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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…

  

  mom couldn't explain the rationale for this discrepancy to me in the 7th ... to enroll in the decades-old building in the fall of 2001. But my mom ... 't going to let me get away so easily. She dragged me to the information

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  largest Course 6 class: some fill 26-100 and have to be live-streamed in ... Programming in Python, first quarter of 6.00) and 6.0002 (Introduction to ... practice the new material. And, at the end of the semester, we get to write

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Can Save the World a post on Kanye West

  

  musical innovation, but also in his ability to continue to stay relevant and ... 'm referencing this interview with Kanye West by BigBoyTV. In response to Big Boy ... and whether that's in jest or in seriousness is really hard to tell

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  time constraint. It had to tie in somehow to the class theme for the ... . Caregivers can hand Ollie to their loved ones, either in everyday situations or when they get scared and confused to help calm and sooth them.” This

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  in Boston after school, get an MD-PhD at Harvard, be married by 25 ... ’m in 4 classes this semester, and it’s been miserable. I decided to take ... motivated in my classes, I find it hard to care sometimes.  I’m envious of

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  little dread, and awkwardly asking to check-in. After [annotation note ... arbitrary wing in Next. You’re allotted one week to wander around and figure ... concerned about when I’d actually be able to get to sleep. To be clear, I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  Every summer, I tend to get a lot of the same questions about life at MIT. What’s it like? Is it hard? How much sleep do I get? These tend to ... about to pack up and leave when we saw—get ready for this—Bubble Man. I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  try to submit it again, but maybe i put it in wrong at the fasta level ... stuck in a loop, constantly going back and trying to find a better ... summer, I stayed in Cambridge to work on my UROP full time. There are some

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  use all of them. They're just good to have in case of an emergency. That ... details of my life. I'll tell you things I want you to know in my blog, but ... you see it (unless you get accepted to MIT and we become friends). Left

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Look at Unified Engineering and the Aero/Astro Department Back in business.

  

  to me, while many students develop a tangible interest in math or ... analogy to respond that Unified is hard in the same way that running a ... , most anyone can figure out how to put one foot in front of the other, but

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 30, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  vwr[/caption] It was super cool to get to lift in the new VWR. In the ... now open! Accessible to all those who participate in a varsity sport at ... putting in the work[/caption] [caption id="attachment_106057" align

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give MIT Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance Yultide Day 5

  

  Economics, and #9 in Political Science—these are numbers you can show off to ... had to give up my interest in mathematics. I simply applied it to other ... us to learn and get feedback from each other. Smaller departments

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  am I? I'm Laura, and in my first entry ever, I introduced myself to the ... ? When I do get to MIT, I'm planning to declare Course 2 (Mechanical ... want to work in International Development, everything comes full circle

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  midnight in the timeshare, sleeping next to my aunt and eagerly showing her ... in that region."]Japan[/annotation] and getting upset when I saw my ... relationships was a bit skewed and I thought my uncle in close proximity to a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Yes, This Actually Happened wwydfcfa - what would you do for chick fil a

  

  home. We excitedly get in line and order. I ordered medium waffle fries ... video games where you have to blend in and pretend to be an NPC because ... Lyfted back to Cambridgeside Mall and did some shopping in H&M before

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  do in the world and there are a lot of problems to solve, and we win ... , and i hope they grow in the ways they want to grow in and become the ... in these situations and that seems hard to eliminate), but at this

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  or brush it aside, it’s easy to get bogged down in the details from ... , take it in and experience it for the time that you need to. Then go on ... really been patient. When a big event looms, I mark its approach in a big

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  ; Fangfei: “You’ve GOT to be kidding me.” (In reference to ... Saturday, only to return on Sunday morning (haha, just in time for the Boston ... So I technically wasn’t supposed to blog – but my fellow

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  will be ecstatic to get their decision; many more will be disappointed ... 's gonna be happy to be here or not. Their job is in some ways to look out ... thought, "I get it, I know why people wouldn't want to come here." It's not

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  feels nice to get back to work. Superheroes Do you ever fall in love ... with my little sister in Spain. It felt nice to have the gang back ... . The main reason my parents come to Family Weekend in Boston year after

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014