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• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  I’m writing this sitting at my aunt’s kitchen table, at midnight ... after. From her balcony window, I can see the bright lights of the town ... sets. I can imagine the outline of the forest I would see in the distance

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  I've been hesitant to write things since my mind has been a bit of a ... 's a feeling of too much and not enough going on. During the days where I have things to do, I feel happy and fulfilled. IAP is truly what I make

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  I've been thinking a lot about what it means to be a student here at MIT, and whether or not I made the right decision in coming to this ... ." I've found solace in my writing classes and creative outlets: writing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  This past week was probably the worst I've encountered at my time at MIT so far. I know the future only has a lot more of these in store, but I'm surprised it actually happened this late into my freshmen year. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  schedule, pretty much every upperclassman I know (as well as my advisor) told me that I was pulling a “freshman spring” and taking too many classes ... . Still, though, I’m glad I did it. I learned the limits of how much my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  around campus A: i mean we're around B: no like B: other people B: doing work A: yeah and i bet they're saying to themselves A: look at these ... A: well i wanted to say, oh shoot, it's another person, act normal B

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  announced intentions to ship a cellular-enabled iPad and Apple Pencil to every ... aid"]Many students were baffled by the generosity of the iPad plan ... . [caption id="attachment_57455" align="alignnone" width="750"] i don't know

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  look who i found in vienna hi joon

  

  [annotation note = "joon looks much more aesthetic than i did in my picture jesus"][/annotation][annotation note = "in case you were wondering this is true outside of pictures as well"][/annotation]

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 27, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  When I graduated in 2018, I was talking to my partner about how lost I felt. Igniting civic engagement on campus and advocating for peer to ... - I felt like a balloon with it’s strings cut. Adrift. Empty. Useless

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Eating Disorder Awareness Week – The Secret I Kept by julia p. '24

  

  and I am a physics major in the class of 2024. This week is eating disorder awareness week, so I wanted to take some time to share my story. Before I start I want to thank Cami Meija for hosting my guest post! This

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 23, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  “My name is Paige, and I'm a bit of an optimist. Or at least, I try to be. ... Beyond being an optimist, I'm a mathematician. Or at least, I try to be.” - my blogger bio, circa summer 2023 In one of the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  Right now I am in Florida, at a campground just outside Miami, where ... ’s raining gently, so I am marooned on a bench under the roof of the laundry ... (totally intentional) distance, I want to tell you about four days this past

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  for my life right now, I just lost a group stage match, but I still ... . Background (why the World Cup): I have been obsessed with the World Cup for the past month, which is strange considering none of the teams I support

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m Still Here (for now) quick reflections on the last ten years

  

  I’m sitting in the quiet car of a Northeast Regional Amtrak train, writing a blog post for the first time in almost four years. Since I started MIT in the fall of 2015, I’ve taken the trip from New York to Boston

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  this) I have already completed every requirement to graduate (except the swim test lol) For the first time, I have no mandatory soccer ... of my other 7 semesters, this semester is one that I can do whatever I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  It’s Wednesday night. I have about 84 hours left at MIT. 84 hours ... student.  I’m sitting on the floor of my dorm room, surrounded by boxes ... freshman year when I stuffed every single thing in my room into cardboard

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  Let me preface this post by saying: I don't think I've figured out MIT quite yet. I think I've definitely gotten better at being an MIT student as time has gone on, but I definitely haven't gamed the system yet

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  My childhood best friend changed schools in 8th grade, so I didn ... . (Nerd status, I know, but confession: I was much more motivated by the ... that time, I wasn’t really considering MIT, because as my earlier

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  The last time I wrote a post as I was flying at some undetermined altitude over some undetermined state in the Midwest. I’m now writing, I can say with complete accuracy, that I am flying over Elmira, NY at 24

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  For the past six months, I have been truly privileged to share my MIT experiences with all of you through the admissions blogs. Whether I talked about ... opportunities, or something completely random, I was always writing with you - the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008