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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  you to parse through the poorly-developed Wikipedia pages I linked for ... of toxic relationship with linguistics. For example, I did a UROP in linguistics for an entire year, and I loved it, but by the end I felt like I was

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  Even as a kid, school never fit right for me. I recall my third ... , “Rona, you can do that, but it might make things harder for you later ... online for several reasons: 1) I go to MIT and presumably had a good enough

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  regardless of how I avoided the plague for so long, the fact of the matter is ... rescheduling or simply asking for forgiveness. Everyone was more than ... for an extension. I did what I could of the problemset, I sent off that

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  at MIT. These classes aren't for credit and if you're an undergraduate student, you can become an Art Scholar and receive a scholarship for a class ... got in trouble a few times for doodling on my desk. But during my time

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  unknowns, possibilities, and decisions for me to explore, and I'm glad that there are, but I'm glad at least to have a road to follow for the next ... , and was given ample opportunity to learn about it, for which I am

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  because it means I am a different person than I was in September. For many ... page. For most MIT bloggers, that change is documented, like dozens of ... to Do It. A few weeks ago, I was searching for 8.02 ASE materials for

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  that you're doing for fun. It sounds really silly, but… it's pretty easy ... excuse for spending seven hours the other day listening and recording and ... effort for something that didn't end up looking too great. I mean, I had to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  situation especially bittersweet. for me, it's my former dorm, Burton Conner ... to think about it, after all—but it shapes how I've been planning for ... few months in a building I won't return to for years influence my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  choices made for this building. The color scheme in particular annoys me, as ... ="I know theyre important for energy efficiency, etc,, but they have these ... Jeffery Gibson. This work was specially commissioned by MIT for its

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  Looking back, 2020 was a very chill year for me. Ridiculously so, if I’m being honest. To understand what I mean, you need context. For the ... nearly enough sleep. I could go into the reasons for this – wanting to do

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  choreographing 4-5 hours a day for the entire month in preparation for Mocha Show ... , go back to my dorm for a couple of hours, and then spend my night ... incredible experiences of my life and I cannot WAIT for the next one. [caption

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  figured that I'd inevitably gotten it from him. That night, I danced for ... fun I've had in a while. But it also was the first time I'd moved for ... 't ready for it. Sure enough, I woke up on Saturday morning with awful muscle

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  A summer in Cambridge did wonders for my knowledge of the area. While ... there for the dodecahedron jungle gym that's in front of the pond area. It's super fun to hang out at and also makes for an unconventional date spot

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  Central for two months during the pandemic than I did during my ~6 months at ... ...my experience living here for the summer only proves that I didn't take advantage ... free fries for students ayy"]Saloniki,[/annotation] the two places

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  footbridge, cross the street, then walk for two minutes. On a good day, the ... , so when I think of Valenzuela, I imagine MacArthur. A road that is, for ... no taller than four floors. For sixteen years, this was what I knew as

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  I think I speak for every undergraduate when I say: holy fuck.  The ... will see again. There's barely any time for real goodbyes, for send-off parties, for thank-you cards, for savouring the moment... Even at the best

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  chat this: HELL. FUCKING. YES. For those of you who don't know me ... sucker for romcoms. And it's ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE that MIT Lecture Series ... talked to the lady at the front, saying we were here for the early

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  danceAP IAP: wonderful. sore muscles: not

  

  planning on taking a class to satisfy the culture course requirement for ... program or not (and was supposed to find out before i left for Christmas break), i couldn’t register for the class. as a backup, i signed up for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  one hour. one chunk of my day that i’ve set aside for writing because ... drained after the midterm last week and how i didn’t study nearly enough for ... ago. i should be able to write about that? i scroll for ten minutes

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  with quantifiable successes—exam scores, for example. And sometimes this ... to be honest: The reading journals were difficult for me because they ... patterns for function. Similarly, this cover letter is difficult for me to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019