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On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.
Nowhere, New Mexico - out on a Navajo Reservation. Did I mention that I ... ’ve been out here for two and a half weeks now. I’ve seen seniors in Algebra ... , this was a waste of precious learning time, so I stepped in for the class -
Blog / Community Projects
22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights
I can really say is that 22 is a recurring theme at tEp. For example ... . For this post, I've written up 22 anecdotes from my time at tEp. (Read ... . I was given one with a squid made from fractals! There were 33 other -
Blog / Blog Projects
A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs
result—I’d get into the habit of it for a few days, and then I’d stop, more ... the day to day? Did she cry over a silly things that I can’t even ... for a STEM camp. I wanted a way to keep in touch with these people that -
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Blog / Advice
finding place
ago, a friend and I decided we wanted to drive down for the eclipse so ... . I haven't posted in a while. Too long. It's been one of the semesters. MIT has taught me a lot of things about community. I was in a small high -
Blog / About Decisions
Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures
working to realize a future where I didn't work for MIT Admissions; where I ... street — can have the largest impact, should I be hit by a bus, or meet the ... . My options, as I saw them then, were a local public university where -
Blog / Featured Blogs
Into the Smoke In more ways than one.
twenty countries on my own (I suppose if you're bored you can guess a few ... , I have worked at a university, a non-profit, and, now, a for ... unremarkable Monday morning. I had just come off a pair of flights totalling -
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The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.
forums, which I’m nervously excited for! I can imagine being here for a ... hiking the Appalachian Trail, so that’s where I’ll be for a while. The ... coder as well as a mentor for a middle school team, and I loved the entire -
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Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT
’ve dropped them from standing height. Once, I dropped the T27 onto a hardwood ... to hide from me. I put them back where I thought they might belong and ... . My parents gave me my MacBook Pro as a gift before I left for MIT. It -
Blog / About Decisions
To the exclusion of everything else on making decisions, and how i chose mit
was coming from Chicago the next morning, so I asked for a later flight ... asked for a later flight. But it was too late, ah well. I was thinking ... first, choosing where I would go to college was simply a matter of getting -
Blog / Admissions
There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks
," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all ... . Student groups are tackling the issue from a Mental Health perspective. I wonder ... admissions] made a mistake." As a peer to these prefrosh, I'm stressed - and -
Blog / Admissions
An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?
institution is like. College is a place where you'll be for the next 4-6 years ... their sun, moon, and rising signs so that I can give them an "astrological ... everything I say with a grain of salt. However, whether you agree with what I -
Blog / Advice
My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally
many awards for being a stud at her sport that I’ve lost count, a sister ... ], and I often go together. We bob around in the water for a bit, clamber ... endless grocery store"]HEB[/annotation], I have transformed from a helpless -
Blog / Admissions
Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success
On my application for MIT, I made it a point to mention that I couldn ... . Money can't buy a pivotal moment to crush to smithereens your bad habits ... MIT experience to be like drinking from a fire hose, I feel that, about -
Blog / Academics & Research
My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo
who I am, and encourages me to develop my interests." A place where ... community would push each of us towards our goals. A place where I feel that ... ) Instructor who, after I received a lowest-in-class grade for a presentation -
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Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT
those opportunity buys are clutch. For example: I like salad. I can grow my own tomatoes in a bucket on my stoop, but I can't really grow a lot ... walk carrying/pushing your things. I have a car, so I can drive to Costco -
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Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends
Kiyoe."]where I can find a gym.[/annotation] In March, when everything ... a good, healthy, well-functioning place. And I've found I benefit from ... orient myself to a new reality. I probably needed a break from lifting -
Blog / Challenges
Note To Self Please don't forget this.
realized that learning where one's limits are can be a very good thing. I ... more, worse. I suffer from a (chronic) condition known as “need ... smile, then say: "I learned a lot." I remember how I felt when I first -
Blog / About Decisions
I Challenge You Pi day approaches.
is the only path to success, which is a topic for another post.) I ... . The process of making what you can from a situation doesn’t require a ... taught by a specific person. I trust that there were clubs you wanted to