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  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 / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  “oh it’s good at science” and “college is a really long way away”. I was ... had I finished college anywhere else, I might have changed in the same ... ’t think a lot about MIT — or college at all — during most of high school

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• 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 / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  took nursing in college. She took the NCLEX and got a job offer somewhere. My father was a professor, at the time, and got an offer for a research ... trust what they say, and if my parents couldn't offer me that, it was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
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  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  campus, eager to experience MIT and everything it has to offer. Many of ... more fundamental than those other blog posts. In short: In college, you ... the end of the day, the choices you make in college are yours. The

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• 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
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  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 / 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 / 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
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  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 / Academics & Research

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

  

  degree charts.) You can still graduate with any major even if you don ... colleges have wildly different academic calendars and deadlines than MIT does

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
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  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
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  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
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  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 / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  I wanted to do earlier in college? What if I had taken those harder ... academic offerings at MIT. But the two seniors in our group both said they ... truly offer you advice on how to make it all feel better, especially when

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• 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
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  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
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  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
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  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  who say that their high school life was more difficult than college ... don’t understand they’re talking to underpaid college students and not ... ended up convincing me to do [annotation note=" Real analysis is offered

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021