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  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  residents on the north side of Highways 36. Obviously not everyone in my ... was a little kid. That's not to say I accepted it, of course. When my ... ratio was insane, which was sort of impressive, but that's not to say I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men

  

  't really think anyone in MIT would approach their academic work with ... college experience not defined in bulk by beer pongs and drunk friends, I ... illegal intensity. “Geez,” I mumbled to myself. “Is this even going to work

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  at the South Asian Youth Initiative a New Haven adventure

  

  excitement has not worn out. New Haven is a beautiful college town and we are ... to the Airbnb, we all work until 9:30 and then I start ironing my ... teaches Bhuvna some dance moves as Neil works on his [annotation note="6

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 22, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  know whether or not the school is the right match. Meredith (Bridgeport ... schools that tends to reward the most ambitious, hard-working kids. If your ... match, too. Not everyone learns the same way. Different kids have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  then proceeded to not move it. Two weeks ago, I walked 21 miles as a sort ... drink a little water, and I start to realize that I might not have enough ... walking and not running, and the hill does not challenge me too much. I take

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  public transport, or how high school works. Oddly enough, noticing these isn’t what makes me feel like I’m not in the Philippines anymore ... something reminds me that I’m not in the Philippines anymore. Often, it’s the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  if I was in mortal peril or not. I still don't really know how to tell ... the internet if you're not sure when they're going to show up. (I should ... schedule conflicts, not to mention your own changing interests and the right

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  conveniently labeled. Ta-da! The laundry room. Not much to say here, really ... room is a little sad and lonely looking these days. Not many people use it, but I've definitely not studied for finals by playing game after

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  to work because I want to, not because I want to escape my problems ... near-impossible for me to lose...but this was not a situation I ... of ways to die in a car, and a terrifyingly small number of ways to not

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  decisions, decisions why are there so many of them

  

  brain does not exactly work in straight lines. this post was drafted very ... was not a comfortable sleep. Luckily for me, my Amazon bed got delivered ... fall-only classes :( Better hope I pass it next spring, or I'm not

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 9, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  crepe recipe that came up on Google and it worked, практика or not, though ... no work, which is something I was bad at freshman and sophomore year ... , and I’ve been trying to make most of them during actual work weeks. I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I request that my scores not be considered after submitting my application?

  Scores cannot be redacted from applications after they have been submitted. We encourage you to look at this blog post to better understand the rationale and details of our testing requirement.
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  of them are working just as hard, if not harder, with stakes that are ... and I'd be working for three to four hours on a single problem on each ... . This semester, having learned from my freshman year mistakes, I worked in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  -flung audiences that might not otherwise be able to visit MIT or speak to an ... -Based Organizations (CBOs): visits to CBOs, which may work with students from a region ... have a confession; actually, it's more of a declaration: In-N-Out is not

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Putz and Tetazoo are friends!! field notes from a faraway land

  

  with great cost — not only do I feel my quads deteriorating, my journey ... not sure if my thin blood can withstand this level of sustained exposure ... learned that Putzens do not filter their water, but rather drink it straight

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  time to add just a smudge of shading. It's feeling looser, but it's not ... of light and shadow. I find a process that seems to work for me: first ... ?” ~ Aster to Ellie I'm not necessarily striving for a "great" painting here. I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  allows undergraduates to work with professors and in research labs to ... scheduling worked out. Turns out that 4.02A’s hours are flexible, but I got ... hectic whirlpool of UROPing, housekeeping, and working Next House Front

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  actually work on a blog post now, so I've decided to recap my past three weeks, which have been >> First week of November Saturday (not ... felt worse. On top of the looming stress from not starting the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  so easy to work with. I can't even imagine undergoing this process with ... and a common area is quite difficult, and it's annoying to not have ... during your in-person tour: Do the appliances work? Is there any

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  grad student's thesis is their baby. So much work gets put into these ... years of work they put in. On the other hand, people on the internet can ... , which makes it overall not too bad.  12. The Assembly and Functions of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019