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  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  . Go to a website like firehose.guide and look at your choices. Schedule ... want to have a plan for when you'll finish each part of the GIRs ... evaluations; I personally prefer to look subject evaluations up through Firehose

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
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  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA and the Logan Airport Rental Car Center

  

  some parts of the path, there were even options for us to take depending ... in small chunks. I wrote up a small, convenient website for easy access ... Representative at the station. I buy another one-day pass. CJ: Press F for Alan

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
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  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  procedure, and that the good person makes a decision by trying to rationally ... is closer to a complete end, something chosen for its own sake. The ... exploring many disparate topics and as a hubristic challenge to my personal

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
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  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  for her perspective. Nikayah learned that MIT used to have a history of ... information she was given prior to signing up for recruitment, she found that ... values in their search for the D9 organization they wanted to join. Nikayah

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
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  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  family of MIT to be famous for how we treat people: famous for sympathy ... are tentatively up to for the next five years, what they are excited for ... excited for—and I’m giving a talk on plane crashes to one of our internal

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
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  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  ;individual responsibility"—served as a preemptive warning for us to get our sh ... pre-departure events set up by GECD. Yay for a chance to meet my fellow ... deposit.  Figure out how to do an international wire online, but

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  sitting in the library, studying for a Geography exam when someone ran up to ... ’re looking for! We encourage you to seriously consider applying to Penn.” It ... registered for the SAT Subject Tests. I could barely wait the three months to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
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  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  what you should wait to buy in Cambridge? Who comes from far away and ... parents to bring the rest of their stuff. You can also order it online and ... won't be doing laundry for a few weeks, though, so you can wait to get

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  document, and I tried for several hours to determine which variables could best predict my chances for March. I’m going to tell you now what I wish ... keep doing it for the next four years. In fact, you want to keep doing it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the exclusion of everything else on making decisions, and how i chose mit

  

  Boston. It got delayed, so I had to stay in Boston for another night ... that it was fine to stay for the night because I had friends in MIT that ... that would be better for me.] David says he was going to do some more

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
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  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  building 56 Athena cluster to check email and print readings for classes ... am trying to get Adam to stop studying for his 16.06 test and start ... was looking for criticisms, as the paper is due to be published soon

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
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  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  summer camp i went to for two years back in high school, and each time i ... , for saying yes to everything this summer. no single decision was bad ... , and selfish to be able to ignore this for so long. that i don’t have to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
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  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  sweet for a jolt of energy? To keep walking, click here. To go in and buy ... moves to wait for it. The next person in line starts... no, it can't be ... just curious to see what it's like. And lucky for you, I've got the scoop

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  token, we do not admit students who are unqualified for admission to MIT ... attending MIT. We are not going to admit anyone, for any reason, who doesn ... who apply to MIT every year are qualified for admittance, by which I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• 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 ... 'm talking about an opportunity for personal growth. It's the big selling ... . Money can't buy a pivotal moment to crush to smithereens your bad habits

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
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  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  , however, and one of those can be access to nutritious, affordable food. For ... . They do deliver —  for free! —  to campus right now, via a partnership ... —  according to both their research and my personal experience —  25%-35% less

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
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  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  , prompting inquiries into “differing cultural values” to account for the ... first part of the study, supposedly to measure their personal spatial ... asked to imagine themselves as stereotypical men for a few minutes. None

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
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  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  . Thanks to ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈ for reading and giving comments on ... /mysteryhunt. The community used to be based on large-scale in-person events such as ... test, and I decided to stay for the night and hang out. The Hunt kickoff

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
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  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  ways to make websites; many students make their own personal websites ... website builder allowed for webforms that require MIT Certificates to access ... star. The optimal cooperative strategy is for exactly one person to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  Copenhagen Suborbitals, a group of amateurs trying to launch themselves into ... limits here. For example Massachusetts has some pretty lame rules about ... students here who could build a giant flamethrowing exoskeleton to invade

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011