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  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  until she came to college. It was actually Kenneth who told her about them ... school when she began to think about college, specifically HBCUs. On top of ... students from MIT, Harvard University, and Wellesley College.[/caption] One

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  , college. People asked me, I wondered, why am I working so hard if there’s no ... to college [because of your undocumented status]. Some teachers didn ... through.” And DACA does not offer protection to everyone. He echoed Sofia

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  't realize the degree until that conversation on Saturday night. In my post on ... less marginally exhausting to read. One pragmatic reason why your college ... basically any college you apply to, or frankly any sufficiently any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  open your email. Hillary Clinton is offering you free food in 2-105. You ... socialize with college students beyond MIT. You find that everyone you meet ... . ‘15 The sun is shining. It’s 85 degrees. The sun is shining. Soft flakes

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  MIT has the best possible college location. On one side of campus ... good-looking restaurants offering Asian foods in the area, with ... ” (more here). It’s a trip worth taking for the struggling college students

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  happened came up again and again. I am in my last year of college and I can ... back to Macgregor from the library? MITPD was always there to offer me a ... more. Life is way too short. Look, my four years of college are almost

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  , not just for MIT. College is a weird place, so I hope you can gain some insight from these experienced college-ers. You made it! Happy Springtime :)

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  college has to offer without overworking or stressing yourself out to the ... Eigenverantwortung Adultness panned out. I had received the offer to study abroad at ... :  Accept the offer to study at ETH  Pick classes from the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  , academics still trump clubs, since in theory you’re in college primarily to ... perspectives of undergrads and grads as well as non MIT college experiences ... , you don’t have to say yes to the first UROP or job offer you get

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  school or early college, far fewer students decide to 'take a shot' at ... 's widely perpetuated, particularly by science media and even college ... to Urban Planning, and (4) was offered an incredible and very

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  organizational skills during college.  That might have been okay in 2007.  In 2009 ... steered me through college as if it were leading me somewhere, rather than ... college students like me.)  Also, I'm going to call out Course 2 here: no

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  offered, and explaining the hundreds of clubs and student activities, along ... educational approach, the standard practical joking which permeated most college ... two houses offered to fraternities for residency. For a while, this

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  terms you may hear in college. It also may reference emotionally or ... draining pathways of dating in college, I want you to know what I wish I, and ... poster called "hookup culture" on entering college, and not all people find

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  place they want to spend their college years. The “weekend” itself starts ... . Nerdy, silly, sporty, food-offering, you name it, that type of activity is ... to offer and time management, all while doing a good job. It

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  poor college students. Well, most of us are, I think. But allow yourself ... that MIT has to offer for those who are struggling with anxiety. MIT ... Together - A conglomeration of all the resources that MIT has to offer in one

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  offer you 50 Reflections. Here goes... The years I spent at MIT were ... . Students entering college this fall would have been just eight years old ... only a few months old and restricted to a handful of colleges, which

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  conversation (meaning 90 degrees of Tang will sever a conversation clean in two ... 's unit? Unless he officially rebukes this and offers an alternative unit

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  about our high schools. Malingap is someone offering to grill me a burger ... college ends. So, buwis-buhay. The word buwis is Tagalog for tax, and buhay

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  at places that supposedly offer a diverse and challenging working ... . As you fill out your college applications and ask for recommendations

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  ambitious people I know. And during the college application process, this can ... institution is like. College is a place where you'll be for the next 4-6 years ... earlier in life personally, during the college application process the

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018