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  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  on the third floor of Walker Memorial and cry internally for 50 minutes ... for the midterm, I realized that there’s really no way around it. The ... starts Wednesday, calm for about 5 hours on Thursday, panic the entire

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  ? for example: in confronting the self, i discuss how my feelings of ... with some more contradictions. for one, i (don't) want to do work. i ... and read things. for another, i (don't) want the semester to end. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  ’m taking a fourth for fun and knowledge and hopefully preparing for grad ... .03 it is. 17.315: Health Policy This is the last HASS I need for my public ... , who I also had for [annotation note="Intro to Public Policy"]17

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  internship, like I've been telling people. It's a subgenre of sorts, meant for ... expanded the program for me in order to get in. And so that's why when I look ... godly figure shining down on me saying "Cami, computer science is for you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  fundamentally broken, or psychotic, in some way, or that it was only for people ... huge front desk. i walk up to it. i couldn’t figure out what to say, for ... someone? i opted for the more conservative hi, i’m here for walk-in hours

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  for the first time in the most unguided way possible. I shimmied along ... Thomas Jefferson. I felt the need to jump out of my seat for Hamilton. I ... time you did something for the first time?" There's just something about

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  has been firmly on the pure math track for a few years and who hasn ... wrestling with many new abstract concepts in my head for long periods of time ... school, and for the most part that turned out to be true, though they

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  campus for a 3-day Campus Preview Weekend.  Suffice it to say that those ... only covered a pinprick of what was in store for us. And to everyone who’s going to be here over the next few days for CPW, I can promise you that

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  Hello! Sorry for the recent lack of post! After an epic trip around ... approaching (of couse, after the horrifying super intense final week for people ... Cambridge.) SIGH. I will look like a zombie for 2 months ☹ But it’s okay

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  requirements. Other dorms would be less understanding. As for your plasma screen ... your dorm room (in any residence hall), except for microwaves and hot ... : good blog,I am doing research for my Daughter,she wants to apply to MIT

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  CollegeBoard send them to us, but for a definitive answer you should call ... .253.4791. ------------------------------------- Steven wrote: "Is there any way for deferred students to send supplementary ... 't arrived yet for whatever reason. Regardless of the TOEFL, if you submitted

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  my younger self for behaving that way. they just had a lot of growing ... unanswered for long periods. maybe it's a bit of a pride thing -- i can't let ... for help when i need it. thinking about the steadfast support and love

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  have ever read—for its emotional impact on me, but also for expanding ... . It seems like Ishiguro doesn’t hit hard for everyone, but I’d still say ... it standing right there at the shelf for two hours. Fun Home is a

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  crazy! Oh, they have no weakness, except for a rock that you can’t find on ... the Great Depression, he was born out of a need for a hero. But I can ... . Think about it: for the last nearly 100 years Superman has been THE

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  Waffle House. They bought groceries for me, too. Not knowing what to ask for, I requested beans and chicken. I made eggs with no oil and then ... Kerry Way uses these routes, winding for miles through private pasture

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger

  

  on for miles with no interruptions. The path is secluded from the road ... believe this was a Christmas Eve hike. We’re Jewish, so Christmas for me ... unpleasant for them but never long enough to wipe them out. When I run or bike

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  autonomous mode for our robot was a pain in the ass. It was all about ... I'm happy with. I don't have a lot to show for my interest in AI other ... and over for three hours straight, with no improvement in sight

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  we named 2124 cities of the world fridays with 4W

  

  for this but he describes it as easily the craziest four hours. They ... [annotation note="it’s a 4W tradition to celebrate the birthdays for all the ... resolved to come prepared next time. We had planned for people to go over

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 29, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  . i don’t have much to show for my time in college other than a ...   v. i’ve known for a long time that i perceive other people very ... to conclusions without worrying too much about rigor. for example, i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  you can care about things revisiting stoicism

  

  wishing for specific outcomes from these things inevitably leads to ... wandering, and i am grateful to stoicism for providing that   iii. one ... mistake the latter for the former if you’re not reading carefully, but they

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • July 18, 2022