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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  suck (like sitting on a beach all day). Things that used to suck are ... two things. it’s like a venn diagram: (excuse the dark photos. I'm on ... . Tons of stuff is on the positive y-axis, too. It hasn’t always been like

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  out each other's names on sight and placing air kisses on each other ... had fabricated something out of nothing. I clung on to my friend because ... 've got a pset I forgot about!" "Whoops, left the stove on haha..." "Yeah

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  ’s because I’ve been on the road for several weeks! Every year, admissions ... ). I cried because I reflected on the time I went to a small carnival in ... interacted with on the road would experience their own world-shifting when they

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  [/annotation]in order to write down the poem on the paper i keep by my bed. here it is ... on MITConfessions. 9.35 - 9.45 am: i reluctantly get out of bed ... on some clothes. 9.45 - 9.57 am: i walk over to the[annotation note

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  all of campus puts on a bazillion fun events for them!) I wanted to ... afterwards. My parents didn't come with me; they stuck me on a plane by myself ... exploring a new city on my own (I'd always been picked up at the airport

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  it has colour. i tread carefully on my way to the bathroom, my legs ... froze over, I wrapped myself in a warm wool coat and pulled on gloves and ... stars reflected there in that icy mirror. I laid down on that polished

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  ’s a myriad of expressions on their different faces that I’m trying to ... out supplies, building bathrooms, and helping to treat people on this ... treasured moments (sprawled on the pitch black sand in Wadi Rum, gazing at

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Reflections

  

  of embraced that perception -- we call ourselves “da twins” on these ... people on a regular basis this past semester, without right away revealing ... did learn we are twins. Two instances stand out. Allan: One person on

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  of the instructors. The first two lectures or so were focused on using ... are usually based on the Chinese pronunciation of the Kanji, i ... to realize that so many more Korean words than I thought were based on

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  can follow him on Flickr, Facebook, and Instagram. Enjoy! Hi everyone ... months ago, Lydia asked me, “do you want to write a guest post on your math ... origami artists on campus! Last winter, ‘organic origami’ artist Vincent

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  . Here they are - we're super excited to have them on the team! Say ... sharing with you what it means to be a student here at MIT. It was here on ... one of the most amazing places on this oh so amazing planet

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  think and comment publicly on science and technology, i.e. to be a public ... culture. Discussions focus on students' writing and address topics such as ... and news writing, focusing on science news writing in general, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  on campus as of late concerning how to best achieve a safe, caring ... post on a happy note, in actuality, the relief of spring break only ... asked me the scores I received on our recent exams and psets, and I told

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

  In Prison Literally

  

  At 12:20pm, on December 4, 2013, Wednesday,  I had absolutely no idea ... . It took a few extra minutes of talking to Madison on the phone, and ... MCI. Paraphrasing her, “I got in here and everything was focused on me

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  about how you'll start it during winter break. Plan on seeing it through ... on something that you might be able to continue into the next year. 2 ... at http://thoughtcatalog.com/ 4) Spend all your money on tasteful

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  My summer internship ended on Friday, August 17. Today was the first ... clown threw up on it." You get the idea. There are classes and clubs and ... most recent classes was a multidisciplinary course on the concept of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  , but another critic zooms in on a detail. You do know that your building ... think that when I know it’s my fault my project is behind on development ... shifting to the next presenter on my left, I’d started walking right, past

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  release of Early Action decisions, we aren't allowed to blog on Saturday or Sunday. It is now 11:04pm on Friday. I therefore have 56 minutes to open a ... on gloves, and called up a friend who I haven't seen in months, because

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  's a wimp. When situations get rough, she jumps on her bed to get as far ... partly on what "fit best" with our real personalities. I was horrified ... of my voice, which I have already judged to be less than good. Now, on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  probably the light bar on top of someone's jacked-up pickup truck. Driving ... trips to do some "real" climbing, and I hopped on the first one I could ... to be able to orient yourself in such a way that you can stand on a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011