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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  success and efficiency. But when you hide away your sense of self to purely ... dissolve, and your perception is enhanced. This is flow, like Arjuna focusing ... pushing you straight forward and your legs are walking onwards and your eyes

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  you mess up, you’re screwed, no matter what. Mix that with high achiever ... survival, whatever you’re trying to survive against. If you don’t hit that significantly above-average point, you're so screwed. You’re meat. For whatever

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  started to get shin splints, which, scientifically speaking, is when your ... weightlifting, everything hurts. That's good. Pain is weakness leaving your body ... pinching the top of the udder with your thumb and forefinger, then curling

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  information into your brain using these mediums that are not conducive to your ... classes is that in an environment where you're supposed to be learning ... disheartening, when it happens at school, a place where you're supposed to be

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  convinced I could never fit in. I wanted to shake your hands, give you hugs ... know that someone understands, that you’re normal, and that whatever way ... when you’re scared of a spider and then your mom or someone says “be nice

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  , or between now and whatever you're waiting for. Things to Make While ... ;=50% of it, so maybe don't take it up with him."] Challah. If you're an ... guess, recorded stream) from this year here if you're truly passionate

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  ’ll help those of you considering your match with the Institute before you ... change that. Pretty incredible to have most of your friends also be your ... discover something exciting during your time at MIT—through classes, UROPs

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  process, like anything else. You get up. You move on with your life. You never take it personally. You separate yourself emotionally from your ... . Regardless of your opinion of him, he is at least definitely one of the best in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  bridges' structural integrity, what are your goals for the summer? I had ... ! Congrats on recently declaring your major, and on no longer being a freshman ... Cambridge. Woah, fancy. I hope you enjoy your tea. In the meantime, what are

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  , computer science. I am in your house because you, uh, invited me here. #RtweetsJ L: Tell me about your Writing for Social Media class. C: Writing ... through the first week of April. L: Tell me about your particular adaptation

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  researcher, you can get obsessed with and trapped in your little specialty bubble. You can spend YOUR ENTIRE LIFE studying one celestial object! I ... outside your field, and take full advantage of your wider environment. Don

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  totally a deliberate choice. How does that end up happening? If you're ... three days. And, if you're sly (or legitimately busy, but nobody can tell the difference if you don't let others on to your reasoning), you can

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class Crossover Using engineering leadership while stuck on the wrong side of the internet

  

  ’t get to any sites that ended with .mit.edu whereas if you were on your ... project, implementing your design ideas, and then scaling that ... – even if you’re taking two classes that are completely unrelated to each

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  something, you’re under time pressure, you’re working with teammates,” he ... understanding how your users think. I think the relevant quote from [one of the ... and paired Keven with an “amazing” supervisor. Sometimes getting your

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  a supergenius and still be at the bottom of your class at MIT. It ... . What is your favorite part about MIT? Roof & tunnel hacking! I love ... something you always hope you keep "doing", in your jobs and/or in your life

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  't recommend taking it as a program to pad your MIT application (something I get ... drop more blocks on your opponent's screen. It looks something like this ... , fish-solution-treated water splashing onto you and your clothes

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do Alums do? Are you exceptionally forward minded? Already thinking about what you'll be doing as an alumni?…

  

  record and it records audio while you're writing, which means you can slow down your professors who talk at .66667c, and condense an hour's worth of ... interactive globe that may be a little before you're time....which makes me feel

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  believe in "this too shall pass," but I hope you will be able to find your ... peak, and that is precisely what your new head monk did - he must have ... are able to pick yourself up from your defeat, analyze what was the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What’s new? Life in Radiohead's hometown

  

  ) Formality and traditions At MIT, you’re likely to see people taking exams in ... your college's dining hall. Not all colleges have them, but mine offers ... around your neck, black gown (for graduate students the gown does not have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  it airs on, in case you're curious): 25. Cash Cab - Discovery Channel ... . How I Met Your Mother - CBS (NPH is amazing. 'Nuff said.) 1. HOUSE - FOX ... should be cut, I welcome your input as well! Yes, I watch a lot of TV. And

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 2008