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  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  as someone who was at first hesitant to the idea. Despite the ... teammates suggested I just try it out"]initial hesitancy,[/annotation] joining ... interested in joining a sorority or are just curious, I encourage you to read

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  another HASS class to take and landed on CMS.840, which I initially didn ... ’s posts from past summers - as she wrote, “sometimes MIT students like to do ... this year’s cohort of students applying to MIT to know that as well! If

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  ’s shelters, and how this inspired her to start her organization. As a result ... -worker.       This particular Twitter thread brought to light more context to Nadya ... naturally attach these terms to the real and painful struggles of homelessness

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  applied to do Interphase EDGE, which is a 2-year enrichment program. The ... assigned advisor at the OME, and a week-long retreat to reconnect with the ... freshman year, but generally the first person I went to for help with

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  color? Perhaps you still have the ability to see color, but let’s pretend ... ? Would you even see it? How would you react to it? Maybe, even if you had the ability to see the apple, if you never have the chance to use that

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  into East Campus, were initially assigned to H306, and got reassigned to ... from owner to owner, like the couches, the round table, some of the posters. it’s also right next to the lounge, which is a plus. it’s an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  my ears is loud—too loud, frankly—but it’s all I can do to block out ... of seven people. I read over the problems again, eyes moving to and ... , and my eyes both dart to and from material and see nothing at all. It

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  myself) initially felt the need to portray their most accomplished and ... most equally down-to-earth and inspiring people I have met during my time at MIT. Why was he responding to this email thread? And why was he on

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA and the Logan Airport Rental Car Center

  

  four colors worked well together. When I initially mentioned this to Alan ... ought to begin this post with a motivation. CJ: Motivation? There was ... hours and 39 minutes. I copied the post and sent it to Alan. Alan

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What does the D-Lab do?

  D-Lab is building a global network of innovators to design and disseminate technologies that meaningfully improve the lives of people living in ... , technology development, and community initiatives, all of which emphasize
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  the end. I was never a bad student, but initially more the type to go ... did in high school, they tend to mean “what went on their application ... you apply to college, but that filtered projection of an imperfect

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  MIT's history is a topic that's become increasingly interesting to me over the past few months. I used to think history was pretty dry, but I ... started looking into the course catalogs because I wanted to find out how

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  growth. I am happy to tackle those challenges head-on. Luana: Initially ... students to the Institute, and each year they surprise and inspire me. The ... follow the same path to MIT. Colored by the patina of life experience

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  effects that were initially found for black test-takers were also found to ... There is empirical evidence to support the idea that males have a ... to spatial ability by nearly a full standard deviation, and in attempt

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  , I have often referred to The Blogfather's advice, and some of his ... . As I get ready to graduate, I wanted to share how I experienced Ben ... the idea at first. When you come to MIT, you will often find your people

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  , dreamy tone people usually use to describe things like “winning the lottery ... sitting in the library, studying for a Geography exam when someone ran up to ... cat, I ran quickly to the office and seconds later, was tearing off DHL

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  told me that he had a problem. On Pi Day, he had been admitted to MIT ... unexpectedly admitted to another program, which was also a dream, albeit a different one. Sam told me that he was having trouble choosing what to do. He

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  all this, if you fail to learn and change accordingly. So here I am, the ... Most of my conversations back home seem to begin with this question: "How was your first year at MIT?" After a billion failed attempts (most

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  scholar. I'm going to put [annotation note='CMS is Comparative Media Studies ... what? Gift economies To buy a Hunt Conclusion Open questions ... hundreds of teams, with sizes anywhere from one to a hundred, work to solve

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  finding your inner strength to move onwards. Move onwards from failing, from ... cannot afford to fail this class and have to re-take it next semester ... drove up to MIT for the first time. I had signed up for the Shadow a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014