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the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts
come back and blog for us—just like we did for the tenth blogiversary. In ... remain by Celena C. '12 Don’t forget to check in with yourself by Jenny X ... a human doing by Caroline M. '18 In which I am somehow still an MIT -
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parallel universe for those feeling dejected
Text transcript: Many times this semester, I felt disappointed in ... into a slightly parallel universe: one where everything remains the same ... up - this parallel universe is also one where art transports you -
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All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)
[Disclaimer: Not my last post! I've still got one more in me after ... trying to belittle the diploma that I'd received less than a week before ... business endeavors that they were really interested in instead of enduring -
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The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.
summer. When they offered me another chance to get involved in the program ... guaranteed admission into a program that grants a Harvard University diploma ... University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) in computational materials -
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“So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*
-calculus-by-second-grade math majors, kids who’ve competed in national olympiads, freshmen and ... simple. I signed up for 6.01 in my first semester and went to a few ... prospective 6-3 diploma. My initial attitude was something like, you got this -
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Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students
the big 3 of testing in the US. A little cluttered with ads but offers ... educational program held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Students in the ... universities in the US. Learn more about how Questbridge works in general here or -
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It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you
ambition was to be an officer in the British army. Despite his repeated attempts, he was denied a commission in the service: not, Washington fancied, because he was in any way deficient, but because the British army was too -
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Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict
some university out there seemed interested in me. Deadline was already ... university has to offer are unparalleled relative to anything I’ve seen before ... of studying in the US would be like, but we spoke in the offhanded -
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50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year
your major when you have a diploma in hand. Tattoos and piercings are ... right away, and it might feel like nothing could go wrong. But in college ... welcomed, and the freshmen you met in your last year and were able to mentor -
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leaning in on choosing lives
somewhat (including the offer that I have in front of me right now). Not ... in the present, in the universe that you did decide to choose. Don ... , to be clear. But in this universe, I've decided to lean into that -
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Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.
the Thalys in first class (yay for Thalys summer offer!) I picked up a ... orientation was from Alaska. While in Paris this weekend, Ling '07 and I went ... Morrison will probably also be forgotten in a hundred years, but it's kind of -
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10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.
I’d offer a list of 10 things that I love about MIT (in no particular ... and now it’s time to decide which offer to accept. As a senior blogger ... . Rooms with a view and living in Beantown I love the river. The majority of -
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Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests
may in turn be reported to universities to which they applied. Indeed ... fourteen students, were killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Over the past week, student activists -
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context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?
the richest university in the world. Her campaign’s top priorities ... would get a job offer in America that would move the whole family. It was ... -profit PERIOD when she was 16. PERIOD has over 800 campus chapters in the US and