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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I went to TwitchCon and met so many people!!

  

  streaming. It's been around for a while (I've actually been using it since its ... ="86987" /] Meeting Steve was such an important meeting for me because I've been ... 'm so sorry I'm nervous but I've been watching you since the fourth grade

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 3, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  ! that's the least number of classes i've ever taken in mit, and the least ... classes i've taken, there's a focus on implementations, and algorithms that ... perspective. the other pl classes i've taken are either theoretical (like 6

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving yet another senior writing about their last semester

  

  ago i would’ve said something like adult life sucks and you should just accept that without thinking too hard about whatever else you’ve ... something i really believed in i’ve seen many attempts at community

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 20, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  , sitting on my bed typing a blogpost. I've started waking up way too early ... ? about the changes I've been making to do so. I've been waking up earlier because I like taking my time to get out of bed. I've moved floors so I stop

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  .) I’ve never been very good at school. This feels strange to admit ... misfit or if ur avoiding responsibility I’ve never really characterized my ... academic misfit, and I do fortunately have some material achievements, but I’ve

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  dont want to write ah

  

  the past month, not here nor in my personal notes. i want to say that i've ... that's like the successor to firehose. it's still something i've been ... out in the sipb office, whatever. i got my grades. they're great. i've

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  making solar cells lessons from my nanotech class

  

  classes i’ve taken at mit, along with molecular basis of infectious disease ... technical class i’ve ever taken which has left me feeling genuinely hopeful and optimistic afterwards. i’ve enrolled in many math and cs and biology

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  it took a year you’ve now reached a point where you like (or at least ... effective strategy you’ve tried so far. you feel WISE upon saying this 10pm ... professor friends talks about how they’ve been working to improve diversity in

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  next, I may end up missing out on less lucrative opportunities that would've been more meaningful in perhaps intangible ways. I've been applying to ... time just like Taylor Swift said. I've known this before, but this summer

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  in which i blog again four-ish blogs in one

  

  I’ve been putting off writing. I have half-baked blogs with lists like books I’ve read this year, events I organized, art I made, and even ... others so the perfect blog detailing everything I’ve done is never

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  I've actually been involved in TMG since the spring semester, but ... generated by openFrameworks, which is the first time I've ever properly looked ... with the content and know what I'm getting into. I've never learned how

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three

  

  't read Reddit. I didn't see the EA Decisions Day threads. You could've told me that I was the only person that MIT deferred, and I would've ... deferred, only 194 were accepted. That's 1.8%. I've heard a lot of things

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 6, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  trying to figure it out an attempt at a goodbye

  

  Vegas). This flight is 6 hours long, but for the past 6 hours, I’ve been ... to write about. Over the course of this flight, I’ve written and ... too much because all will turn out OK. But I’ve never felt like I was a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  . With the end of the semester coming up, I've been reflecting a lot about ... , of this weird in-between state I've been inhabiting – is basically in ... don’t know what I’m missing. I’ve never had the “MIT experience.” I’ve

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  , you know, i've already spent two and a half semesters divorced from ... what answer i'd give from the very beginning. i've always wanted ... ;ve been like if through some series of events, i ended up in mechanical

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  restored even when we're back in-person. i'm at peace with it—i've had a year to think about it, after all—but it shapes how I've been planning for ... friends from my floor in Burton Conner. we've lived here longer than we ever

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  I’ve been hesitant to write a blog -- especially one that pertains to ... taken, just fake it to make it.  I’ve heard people say -- usually to ... class. Anyway, that’s all I’ve got. I ran nine miles today, watched

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  as i've previously mentioned on the blogs, sophomore fall is wrecking ... since a little while ago, when my personal life, erm, imploded, i've ... relax, as i've learned. it's so cathartic and nice because there

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  ’t take a lot of pictures.   “I am not pretty. I’ve got a big heart ... kinds of people I could only imagine. I’ve sat on rooftops, repelled down stairs, Tried a whole lot of things that I should’ve cared  Enough to

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  surviving this lull in academics, but i've developed a few coping mechanisms ... , i've been READING.   Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel ... gorgeous. i don't think i've enjoyed a book's prose this much since reading

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020