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• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  unimpeachable; I was valedictorian, and no man who was doing worse than me in his ... , with little to no effort, they could have what they wanted. They didn ... - clearly a girl. There’s no ambiguity here. I have traditional femininity in

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  your best american girl on my first boyfriend

  

  is no denying that I liked him. I liked him a lot. My boyfriend ... . And no, this boy never did any AMC practice questions. He never listened ... said no to. When asked about her motivation for writing "Your Best

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 13, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers

  

  Janice: Hey! Thanks for making time for this. CJ: No problem ... advice. CJ: Laughs. No, I'll take it! Janice: When I was an intern at ... startup. CJ: Your fourth? Laughs. Lillian: Is that surprising? CJ: No, it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 26, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  . They are open 10-7 on regular days. There is no equivalent to the Target ... for a couple hours. No one can find my luggage, though they assure me it ... dormitory has no intercom or package drop-off point. He called me to come down

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  move out, and now there's no one automatically tuned in to your needs ... packet. "do you mean this?" "ahhh, no, i mean...cheesy bread...like bread ... i picked up from the alumni i've called--no matter how short the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  them. but no one was sitting on my shoulders. it was just me. it was ... contrast. if you're alone, but have no one to compare it to, so you're not ... begin. no answers, more questions. do i want to be alone? do i want to not

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  had no idea that he was ill—every interaction I'd had with my host ... her socialize, and she began leaving her room of her own volition. in no ... me no matter hard I tried—she was in a lot of pain, so we were giving

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  . Cooking for thirty people was no easy task. Every year, a menu would go up ... around you. Knowing that impostor syndrome exists serves as no barrier to ... out to eat now, and I think, ‘oh no, I’m becoming mom!’, but then I try

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  were robbed from me. I knew I would no longer enter Loop to see my favorite upperclassmen sitting around chatting. I would no longer hear Ivana ... Michaye quietly humming as she made tea. No more walking past Evelyn at 3 in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  said, “Aren’t you going to Europe?” “No, that was last year. There’s a ... sediment and the microbes have no oxygen, the microbes survive by producing ... ? No, we told him, we were doing research. [carousel image1

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  was incredibly excited to take it, before I saw it was no longer offered ... no one other than Ed Schiappa. But then to my dismay I saw that the ... you who know me, I have a very strict "no classes before 11am" rule that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

   experience. I think that this is something a lot of MIT students do, and I am clearly no ... . Does this actually matter? No, not in the slightest. Being able to UROP ... 're pursuing. Getting a job takes practice and some amount of luck because no

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  , because I had no idea what the hell was happening. Plus, I had a strong ... below if any of you would like to try it. I am by no means a professional ... and let the warmth remind you that you are loved, and that no matter

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  asked, "Why do you guys let them do that?" I had no idea what she was ... racist and also a bitch, I have no sympathy) and one of my friends' friends ... they think you're weak and are afraid to say no. And, fuck, most of the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Springing into Junior Year actually not Springing, just Spring

  

  and can no longer support itself, that’s very bad. I’ve been enjoying ... really [annotation note="even if it makes me extend my tuesday night no ... note="especially more now that i no longer feel too nervous to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] How to Revise a Paper in 5 Easy Steps Claire H. '20's urop experience TM

  

  wasn’t in the mood for another set of bad news. “No rejection today,” I ... the same screen. I cursed silently and looked around, hoping no one was ... and to keep moving forward (in whichever direction that may be), no

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  at home, we didn’t use toilet paper, but a bidet. No, not a bidet sink ... ’s the rest that make no sense to me. Miles are bad. Yards are worse. And ... ’s No Snow, one of my favorite songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT4

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  that i am simply a visitor, a traveler from a faraway land. there are no ... temporary, something that has the power to be erased. no, what two east lacks ... stir-fry line waits for no one. the neighbor named bill enters my abode

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  far out in line that no store light shines upon my head. instead, i ... the soup, and leave no longer than a half hour after i sat down. is it extraordinary ramen? no. but it’s one that i’m always happy to go to, and santouka

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  . Unfortunately, I can no longer drink the boba that’s normally sold in MIT ... dead phone, with no idea of where I was, and I eventually gave up and ... personally believe that if I ever have no time in a day to hang out with

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019