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  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  (Read part 1!) I will start with a disclaimer--there are definitely things that can and will change at MIT. In fact, that’s what I love about ... , healthy environment while still maintaining our academic rigor. One thing I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Events

  My Halloween Costume is Better Than Yours It didn't give me an inflated ego or anything.

  

  So a few days before Halloween I asked you all what I should be for Halloween. I then ignored all of your votes and went with the most popular choice anyway, because it was exactly what I really wanted but was not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Wow KABOOM!

  

  I should NOT be writing this right now because I have a ton of other ... as to what your next year of school may look like). I have two psets due tomorrow (halfway through with each), I UROP from 2 to 6 today

  • by Snively '11
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some summer pictures

  

  I've been promising for a while that I would post some pictures from Switzerland, so I'll be doing that gradually (I have lots of pictures), mixed in with my other entries. I spent the summer working as a research intern

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  me: I'm a rising sophomore planning to major in Mechanical Engineering ... with another area of your choice, it's called 2A), I live in Next House (where the sidewalk ends), I'm from Bethesda, MD (a suburb of Washington

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  :  (metaphorical) There are no ceilings. When I was in high school, I knew (in some ... for me, regardless of where I ended up. In hindsight this was true, and I'll circle back to this idea later. But when I got here, it didn

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  on Tuesday, I turned 22. it wasn't nearly as blissful as turning 21 ... effort. as the weeks of this semester have passed, I feel like I've been ... about my post-grad situation that it's not something I'm looking forward

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  Last week, one of my friends, “Mike”, asked me if I had any Valentine’s Day plans. I didn’t, so he asked me if I wanted to go out to a nice restaurant that day. I wasn’t opposed to the restaurant, although it was

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  it's IAP! I don't have classes! I can end my day at 5 pm like I could during the summer!!   dance last IAP, I was dancing and ... , my dance team's annual performance. I'd go to class from 10 am to 1 pm

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  . For the past couple of years, I've used an app called Sleep Cycle to ... some privacy issues, but I simply choose not to think about it too hard. Besides, it gives me a lot of insight into my personal data: when I fall

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  Freshman fall I decided to join a sport. I had never played sports in ... , I emailed the women's ultimate frisbee team and showed up to practice one day. It was such a struggle. I could not throw a single disc. I

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  I watched the sunrise this morning

  

  one of the reasons I love dawn is it reminds me that the sun will ...   that doesn't mean I don't matter I'm no insignificant blip in the universe it means I am part of something much bigger than myself  

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 7, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Looked outside my window, and what did I see I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

  

  This is probably one of the last things I was expecting to see when I went to my window to investigate the staggeringly loud noise I heard ... impossible to try and capture it all in a blog. Never fear though, I'll figure

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  I’ve gotten a little better at planning. I use a Notion now like all the cool kids, and it's great because I get to customize my planner the way it fits me best. This is one of the pages I've made for myself

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  from something better: 'Cause all my life, I've seen these skies It's paradise, paradise And every time I leave this place I'm terrified, terrified And I still think back to that summer And I hate that I still remember

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  A note about the title: when I was little, my mother (who is a 5th ... hooky more than I ever did. But when your mother is begging you to call in ... ?) Today was my DOFMH from the lab... I've only taken three days off this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  , as I hurried down the Infinite and out into the cold. “Junior year is ... math major at a tech school in the ‘80’s. When was the hardest that I worked? I told myself, in freshman spring, that I would never take 4

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  relationship with food, health, and fitness has always been rocky. I don't know if I can really pinpoint where it first started but I definitely have a ... school, I was relatively hyperconscious about my weight and my physical

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  gone was any trace of you i think i am finally clean

  

  I have experienced love before, at least I think so. Awkward hand ... periods. I've been in love before, where love was 18 hour phone calls and whispers of "I miss you" as electricity carried our voices hundreds of miles

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  Sunday, October 6th   12:00 PM: I wake up. When I pick up my phone to look at the time, my heart skips a beat. Noon? Already?!? I ... right through the alarm.   1:00 PM: After debating if I really

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019