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  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  's been too long since I've really written something - this plane flight home for spring break is the first breath of air I've had in a while ... coming?) I read Laura's post and all your comments a couple times, and I've

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  me look bad. =P I've copy-pasted all his answers into this post, in ... said: i don't really know how to say this but i've been trying to find a ... pet? I've looked, but I couldn't find any blog entries regarding this

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... students' lives that they've been around like-minded peers. And yes, the ... rumors are true about this place. It's not easy. But from what I've found

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Yeah, I’m turning twenty, it’s terrifying one year of mit

  

  's personal blogs. And you know that feeling when you've just read someone ... relatable, somehow, that you can swear you could've written the same thing ... thousands of people who've ever lived in East Campus, I think about how I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  is still wild to me that i'm a grad student at MIT, that i've been ... an upswing. i've met kids who are such nerds that were so happy to be a part of my research giving them more math materials. i've worked with

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  east campus. it was the first time in a year that i've seen the east campus courtyard covered in snow. i've forgotten how beautiful it was ... takes a while for the heat to spread. i've never had a bedroom this large

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  building numbers - 95% complete. I’ve gotten much better at this - but at ... -shirts rained down on me much more abundantly in freshman year. I don’t think I’ve ... . Sidequest 8: Survive the winter without a winter coat - 5% complete. I’ve sort

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  ;   Since coming to MIT, I've been fortunate enough to compete ... and off the ice. I've even had the opportunity to perform in shows and ... training. Spring Break trips with friends. I've spent the past two

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  first semester in MIT was over. Since then, I’ve been with my aunt and her family in North Carolina. We’ve been visiting relatives, eating ... was last night, and it might be the strangest and most fun thing I’ve

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies

  

  , we've discussed the history of transportation in the United States ... week is, after all, a ~10-hour ordeal. But I've been liking it a lot so ... readings for various classes, clubs, a social life...) Here are the books we've

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 5, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  't used my time wisely at all. It feels like I've done nothing for this school. I've squandered my opportunities. I've messed up real, reaaaaaaaal ... acknowledge all of the hard work I’ve put in? God. In high school, it felt like

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  easier. A complicated testbench that would’ve taken me hours to set up ... -driven than other classes I’ve taken at MIT. It’s a lot like what I imagined ... facts. For example, if you’ve taken a statistics class before, you may

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  I’ve learned many things after coming to MIT. But among the differential equations and op amp PSETs, I’ve learned how to take care of myself ... for help when necessary. I’ve also learned a lot about my past, that my

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  sexualisation I tend to talk about friend groups a lot on the blogs. I've always ... this, huh?"]I wasn't happy with the people I've surrounded myself with.[/annotation] Perhaps that's an exaggeration. I love my friends to death and I've always

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  mixed up. I've been reflecting on the changes in bits 'n' pieces as the ... between classes, so instead I've started packing a lunch. It's kinda fun ... rain on my way home D: Because my walk is longer now, I've also gotten

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  why do you do what you do do androids dream of electric self-awareness

  

  real answer could have been unflattering or cruel to those women. But I've ... needs to be disclosed to the other party. I've rejected plenty of people ... our entire first (and only) date talking about himself, but it would've

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  My first year was a little rough. I could've written more about the ... not sound like an ass in doing so. I've got them all written down, and once I've had a chance to reflect and forgive myself for stupid mistakes

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  fit over the summer, and I've kind of fallen out of habit now that our ... in January 2020. Some memorable things we've watched include ... : Rebirth (I've already played a lot on PC but I've been playing on Switch

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  , to my two parents, who are both entrepreneurs. I’ve wanted to be both ... the tenth attempt at writing this post, I’ve realized it has everything to do with it. This year, I’ve experienced all kinds of complicated

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  they deserve. I was, of course, hyped to watch it since I've never seen a ... much I’ve learned from the Japanese culture and the friends I’ve made through a mutual appreciation for it, but most of all for the family I’ve

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020