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  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  year. Do a handstand - Incomplete. I didn't focus that much on core stability this year and I hope to focus on that more. Maintain a 4.5/5.0 GPA ... do this but maybe next year I'll focus a lot more on flexibility. Get

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  People’s Day. As we do so, let us reflect on the richness and resilience of these communities across our country; on the significance of the ... ; on the unfulfilled or shattered promises our nation has made to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  forward to doing these programs since high school, i set my hopes on doing ... start our internships remotely and possibly travel to the region on June ... . also, the first week was slated to be virtual. I'd leave the States on

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  making space in my schedule to go to the maker space and 100 other things I was bad at this semester

  

  training. For this, you had to do different modules based on which track you ... cutting. In manual, you work with drill presses, band saws, other hands-on ... . It wasn't too tricky, and a lot of it was based on common sense, like

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  ." This is true; the registrar provides state-by-state data on how many ... particularly notable. On the other hand, knowing all of the South Dakotans who ... [/annotation] from South Dakota this year. Naturally, I put all of them on a mailing

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  + connections on LinkedIn, but he says it's because I dress like a kid, to which I ... ! There were four button holes on one side, and only two on the other. After ... be buttoned to the buttons on their own side of the coat (folding the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  exciting, since we're finally on campus, but the good parts of campus aren ... on her bed sometimes, and I spend most of my time at my desk by the ... 're on the fourth floor. But now, after going down for dining thrice per

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  on average, but something something incrementalism']improved last week ... sleep schedule is still quite hard. On the other hand, being up late has ... . [image_row images="58626,58627,58628" /] I grabbed these photos on

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stitch n Bitch: Quarantine Edition a tight-knit community scattered across the globe

  

  seen her out and about on the blogs. We had run into each other before, in our freshman year at MIT, but I think our story really starts on a ... posted something about it on her social media. It was this post which led

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  the one where i talk to ameer what is real again?

  

  -shaped table with a puzzle on top. Five or more days a week, eight or more hours ... tangibly real, to digitized clusters of pixels on a Zoom call. What is "real ... with someone. So, I reached out to Ameer on Slack and said "Ameer! Let

  • by kellen manning
  • April 9, 2020
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  introduced myself as a freshman one too many times. Now, I take on the task of ... put in, so my detachment is on me.     There’s an innocent energy to ... I am learning to bow my head, breathe, and move on. This is unlike

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  shitty first draft of my resume by the end of August. I improved on it in ... on recruiters. I staggered back to EC loaded with General Motors tee ... spent most of my free time in October and November polishing up on my

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  reflect on whether MIT was the right fit for me, and why. And maybe it ... : Residential System: choosing my living group based on cultural fit allowed me to ... . One might stay up all night on Thursday to finish a problem set, and all

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  post.  On the week of Pi Day, my friend and I both wondered how a ... Cognitive Sciences minor, which is heavy on biology]. I was almost a physics ... even with it, the end of the first semester here felt like walking on a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  On the first Friday of my last semester, I had a choice between two ... speakers from our Professor: “He put this field on a strong footing…” “One ... know many across the world…” “...and you can quote me on that.” (Bonus

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  US competition in Lincoln, NE each June. I’ve worked on five of our ... engineering candy we saw on these cars (anybody who has met me can vouch for ... studies to focus in excess of 80-100 hours per week on building their

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  surprise goodie bag left at 3am on the the doors of East Campus residents ... : result of the evening-long discussion on what "1 unit of sex" is ... frosh spray paint it. You can see from the bit on the left why the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  murals on our. Because I couldn’t imagine classes I loved at MIT anywhere ... ’ll never end: you wake up on Monday and know that you won’t be able to take a ... I live, we’re in a bubble. On those days, I wonder about all the cool

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  cafeteria- you don’t have much of a say as to what goes on it. SAT Prep Pizza ... , but focus more on technology for the developing world, you can do that ... you is putting the final details on a Computer Science Cake. You can ask

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  fulfilled a pre-thesis requirement). On the first day of class, my classmates ... 't. I’ve mainly worked on the first of these so far, and already learned ... , on the history of early international students at MIT, with a professor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017