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. We’re not able to accommodate walk-in questions from prospective ... public parking at the Hayward Parking Garage, and other public lots in Kendall ... on the Red Line and take the train from there. In addition to being
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First-year class profile
[/annotation] of the Class of 2028. You may also be interested in this post from our ... http://iso.mit.edu/about/statistics.shtml. Socioeconomic Status First generation in their family to attend college 20 -
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Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks
computer systems. As the journalist Steven Levy wrote in his history of ... installations in the Stata Center's ground floor. -
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Early vs Regular
is no strategic benefit to applying in one vs the other. We have two -
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Basic facts
note='Source: MIT Facts']Campus[/annotation] 168 acres (0.68 km2) in -
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smoke and spice my comfort meal
, which comes out to around once a month. In times when things were tough, I ... 's almost like an [annotation note="plant-based psychedelic ritual (FYI: I ... " align="aligncenter" width="400"] a snippet of when I had it in Thailand -
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This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.
girls sitting at the table. Sarah R., '14, and I sat next to each other in ... like wings, I do not like spicy. A one-pound plate of wings was placed in ... up eating his entire pound in under 2 minutes... and I had only -
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How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge
all the additional wood I would need in February. Then it was March, and ... autopilot while describing in detail how to stain a block of wood, and that I ... 'm glad I moved in with my friends, and let them convince me I would love to -
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“You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...
occurence that it's not until I'm away from campus that it really sinks in how ... between. It's in these aloof conversations that I really appreciate one of ... That phrase is probably the most uttered string of words I hear. It -
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I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese
kinda funny. When I was little, my mother would often say, in the ... mother, brother and I would go to the local grocery store to buy things ... the nightmarket in Nanjing. I would often hang out with my older cousin -
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how to sail against the wind on tacking
, we begin with one of the most important questions in sailing: how do ... 't schedule appointments with me while i was in california. something about ... life story in smooth beats. it felt like i was saying what he wanted to -
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[Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27
, driven by passion, and a feat made possible by community. In fact, when I ... year was the length of the posts we would raise. In the past we raised ... half actually screwing the sheets in. I expected plywood flooring to take -
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Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT
’re not using it. One evening I was chilling with some friends in the ... . Sometimes I leave my laptop alone (in its waterproof sleeve) on a table in a ... . Sleepyti.me tells you when and how much to sleep so that you feel rested in -
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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 ... math on all the equipment I was buying and wondering if it would be worth ... !"]strenuous[/annotation] exercise isn't just how I stay fit: it's how I stay sane. I've found I need -
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Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success
't swim. Not because I wanted to come off as that kid who had done well in ... about in the college process, but leave in the theoretical domain. I ... into class with that single objective, but I came out wiser in other ways -
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Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT
I have worked at MIT since 2009, and lived less than a mile away, in Central Square, since 2013. I love living here in a way that I never thought I would. I grew up in small towns in Vermont and New Hampshire, and -
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sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child
possibility. Often, I would walk along the same street, music tucked in my ears ... Tumblr: “We would commiserate with each other about how high school felt ... elite higher education. In The New Republic, he wrote, “I taught many -
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College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!
what you should wait to buy in Cambridge? Who comes from far away and ... sure to keep you warm in the winter, because here is something I knew but didn't really understand at your age: BOSTON IS COLD. I would also -
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My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.
that dream in the sky that I think I wanted more than other dreams in the ... was a fantastic twist of fate. How much would have changed if the ... essay is like, I share mine with you. You'll learn more about me in the -
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Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!
enough. Then in 2009 I graduated and was never heard from again. Until now! In celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the blogs, I'm back to ... some of my old entries- like the very first one. How did I introduce