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  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  It’s been 3.5 years since I came to the United States from Nigeria ... the States was prefixed by living with my aunt and her family in ... the strange buttons and knobs and labels. My aunt helped me figure out

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
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  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  : I read something online that said, “There are 30,000 days in your life ... done with classes, which left me in an uncertain state for the future ... Tree National Park to the Kettle Moraine State Forest to the Green

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
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  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  admissions process, I like helping admitted students learn about MIT before ... the book that was going to be covered in lecture, go through online ... the lecture were always posted online. There, honestly, was no need for

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
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  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  . Thanks again to Lydia for helping me get that online before I was an actual ... building codes also state that if MIT spends more than some amount of money ... help color in the social history. From their words and from records of

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
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  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  born. Maybe this will help someone, or maybe it will be totally ... practical advice recently (which is probably more helpful than this list) and ... country. The time away from MIT will help give you perspective, and you

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
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  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  thought in my head was “I volunteered in the ER at MGH, I can help, I need to help”. I called Milton, the head of the volunteer department and he ... didn’t have my ID with me, I couldn’t enter the ER. Instead I helped out

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

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  . When I'm on the road, or in an information session, or online in various ... , less delicate version, especially online, the premise underlying the ... minority / from a rural state / an athlete / an artist / a traveling magician

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
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  50 Reflections

  

  large part, enabled the blogs to become the epicenter of the online ... Mikey Yang constantly. He always worked the phones. So I'd call him from ... name is Mike Yang, sir. I just..." Me: "WELL LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
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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

  

  to know them. Make it a game: try to get a selfie with someone from every state. Make friends with people outside of your living group. Sure ... (or something similar) and usually they’re happy to help you. Your

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
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  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  with headphones on, staring at the computer screen. Perpetual state of ... real life; I spent most of my time online, where I could pretend ... day, silent, became my modus operandi. I had never had to ask for help

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  researchers and professionals across all areas of play, games and human ... now (making games is hard oops). It derives from my grad student's research on playing creativity games with robots, and she's written a few

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
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  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  the previous Scholars online are absolutely amazing and intimidating ... got to chat with one another and play a mean game of “Go Fish” while the ... , but there are so many other people who have helped build the story. I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
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  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  world that's constructed to help you become yourself for four(ish) years ... continue processing our feelings in real time online on other platforms, but ... in person or online. When we first sent out the email inviting alums

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
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  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  deposit.  Figure out how to do an international wire online, but ... 72+ units.) Only one of my courses, Intro to ML, had tutorials ... were only there to help boost your grade on the final. Human

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
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  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  to help out with a side project. A couple back-and-forth emails later ... only printed and not uploaded anywhere online because the file size was

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  "heck, did I at least get the units right?" or use brute force to solve ... video games... Not all the time, but most of the time. Don't tell my parents.) Over my four years, I sang with an a cappella group, helped record

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
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  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  papers I wrote) and some are from an online text, meaning they come from ... capacity. It's the same reason I chose to take 69 units of class my freshman ... without considering the circumstances. It turns out that I can take 93 units

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
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  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  mentioned for free online, if you want to have an idea of the state of physics ... catalog online. It consists of an overview of MIT, some notes on campus life ... 1865. They're all available online, and they're an incredible source of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
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  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  levels look like or go get the game! :) Your first semester is Luigi ... - you'll have to figure out what works for you. (helpful hint: you no ... helping hand - hey, we've all been there before! * Generally, you are doing

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
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  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  changed a LOT in the few years I’ve been gone. Registration is now online. There are tons of new professors. New shops in the student center. Online ... playing online. USB mic + headphone port - Not every computer has a nice

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015