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  Parting Remarks Ending the same way I began

  

  So with today being my last day of classes I decided to make this last video just sort of going through how MIT was for me. For those of you…

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  staying in touch people are great <3

  

  i’m taking this course called “The Science of Well-Being” on Coursera that’s supposed to teach you how to be happier and more productive. i was skeptical about it at first…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  I spent the last few days thinking about how I felt about the murder of Amaud Arbery. After seeing the news a few days ago, I quickly went to find…

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  The weird thing about quarantine is that I’m actually being better about staying in touch with my friends than I was when I was while I was at MIT…and surrounded…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 3 i am starting to feel very old

  

  well here we are again. those of you have been keeping up with the blogs for many years might remember that i’ve been writing love poems to spotify ever since…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  warnings: suicide ment, depression ment 1. The first time it happened was in fifth grade, right before spring break. I was called into the principal’s office. “I hear you’re threatening…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2020 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  Earlier today, we completed and released our decisions for transfer applicants who applied for entry during Fall 2020. You may access your decision at apply.mitadmissions.org—the same site where you submitted…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  This week, I, like many other Indian American girls I know, binge-watched the Netflix show Never Have I Ever. The show, which happens to be the No. 1 trending series…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  next to normal on mental health

  

  content warning: extended discussion of suicidal thoughts.     i recently listened to the soundtrack of next to normal, this 2008 musical about a mother who struggles with bipolar disorder.…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  blogger tag yourself: quarantine edition favorite hobby? looking in the mirror and wondering if i'm real

  

  if i didn’t tag myself as, erm, myself, i’d probably say i’m Afeefah. damn, i’m always working in bed and it’s SUCH an issue. who are you? let us know…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 1, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  I applied for biology Ph.D. programs this past fall and interviewed at several schools in January and February. The process was incredibly familiar⁠21 tbt applying to MIT >4 years ago…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  Over the years, we have occasionally published posts from students who didn’t get into MIT but went on to thrive elsewhere (like this, and this). This is another one of…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a quarantine haiku generator purell and poetics

  

  hello! hope everyone is doing well. I made a quarantine haiku generator: get yours here.

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  four semesters in music and food just some lists and reminisces

  

  Some of the bloggers have written before about the way that music playlists can come to define, and bring back memories of, semesters that are long gone. I was reflecting…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  Over these past couple of weeks, I’ve had the absolute privilege of working closely with MIT Admissions to help organize CP*, MIT’s virtual take on Campus Preview Weekend. Who knew…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  i’m the kind of person who is very motivated by the prospect of getting shit done. i love setting goals because they offer opportunities to be productive, but more often…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 2 our experience trying to prepare for the animation industry at MIT

  

  In spring 2018, we wrote a post called Visual Arts @ MIT. In that post, we talked extensively about all the visual arts related things we have done at MIT…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 22, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  First, I want to thank my amazing roommate-in-exile Cami for letting me write this blogpost. I love you and miss you a lot! My name is Mariia⁠65 Yes, my name…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of happiness this weekend :) My floor’s annual party, DTYD (Dance ‘Til You Drop), would have been yesterday…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  CP*,⁠78 called as such because it's no longer a weekend--it's over multiple weekends the virtual replacement for Campus Preview Weekend, was SO much fun. Sure, there’s no free food involved…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020