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  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  realize that at least for me, I won’t know what I am interested in for at ... like though! At MIT, I have explored areas that I never have before in ... even learned to sow at the Metropolis Makerspace and made a reversible

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  1940s after a high volume of drowning-related deaths at war. It’s been ... dumb. I can’t swim. When I was little, I took swim classes at the ... and not put my feet down. My friends worked at a pool, and I know that I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  college life, particularly here at MIT. I’ve only been on campus for a a ... , philosophical, and ethical look at the future of biotechnology. Despite it being ... from graduating seniors at my high school that the social aspect of

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling old and coming home

  

  'll go to class, but at the end of the day I just want to go home, back to ... three semesters left at this school. I've been here long enough that when ... out anymore; I usually go to bed at the oh-so-early hour of 1 AM. I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Communication Intensive Jumping on the semester-in-review blog train

  

  English – especially not at (hopefully) MIT!” Boy, was I wrong. (Thankfully, not about the “at MIT” part.) As part of MIT’s general institute ... during their time at MIT. Two are humanities classes, and the others relate

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  other computer science class I have taken at MIT. Still, I thought because ... .006 is taught and was seriously considering dropping it. At brunch on ... haven’t dropped a real class at MIT before and it was definitely not my

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  Picture Yourself as a Worm if it helps, make it four-dimensional.

  

  mean, it looks like a plane at a given location (if you suppose that you ... metaphor will come through but this is the set up. When I was at my most ... dimensional. So when I was at my most existential, I worried that there might be

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 6, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  .) At CPW this April, every time I met someone new, I had to be prepared ... nametag — Teresa, Missouri, uhhhh I applied as an [annotation note="at least ... alone, I had at least three people ask me where Missouri was. I had

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  :  there are some basic principles at work here:  when a player is open on ... players at once, since there is too much physical space between them ... the offense since the defense has a harder time sending double-teams at

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  I ate dinner at Dumpling House with some friends. It's only been a ... were going to meet along Mass Ave. I arrived at Mass Ave shortly before ... after quarter after quarter. It reminds me of a conversation I had at my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  the umpteenth post about balancing art and tech version: slightly jaded

  

  application. Or it may happen all at once, after this summer, when I decide to ... E classes, and something at Harvard, and something to do with writing.]   ... for at least two days to sit down and grind out p-sets, thirty percent

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  ? the you is directed at certain people in my life and instead of writing ... eating at me for a couple of days now and what better to rid yourself of ... without any accountability. it felt at times that no one ever felt the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  engineering internship at a startup.  How it’s going so far: I feel super lucky ... much jurisdiction over the entire product. If I were to work at any ... someone who works at a place that rhymes with Schmacebook, and she said that

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  out to the lounge at one in the morning and see people working. It's not ... younger sister, who's stellar at the game. Probably the biggest reason is ... . Bend your knees, grip the racket correctly, make contact with the ball at

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rekindling and how mit is actually going to save my art career

  

  ="as in, drawing a line produces a line at the tip of my pencil, and not a ... ’t support the necessary software, so most amateur artists (at least, the ones ... with most hobbies at MIT, the transition to college rigor made it hard to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  For our very last semester at MIT, and our very last course 6 class ... best bet to be able to spend our last semester at MIT pursuing and ... professor is usually in his office Check back later that day at the time the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  freakouts in my last post. read at least 5 books Fun fact: I don't read a lot. Or like, at all. It makes me feel really guilty. I've probably ... excited. Get Out go to at least 3 musicals Over break, I reignited my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  attribute it to a few factors. The sun goes down at 4 pm. It's cold, so you ... terrible inside joke for people who went to MIT at the time of Spring ... , though, so I can go home early. Personally, I miss being at home because

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  't still make my heart beat at an uncomfortable rate and tie up my tongue to ... high school, they wouldn't have even bat an eye at my existence. A ... , look at you!" Am I doing it? Is this blending in well enough? Distract

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

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  "]wake up at 7am,[/annotation]and head down into the cramped gym in the ... you’re some kind of pro, but it was a pretty big deal to me, at the time ... screaming at myself to keep going during lunges. The 45 pound bar, which I had

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019