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• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  I was a high achiever since a young age just because I thought school by itself was really boring. The challenge of winning a bunch of stuff made the whole experience more bearable. But I wasn’t always a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  When I was applying to be a blogger in September, one of the first questions was about why I wanted to be a blogger in the first place. Amidst feeling a bit of déjà vu and lasting trauma from college application essays

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  [embed]https://open.spotify.com/track/5MsZIaCYY6Tsdph0LiB0hE?si=a10ec ... just a semester of my undergraduate career left, it's hard not to. Every ... you something about graduating with a biomedical engineering degree from

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  Twitter. Since my blogs do a decent job of encompassing how 2022 went for me, I won't review the past year on here, but I made a Substack post ... responded, "Hard to say because I have so many flaws." That's a self

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  project is to compose a movement of a string quartet, and it’s cool because on the last day of class they invite a local string quartet group to ... ’t very hard - there’s just a checklist of requirements your music has to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  In high school, the boys didn’t like me. A friend suggested that ... that I was a little loud and a little awkward in high school. I spent ... sported a brass-colored bob that I can now admit was ill-suited to my skin

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  deep of a topic. "Just write about your favorite shows and stuff, Mel," I ... that I don't just casually enjoy feels like a crime. Admitting that I like something to someone I'm not familiar with feels like forcing a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  A few weeks ago, in a true callback to our high school days, Paolo ... on this website apropos of nothing, we were in fact practicing for a real reason - college Jeopardy auditions. College Jeopardy requires a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  , my middle school science teacher started a team at my school, and I loved it. Science bowl, for those of you who haven’t heard of it, is a ... answer. The rules are a bit more complicated than that, and are best

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  This is, for the most part, a post about Seattle. I've been a resident of Green Lake, Seattle for a little over a month now. There's very ... ="54230" /] I feel very strongly about Seattle in a way that I haven't felt about

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  In my New Year's Resolutions post, I wanted to make a promise to blog ... I've blogged twice in a week so it basically makes up for it. I realize now that I'm a blog behind so enjoy this extra little blog. I just

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  Last Thursday, MIT Medical had a walk-in clinic at Walker, where MIT community members could walk in and get a flu shot. I was initially a bit ... the past. A bunch of people in our hall told me to get the shot. It

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wryping styles wryping = writing + typing

  

  necessary, i end my sentences with a period. This is how I usually write on ... Kahneman and in it he talks about an intuitive, impulsive System 1 and a ... think I have a personal twist to the standard style that actually might be

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  is my past avatar, a more accurate depiction of me when I wrote this post.  On the week of Pi Day, my friend and I both wondered how a ... comprehend my state of mind back then. I want to have a conversation with that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  I checked my Timehop today and saw a tweet about how I was stressed about college essays. It's interesting how life changes. A year ago ... : - There is a physics pset due tomorrow. - I am hungry. I need food. - I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  Mall, and exchange my tickets. A man says something to me--”what?”--the second time around I think it might have been a catcall so I walk quickly ... around the city so I go get a smoothie. These women in sundresses order

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  For the past almost four and a half years, which is just under a ... happens when I am not in a place, I am deeply missing Random and my friends ... lived in one room. There isn’t a typical Randomite and there isn’t a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  There's a story my mother likes to tell about the time, soon after I began first grade, she received a polite but concerned note from my ... from a library book about reproductive biology, with a degree of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  The pre-Spring break week is always a nightmare; a friend summed it ...   and laughing at a bizarre article about the "craziest items seized by ... friends for a while (THANK YOU TO XIAOYUE '15 FOR MAKING US ALL BREAKFAST

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  enroll, I wanted to take a few moments to speak directly to the Class of ... . That something is match. We talk a lot about match here at MIT ... and asking "where would be a good match for me?" I was a good student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011