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  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  while (read: the entire semester) since I’ve blogged about my thoughts and ... because I’ve had to sheepishly check the MIT map saved on my phone more ... . Sidequest 7: Beat Imposter’s Syndrome. While I definitely don’t think I’ve

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  , I've kept to the daily video filming/editing/posting without too much ... , it doesn't look like I've been keeping up with dailyvlogs. Especially ... sleep. UPDATE 4/16/15 Second time I've needed to bump this post to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  -calculus-by-second-grade math majors, kids who’ve competed in national olympiads, freshmen and ... so ahead of me, so maybe I should just study something different.” I’ve ... /musing on the topic, I’ve gotten a bit closer to an answer, but the same sort

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  , “you’ve always been a little crazy. It’s only recently that you’ve become comprehensively insane.” That afternoon I went to S^3. “I think I’ve gone insane,” I ... minutes for him to identify a medication I’ve been on that sometimes causes

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  with making your own solution, if you find the existing ones lacking. I've ... custom keyboard shortcuts; I've talked about my thought process before too ... puzzlehunt context, I've thought about my student groups as having a gift

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  , you've all heard plenty of life updates and reflections on the MIT (and ... talented, curious, and passionate people, but since graduation, I've met ... discovered local classical music and jazz clubs, and I've pursued photo

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  is a room with a rich history. i can name the past four people who’ve ... I've always wondered who lived in the room before that. Were there ... . As I've noted [annotation note='See any of my posts where I do history

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  Professors & Staff From department heads to professors to office staff, I’ve ... guys and they’ve made eviction so much more bearable.  Our Head of House ... arrangement from administration. One of the many things they’ve set up is a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  realize that I would've been fine going anywhere. It's not about the school ... 's gonna stop you. I've been thinking a lot recently about why I'm here ... is the highest grade I've ever gotten on an MIT technical exam. I'm so

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  to wear yourself out. After that post, I've gone on to disregard each lesson numerous times. On top of that, I've felt as if my post ... that used to freeze me up around water. As a recovering perfectionist, I've

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  Ben Jones' famous "It's More Than A Job" post from March 2006. I've read ... sleep every 30 hours or so for a week. In other words, I've had my fair ... still on the waitlist, I just want to say thank you. You've allowed us to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  Congratulations! You’ve probably gotten into more than one college ... , I’ve written about this before (here , here, and here), but I thought ... entries on: "Why You Can’t Fail A Class Freshman Year." I’ve probably

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  hila at tulak i feel more busy right now that i’ve been during my fall or ... ata gustong manalo Wala na ’to Pareho lang tayong malabo i’ve been ... the things i’ve been doing this summer: i am in a urop. i talked

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  we finally decided to ask someone about it: "We've noticed a lot of ... bubble, too. Over the past three years, I've learned a lot about queerness from the people around me. I've learned what it means to be pan, or ace

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  your throat.  I’ve been thinking a lot about endings, recently. That ... be older and you’ll say goodbye to the home you’ve worked so hard to ... will come as a relief to you. A realization of a goal you’ve had for half

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  tale from last April.  Longtime readers of the blogs may know that I've ... exercise. I've written about grad school and/as the Boston marathon, the ... !"]strenuous[/annotation] exercise isn't just how I stay fit: it's how I stay sane. I've found I need

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  eighth day, my self-reflection woke up. Since then, I've been thinking a ... combine them for tasty results. With this revelation in hand, I've gotten ... floor, and I've noticed that there's definitely a cycle: from 2ish to 7 pm

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  this and asexuality a few months ago. I've known for a while now that I was asexual, in the sense that I've shared a lot of experiences that ... better. I don't want to invalidate the experiences of people who've found

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  began my career as an admissions officer, but I've come to recognize it as ... [annotation note="I've been seeing the same massage therapist for five years. It's gotten to the point where she can tell when, and how long, I've been in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  around 24 hours to catch up with all the sleep you’ve missed this week ... of a cry but don’t know a good place for it, I’ve got you covered

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017