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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…

  

  after one fateful trip to the bathroom in which I discovered a door on ... have really driven home to me, in a pretty personal way, the very real ... about 2001, when it finally got a much-needed makeover). In a ranking of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  a particularly long time, so I opted to walk down eight flights of ... , especially in proportion to its massive concrete parking lot, and I am suddenly ... carefully curated trees. I am pragmatic in a Trader Joe's. I know exactly

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  in my first entry as a blogger, I recently decided to write a new blog ... elections meeting, an overnight shift, a trip to New York, another exam ... allowing myself a ten minute study break before I have to go back to reading

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  '''s, [annotation note ="In fact, I never hear it when being introduced to a fellow ... are you from? what are you thinking of majoring in? It got to the point ... [/annotation] in something else I dunno — and preemptively held it up to anyone I

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Fitting in at MIT as a Latino family weekend 2014, day 2 and what I learned

  

  as a Latino. And a huge part of it is thanks to the ardent strides the ... organizations like: LUChA (La Unión Chicana por Aztlán) MAES (Latinos in ... a Parent Connector and volunteering in campus events as well as

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 18, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  trip to Florida starts in less than a month! Forthcoming blog entries ... After a long vacation in Southeast Asia, I'll be officially back in the swing of things tomorrow. It will be a little strange to be back

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline November 1 is the Early Action deadline.

  

  , the Admissions Officers had a "mail opening party." In reality, it wasn ... , it can take a week or more to complete all of these steps. The mail is ... . It is also important to note that we do not need to have your scores in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I send in my transcript?

  All transcripts must be submitted by a school counselor or another school representative to be considered official. This applies for high school and college transcripts. If your school does not have a school
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Application Materials? What to do if your MyMIT tracking shows missing documents.

  

  , it will be appropriate to send in an additional copy of this missing ... more you need to do. I assure you we will have your scores in plenty of time to make a decision. You are not at any disadvantage. If you have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  to? good question. right now, i'm sitting on my chair in a weird ... professor a couple weeks in advance to be like, "hey dude, i don't think i can ... midwestern genes. and it's really cool to look at a basket of fruit and be like

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  some thoughts i have a few

  

  I've been blogblocked a lot and I've been really trying to find ... . Living in Random Hall, known to be a small, quirky, counter-culture dorm on ... popular at MIT, to prove that living in Random Hall did not define me as a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  , and talks above serve as a useful map to the wonderful world of SHASS at ... purpose of the list is to provide admitted students with a basic roadmap to ... : Anthropology 21A.00 Introduction to Anthropology: Comparing Human Cultures; HASS

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  If you missed part 1 of the Fredventure, be sure to check that out in ... scorching hot, and a few of us even pulled out our umbrellas to shield ... all decided to get fruit juice at some random juice bar in the middle of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Undergraduates by Major AND Professor Auroux. Don't miss it.

  

  ). =/ Hahaha it's actually a pretty hard to read graph, but it's sequential by ... - or course, with a lower-case c - in each department also is designated by a number. Hence, the introductory calculus class in Mathematics

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  subject at a time. After taking tests, I normally go back to my room to ... have 4 large windows that I normally open to let the breeze in. I like to ... want to live on, the type of room you want to live in, and who you want

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  ammunition, and more guns than you can (or would want to) shake a stick at. A ... never blog about varsity sports, why?" or "You try to hire bloggers from a ... them out. Try to ignore the cluster of shots in the lower right corner of

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  skills that would help me learn how to get my projects off the ground in a ... my sophomore year, pushed me in a different way. Any time I would go to ... -old bagels, and even living in a bunk bed in a walk-in closet for while to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  understanding with teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in ... , this is only self-reported scoring, we will use official scores in review ... scores from ACT will reach us in a few weeks, in plenty of time for EA

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  A Continuing Experiment in Cooperative Eating or, every food picture I have ever posted from pika

  

  , strange instrument concerts, and sitting in a dark room listening to music ... pancake I made to look like a turkey   lemon zest shortbreadá la ... homemade tamales, traditional Ethiopian food, sushi, and a Chinese New Year

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  from the future. I got a crash course in not burning out - and my mentor ... up last weekend, when my family and I took a trip to Block Island, a ... away from where I live. We spent the first two or so hours in a car

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011