection between body and mind[/annotation] to keep both in ... and how to take risks. But the most important and fulfilling thing for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
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  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  hanging a bicycle using the fridge as a prop to get it up in the air." They ... Campus is going to get renovated soon, and gods know how the floor plan ... that all the things left behind in this room won't get passed down to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  float in and out of your list of movies to watch, but you never quite get ... writing phase in middle and high school. I eventually moved on to RPG video ... didn’t spend slaving over psets was dedicated to getting up to all sorts

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  , to study at MIT. In 2017, this ongoing chapter of my life promises to ... clothesline in the backyard to dry in the sun over the course of days. Rainy ... how to use a washer and a dryer, and some tiny part of me was doubtful

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  A few hours ago, I was on my way to my room in the[annotation note ... ) rainy today, instead of going outside to get from one parallel to the ... such a small thing to notice, but it triggered a cascade of thoughts in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
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  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  MIT, you get to make the choice not only where you live but who you live ... most popular floors in Burton-Conner floor rush (which is similar to dorm rush, in which freshmen traverse the floors to see where they'd like to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  students how likely it is that they will be admitted to each school on their ... selective colleges, is really tough. It's hard to know how to gauge your ... to create a helpful tool.* However, this tool is unhelpful. In fact

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
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  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  again, in wide-eyed wonder that I get to choose which classes I can take ... , that I would need to pare down my focus or I'd drown in the torrent of ... school, that I'd wake up in a dorm in this school, I'd go to class and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  ’s favorite place to go when we need an escape, especially in the late evening ... Longfellow Bridge, which connects MIT to Boston from the Stata Center side of ... is behind us, the Charles River is below us, and Boston is in front of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  know I would have done anything to get in, and still would. Depression ... a spot, unfortunately..." But you'll get used to it eventually. In ... , and it might make you sick. NO you did not get the leading role in the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
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  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  phenomena in neuroscience to computer science. I enjoyed how it was broken ... , you get to see the night sky in a different way. Through the telescope ... ) I took Russian I in IAP, and I really loved getting a chance to spend

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  . You don’t know how to get back down. You finish a problem set. There ... opinion piece in The Tech to complain. You get your Brass Rat. You joke ... all day. You haven’t slept in weeks. You arrive late to lecture. The

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015