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

  

  responsibility is, like most things at MIT, something you learn best by doing ... expected from -- MIT students is a core feature of our educational mission ... fourteen students, were killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
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  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  . Learn where all the ramps and elevators are. Grumble when there's no ... . Wear silly hats on Halloween. Realize Halloween is only once a year. Wear ... about how you can't do this after you graduate. Worry about how you can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
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  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  is a brilliant place, but there are brilliant people there. There are ... that this is probably going to be the last time I’ll be in Alabama for a ... walked down the halls, there was a good chunk of name tags next to the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  I applied for, there are many of them available, and you can apply for ... here), and generally what my life's like (so that you can, I don't know ... telling you about a steel fork? Well, at Lame-vard University, studying for

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  a few anecdotes to give you a picture of what the city is like. And ... an idea of what to expect. Boston is a city, and it can be a little ... East Coast a bit... unfriendly?" Now, to be fair, I still can't answer

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  life, or at least life at MIT, is like snowboarding. You may or may not ... . Whatever. Okay - this is the part where we get into the cheesy, reflective ... that's okay, really. Because the bruise on my arm is a great conversation

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

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  ) ... ... and when I’m alone in some other city on a work trip (which is where I ... in a city where I knew nobody, I filled my time with new hobbies and ... art. You stitch little x’s onto a perforated piece of cloth using a

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  'm physically still, so after I take my seat on a plane when it is boarding, I can ... .    What is a memory that makes you instantly smile?      ... on you. Frankly, for me, there are a limited number of people at this

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  extracurriculars. He was a varsity cross-country and track runner for his high school, and was captain of the cross-country team his senior year. He was also a ... Fair. The fair is held every year at MIT, and Adam's award (a trip to a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
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  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  this was a mistake. it feels as if my work is tearing my body apart, as ... about this a month and a half ago, but the gist is that i’m working in a ... ’s vaguely about linguistics, even though my actual job is designing a website

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
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  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  with is difficult, especially if you have a mid-semester major crisis and ... psetting, there's no reason you shouldn't sit at a different desk doing the ... because there's not a lot to learn? You know you're way around, so the hard

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  on the couch or laying in bed. Or in cases where a laptop is just too ... changed a LOT in the few years I’ve been gone. Registration is now online ... – it’s like a bizarro-version of the MIT I remember. There’s plenty new

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  can't stop raving about you. And sometimes - as hard as we often try not ... a page and seeing cold numbers on a screen to getting attached to you as a person. We start giving you nicknames, imagining you on campus

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  linguistics buffs out there, 9.59 is a hidden gem, as a class to follow 24 ... , but that you can make an argument for basically anything. So if there's a reason for you not to do something, then there's probably an equally

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
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  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  blackface or turbans, stating, “Is there no room anymore for a child or young ... What if you lived in a world that was entirely grayscale? Without any ... everything around you is grayscale. All of your clothing, furniture, and decor

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  Day. The Pretender is a song about making a resolve to go out there and ... either of those classes either. But there is nothing really I can do right ... Student program, where I would follow around a student for a day to get a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  the answer; I don’t think there is a singular answer. All I know is that ... because you can eat it. In addition, cooking is the one hobby that has ... everywhere, and I can't tell if it's because it was always there and I just

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  you, it has been too. The MIT application can be very daunting and, if ... heartbreaking. Takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there for a school with such a reputation to accept you or not. I remember when I applied

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  308. The Cheney Room is a lovely space, and if you want to learn about ... was AWESOME. do recommend. there‘s also a short video series on the ... , this blog is mostly about a really cool lounge, though I thought it was

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  finding place

  

  being frosh (first sem is hard!) and a challenging math class. So I spent ... exceptions. You can't rely on serendipitously bumping into people at university and a huge campus. You need to be more intentional, unless they

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024