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  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  beginning of my ~emo phase~...[/caption] “I am not cool” said a teenage girl ... ’t take a lot of pictures.   “I am not pretty. I’ve got a big heart.  I am not confident. I might be smart.”  “But I am not cool.”  

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  . Every hobby I picked up, except blacksmithing, lives in this room. My jewelry supplies are still in the desk drawer, though I've taken my best ... , stuffed full of fantasy. My eyes flick to the books I loved, gloss over the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  in transit where do i go from here?

  

  I love traveling alone on public transportation. I like staring out the window watching the cold concrete walls zoom by as I just sit. I've always liked just sitting in whatever vehicle it may be. I loved being in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 6, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Collections Simple

  

  I think I should be blogging about the relevant and interesting things I have been doing both inside and outside the confines of MIT. I've reached this strange turning point in my life where I want to do things more

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  I’m typing this at around 1 PM on a Friday. My head hurts, just a ... little sleep. I haven’t eaten since yesterday evening, and I’ve sort of ... ’re being held taut under tension. Emotionally, I feel as if I’m caught at the

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  One. Two weeks ago my phone's charger suddenly stopped working. I ordered a replacement from Amazon. I accidentally put Baker as the address, because that was where I stayed last summer. When Amazon said it arrived

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  My grades for the semester have finally all appeared on WebSIS, and I've passed all of my classes, so that means I am officially done with ... ? Well, it means I not only have a lot of free time for writing blog posts

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yo quiero… A Spanish themed entry?Ok, not really.

  

  Today I took a nap fom 5 AM to 9 AM. Then I went to class. When I came back, I slept from 3:30 PM tp 8:30 PM. That's 9 whole hours of sleep ... alarmed. Today was "Laura's going to catch up on sleep" day. I don't usually

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  As a quick sidenote, I want to say my heart goes out to everyone going through these particularly tough times. I know this blog may seem out of place with recent events. I've tried a lot to figure out how to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I already have a degree?

  MIT doesn’t award second bachelor’s degrees, regardless of the course of study. We encourage you to apply to MIT as a graduate student.
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  A couple nights ago, I cried as Raymond asked me my deepest desires and I told him that for once in my time at MIT, I want to be good at something, to have my niche. I've been struggling a lot in finding my place

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  It's my junior year, and I am busy working on graduation requirements. I don't love my classes, but I'm getting through (y'know, relatively). Sometimes people ask me why I'm doing this to myself, but I just tell them

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  I’m being honest. To understand what I mean, you need context. For the last couple of years in high school, I was in a near-constant state of burnout and exhaustion from all the things I was trying to accomplish on not

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  hello, again it me

  

  It's been almost three months since my last blog post, so I thought I'd check in again--I keep meaning to blog, but each time I think about it I feel increasingly like I need a really good post about all the cool

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  which I've just forgotten what's important to me. This blog is about the mistakes I made this semester, largely losing sight about what I actually wanted for myself. I think one thing that gets underestimated here is the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  one. when i was applying to be a blogger i wrote this in my blogger application, under the question "why do you want to be a blogger": i want to be a blogger to write for tenth grade me. i want to show him, the kid

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  hazy mid-semester days what i've been up to lately (mostly, psets...)

  

  just on the horizon. I wanted to share what my daily life looks like, in ... it to. Here's a muddled average of all the things I've been up to these ... winter. I had a lot of trouble figuring out which day to start on, because

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a physics major (for now) feeling scholarly, part 2/2

  

  Last week, I wrote all about the classes I took this past year. It was originally meant to be a one-off post, but in writing it, I found myself having a lot to say about the impact those classes have had on how I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  introduction I'll just word vomit here and say that I started writing this blog as soon as I got home from the concert. I am so overwhelmed, I am so in love with art and music, I am so in love with life, and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  When I was younger, people called me the "art kid." I distinctly remember the first job I ever wanted to be was an interior designer. I drew ... smile. While my desire to be an interior designer[annotation note="I soon

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023