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

  

  rescinded if they are disciplined for joining the protests, while other applicants still under consideration are wondering if they have to choose ... them into college, but instead based on values and interests that are

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

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

  

  group, we pulled week-long mixing sessions where I rotated on 4-5 hours of ... decisions are set. Nineteen staff readers. For many students (admitted or not ... , and hypothesizing where you'll live and who you'll hang out with. (We

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  contributions that international students made to MIT as outstanding friends ... of the students from this post are from the Middle East and two are ... year—adjustment was hard. Fortunately, MIT faculty made accommodations

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  layout is that the streets are 60ft wide (about a dozen running crosstown are 100ft wide), and the blocks (running uptown-downtown) are about 200 ... already been made, and my being anxious about them wasn't going to change

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  of my junior year, and I am twenty. There are so many stories I want ... memories to be made, new stories to be told, and new friends with whom to ... , there are more people around now than there have been in past years, and there

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  suggestions are biased?More to the point of that pressing topic on some of your ... made me eat a really terrible burrito against my will (or something ... nothing mind-blowing. But ultimately, all that made me think about was

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  of personality test. Humans are inherently adaptable and fluid, which ... horoscopes, which is, “Horoscopes are pretty stupid but they’re fun because you ... less: Western Zodiac: Many of you are familiar with the western zodiac

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  where students mostly do things other than school, like externships and ... distanced REX.  An interview and a few weeks later, the committee members are ... means that, similar to CPW, we are flying completely and entirely blind

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 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 ... . Whatever. Okay - this is the part where we get into the cheesy, reflective ... , but just in case I run out). HOWEVER, (and this is where my advice goes

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

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  different from most other universities where you register several weeks or ... will likely be. There are some classes that are always very popular and ... two of the classes that I originally submitted are still on the list. I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  . Incidentally, there are a lot of great concerts happening in Boston this week, so ... into the person I am now. Now, without further ado, here are 17 things I ... out of that situation immediately.” 3. My friends are amazing! And

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  I'm really not that intelligent, and that there are many others who are much smarter than I. Also, I'm kind of an asshole about how smart I ... have are videogames and Reddit. No extracurriculars at all. Hell, I don

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  . Smaller and lighter than your choice of where to apply to college, but ... to) Gee, my classes are boring   At MIT, fortunately, that's not ... , since both Sam and Mike are fairly accomplished smiths, and then we all

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  Algorithms, whose prereqs are 6.042 and 6.006, both classes I have pretty ... . I didn’t procrastacook. I made all my food on sunday and have just ... already anyway and are just worried about me.  But if I stopped to say, no

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  . When I was taking 6.01, there was one day where I was hosed beyond belief ... are truly lucky to have Grimson as your chancellor, and I, like everyone

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  clubbing, queer stand-up comedy, and my new hobby. These are the kinds of ... ). Event reporting posts are nice, because they give me an excuse opportunity ... about life or research. Most of the pictures for the upcoming posts are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  content warning: discussions of roach uwu Roaches are curious little ... . On Tetazoo, we had a small streak where someone’s room seemed to become ... wings yet and appears rather small for an adult (American cockroaches are

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  else but a river. Most forward reactions are opposed by a reverse ... -undergrad life thus far falls short of where I wanted to be, due to the same fear ... , sliding back to where I started, and never looking forward. Standing still

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  : Class. CLASS. Where - what - HOW DID THAT JUST HAPPEN 11:47 AM: Hop in ... : Remember it's parents weekend (students' parents are permitted to visit and see how dedicated their children are to their problem sets) as Lauren

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  how to cook. It turns out that cooking, unlike baking (where I had far ... , those eight hours a night are paramount – and eight hours of sleep doesn ... [annotation note="You know who you are <3"]my friends,[/annotation]who tried tons

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019